Women in History: Political Firsts – Kalon Women column July 2018
Isn’t it amazing that we are still experiencing women’s first across many areas of business and government? In May 2018, those first were everywhere.
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History of Children’s Book and the Women Who Wrote Them – Kalon Women Column June 2018
How ironic that there was a mystery about the author of the beloved mysteries that many of us read when we were young. Recently, we learned more about Carolyn Keene, the “author” of the Nancy Drew mystery series.
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Political Firsts – June 2018 ENewsletter
May 2018 was a month in which women achieved firsts in politics and government. Gina Haspel became the first female director of the Central Intelligence Agency, after her confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Stacey Abrams became the first African-American woman to win a major party nomination for Governor, when the Democrats in Georgia put her on their slate. Their accomplishments are significant; we cannot forget that the groundwork was laid by many other earlier women, including two profiled in this month’s enewsletter: Jeannette Rankin and Sandra Day O’Connor. Both Rankin and O’Connor have been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
Pioneering Women Educators – A Brief Look at Education and Women – Kalon Women Column May 2018
At the time of the landing at Jamestown, the arrival of the Pilgrims, through the Revolutionary War and into the 1800s, public education as we know it today in the United States did not exist. Although institutions of high education such as Harvard University were founded as early as 1636, these institutions did not admit women.
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Sunday School Pioneers – May 2018 ENewsletter
Public education as we know it in the United States was not available prior to the middle of the 1800s. Women led education reform in many areas including in the establishment of Sunday Schools. In this month’s enewsletter we feature two Sunday School Pioneers: Catherine Ferguson and Rebecca Gratz.
Books with Strong Female Protagonists – Kalon Women Column April 2018
The movie A Wrinkle in Time, adapted from Madeline L’Engle’s Newbery Medal award-winning book, started playing in theaters in March 2018. Awarded annually, the Newbery Medal is presented to the author of what is considered to be that year’s most distinguished contribution to American literature written for children.
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