by Jill Tietjen | Feb 1, 2014 | In The News, Newsletters
During the months of November and December, many Americans traveled to see their family and friends – in both the U.S. and around the world. Although that travel may have been full of its own difficulties and delays, we are fortunate today to have the opportunity to fly almost anywhere in the world. We do this conveniently and in a relatively short time (you may know that the Mayflower took two months to get to America!). Two women who were aviation pioneers helped make flying possible for all of us. This month we feature Bessie Coleman and Amelia Earhart.
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by Jill Tietjen | Jan 20, 2014 | In The News, Publications, Television
by Jill Tietjen | Jan 13, 2014 | In The News, Newsletters
In December 2013, General Motors announced that its first woman CEO would take the reins in January 2014. As
part of the celebration of Mary Barra’s achievement in being the first woman to head a major automobile company, this month we profile two women business leaders from our book Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America. The women we selected were early business leaders: Rebecca Webb Lukens and Rose Markward Knox.
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by Jill Tietjen | Jan 13, 2014 | In The News, Kalon Women Magazine
In 1825 (with a newborn), upon her husband’s death, Rebecca Webb Lukens took over the management of the almost bankrupt Brandywine Iron Works in what is now Coatesville, Pennsylvania. This was the first American company to make a boiler plate and hull plates for steam-powered ships and locomotives; it thereby played a prominent role in the industrial and transportation revolutions of the 19th century.
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