A series of exhibits on inventors and discoverers was recently put together for Google Arts and Culture. These exhibits featured women inventors and discoverers in medicine, science, engineering, health and beauty, and the household. In this month’s ENewsletter we feature two of the women who were included in the household inventors and discoverers exhibit: Sarah Goode and Josephine Cochran. Let’s learn about these two innovative women.
In October 2017, the University of Virginia announced the hiring of the first African-American woman every brought in as an Athletic Director at one of the 64 power five conference schools. As the hiring of Carla Williams indicates, women are involved in sports as athletes as well as in other positions.
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Tracy K. Smith, the new poet laureate of the U.S., assumed her one-year term of office in September 2017. She stands on the shoulders of other women who have filled that office and the predecessor office. These women include Gwendolyn Brooks who served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1985-1986 and Rita Dove who served as Poet Laureate from 1993-1995 and later also served as a Special Bicentennial Consultant. Let’s learn more about Gwendolyn Brooks and Rita Dove.
National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C., contains statues – two from each state. Of that total, nine are women.
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On August 21, 2017, the first total solar eclipse in 99 years visible from coast to coast became a national event in the U.S. Millions of people drove to be within the band of totality; millions of others viewed the eclipse from their homes and offices through special eclipse glasses.
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A recent performance of the opera Madame Butterfly triggered the thought to profile opera singers in this month’s enewsletter. This art form originated in Italy in the 1500s; even today it delights audiences and enriches us culturally. We are pleased to profile sopranos Leontyne Price and Beverly Sills.
