Women in Statuary Hall – December 2018 ENewsletter

National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C., contains 100 statues – two from each state. Of that total, nine (9%) are women – Helen Keller (Alabama), Dr. Florence Sabin (Colorado), Frances Willard (Illinois), Maria Sanford (Minnesota), Jeannette Rankin (Montana), Sarah Winnemucca (Nevada), Sakakawea (North Dakota), Mother Joseph (Washington), and Esther Hobart Morris (Wyoming). In this month’s ENewsletter, we feature two of these outstanding women – Sakakawea and Sarah Winnemucca, both of whom have been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.

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Food Glorious Food! – September 2018 ENewsletter

Ella Brennan, a well-known, well respected New Orleans restaurant owner, nurtured celebrity
chefs, but didn’t believe it appropriate to worship them, “A restaurant is not a church, where you
have to be quiet and kneel,” she said. Brennan, whose family owned more than a dozen different
restaurants, died earlier this year. Thinking of her reminded us to share the story of two other
remarkable women in the food business: Romana Bañuelos and Ruth Fertel.

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2013 National Women’s Hall of Fame Inductees – April 2013 Newsletter

On March 7, 2013, the National Women’s Hall of Fame (www.greatwomen.org) announced its 2013 inductees. Five of the women to be inducted October 12, 2013 are profiled in our book Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America. For our April enewsletter, we profile two of these women – racing jockey Julie Krone and feminist writer Kate Millett.

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