August 2026 ENewsletter – Mental Health Activists
Mental institutions in the United States have a sordid history. Women were sometimes locked up against their will because their husbands had them committed.
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Opera Singers – November 2020 ENewsletter
In this time of the COVID pandemic, cultural institutions are precluded from their normal activities. This includes opera, theater, the ballet and the symphony.
Publishers – August 2020 ENewsletter
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.
A Tribute to the Strong Women of Oklahoma – Kalon Women June 2020
Some of the economic issues that are resulting from the pandemic of 2020 evoke images from the Great Depression and the drought of that same time. The combination that resulted in Oklahoma led to it being referred to as the “Dust Bowl.” We thought a tribute to the strong women of Oklahoma was fitting.
December 2017 ENewsletter – Poet Laureates
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.
June 2017 HerStory ENewsletter – New Yorkers
June 2017 Her Story ENewsletter New Yorkers – The recent release of the documentary “Citizen Jane” profiling the influence that journalist and activist Jane Jacobs had on the development of New York City leads her to be profiled in this month’s ENewsletter. Another woman who loved New York City and documented its evolution in photographs, Berenice Abbott, joins
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