by Jill Tietjen | Feb 1, 2012 | In The News, Newsletters
During February of each year, we celebrate Black History Month. We also celebrate the special holiday of Valentine’s Day, when we honor the people we love. Some writers have characterized “music” as love in search of a word. Linking music with Black History month in this month’s enewsletter, we feature African-American women in the music field – singer Ella Fitzgerald, composer Florence Beatrice Smith Price, and pianist Hazel Harrison.
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by Jill Tietjen | Jan 2, 2012 | In The News, Newsletters
Although we haven’t had a woman president in the U.S. yet, women have served as members of the Cabinet since Frances Perkins was appointed Secretary of Labor in 1933. As we head into the presidential election year of 2012, we are pleased to profile four of these pioneering women.
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by Jill Tietjen | Dec 1, 2011 | In The News, Kalon Women Magazine
This time of year often provides us the opportunity to visit and break bread wth family and friends. The smell of turkey roasting! The aroma of the pies! What memories it brings back for many of us! This month we profile some of the women who have made possible those wonderful memories of safe and delicious food: Fannie Farmer, Mary Engle Pennington, Julia Child, Joyce Chen, and Alice Waters. 
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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 | Jun 1, 2011 | In The News, Newsletters
In 1848, the first Women’s Rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York. After two days of discussion and debate, 68 women and 32 men signed the Declaration of Sentiments, based on its more famous sister, The Declaration of Independence, but with words that were probably considered heresy at the time “that all men and women are created equal”.
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