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V.P. Bridget Gethins has been editing this blog for several years. The impetus for writing it was to support the Richmond, VA arts group called The Women's Mercury. We are currently producing a webcast, The Third Wave, to encourage young women to do in-depth research and share their forgotten "herstory" with the world. We are currently working the Anna Ella Carroll story. Look for our completed webcast sometime in the autumn of 2011. This coincides with the Civil War's sesquicentennial and the "invasion" of Steven Spielberg and company into Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Spielberg is shooting a film about Abraham Lincoln and his Cabinet. But who is Anna Ella Carroll? Could she be one of Lincoln's cabinet members? Click on the Women's Mercury website (below) to find out.

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To challenge women in the local, national and international communities to find their voices, share their stories, and pass them to the next generation of women through participation in the performing arts.

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

January 19th



Born this day in 1897, Winifred Shaugnessy, who became, Natacha Rambova. Ballet dancer, set designer, costume designer for stage and film and...she was Rudolph Valentino's second wife! As a set and costume designer, she was an innovator, bringing Art Deco,and Nouveau to Hollywood with her style. Rambova worked on over 15 films all during the silent film era, to name a few titles Salome, A Doll's House, and The Woman God Forgot. Rambova's work is amazing and she was beautiful, no wonder the silent film idol fell in love with this talented beauty. But, the marriage didn't last Rambova wanted to control Valentino's film career by getting him to turn down the screen idol characters. Oh well.

On this day in 1966, Indira Gandhi was elected Prime Minster of India. Gandhi remained Prime Minster until 1977 and then re-elected in 1980 to the office again and remained until her assassination in October 1984. Gandhi was the longest term female Prime Minster in the world. She changed the face of India.
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