by Jill Tietjen | Dec 1, 2011 | In The News, Newsletters
Native American women have left an important legacy of being strong leaders. When writing our book, we strived to find evidence of the early Native American women, to tell their stories. Sadly, many of their names have been lost to history; much of early Native American culture was an oral tradition. In this edition of our newsletter, we are proud to profile Nancy Ward, Sarah Winnemucca, Annie Dodge Wauneka, and Wilma Mankiller. These leaders literally fought in battle, fought for the rights of their people, and worked to make lives better for all.
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by Jill Tietjen | Nov 1, 2011 | In The News, Newsletters
During the month of November comes that veritable feast – a time to celebrate our blessings with family and friends. In this month’s newsletter, we highlight two women from our bestselling book Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America who made it possible for us to be confident about the storage conditions for the poultry that we eat and for making recipes that we can reproduce many times.
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by Jill Tietjen | Oct 1, 2011 | In The News, Newsletters
On October 1, 2011, the National Women’s Hall of Fame inducted eleven women in the Hall at its home in downtown Seneca Falls, New York – the “Birthplace of Women’s Rights”. Each year the Hall inducts both historical women and present day women who are role models who have made, or continue to make a difference in all of our lives.
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by Jill Tietjen | Sep 1, 2011 | In The News, Newsletters
The women we profile in this month’s enewsletter were challenged by the rigors of polar exploration and the ardors of climbing! Annie Smith Peck, Arlene Blum, Ann Bancroft and Barbara Hillary climbed mountains and sought out travel adventures that many of us “armchair tourists” have only dreamed of.
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by Jill Tietjen | Aug 1, 2011 | In The News, Newsletters
Back to school: Historic Women Educators. To receive an education, many women started their own public schools. As we begin the month of August, many of us are getting ready to send our children back to school. Early in this country’s history, women were not encouraged to attend schools. Public education had not been established for women. In order to get an education, women started their own schools. Teaching was an early way that was acceptable for women to earn a living, particularly if they did not marry. Our book highlights some of the many women who chose to help others by educating them.
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by Jill Tietjen | Jul 1, 2011 | In The News, Newsletters
Not only lions, and tigers and bear – oh my! But also, tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes. Historical U.S. women have dealt with every kind of natural disaster that Mother Nature has to offer. In this month’s newsletter, three women whose lives and futures were affected by Mother Nature are profiled.
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