January 2026 Newsletter – Women and the Environment
We learned about another fascinating women recently – naturalist, educator, activist, and author May Theilguard Watts.
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December 2025 – Statues Honoring Alabama Women
Statues of Helen Keller and Rosa Parks were unveiled in November on the grounds of the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
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November 2025 Newsletter – Women on U.S. Postage Stamps
Not only have women been featured on a special series of U.S. quarters, women also continue to be featured on U.S. postage stamps. In 2025, former First Lady Barbara Bush and entertainer extraordinaire Betty White were featured.
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October 2025 Newsletter – Law Enforcement
When we recently learned about Kate Warne, credited as the first female detective in the U.S., we were fascinated. In 1856, Warne (c. 1833-1868), a 23-year-old widow, took the initiative to respond to a newspaper advertisement for detectives by walking into the Pinkerton Detective Agency in Chicago and declaring her interest in a job.
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September 2025 Newsletter – Iditarod Competitors
Mary Shields (1944-2025) entered the 1974 Iditarod, the 1000-mile sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. She didn’t plan to win but partway through the race, she learned that the men at the checkpoints were betting that she wouldn’t make it further.
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August 2025 Newsletter – Marathon Runners
Nina Kuscsik (1939)-2025) was the first woman to officially win the Boston Marathon – that was in 1972 – five years after Kathrine Switzer ran in the same marathon as a “bandit” because women weren’t allowed to compete in marathons – ‘it might make a woman’s uterus fall out!’
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