As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, governors are the focus of much attention across the U.S. One of them, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, is the first Democratic Latina governor in the country.
Two scientific pioneers have died within recent months – physicist Betsy Ancker-Johnson and molecular biologist Flossie Wong-Staal. Both helped blaze the trail for the women in the sciences.
August 26 is known as “Equality Day.” That is because on August 26, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified giving women the right to vote.
As of July 2020, Simon & Shuster has a female publisher: Dana Canedy. Upon her appointment, Canedy became the first African American to lead a major publishing imprint.
The United States Supreme Court took the unprecedented step of holding virtual hearings during 2020 due to the pandemic. Justice Ginsburg even participated remotely from her hospital bed!
Independence Day – the Fourth of July – will be here in a blink of an eye. We will fly our nation’s flag proudly as we remember the Revolutionary War days and our independence from Great Britain.