"There will never be a new world
order until women are a part of it."
~Alice Paul
In 1971 Congress of the United States
reconized August 26th as- "Women's
Equality Day".
On this day in 1920, the Nineteenth
Amendment was passed- granting
women of the United States full rights
to vote.
Saturday, August 26, 2006
August 25
"When I care to be powerful--to use
my strength in the service of my vision,
then it becomes less and less important
wheather I am afraid."
~Audre Lorde
Jane Lathrop Stanford, born this day in
1828. Opened the doors of Stanford
University to women, in the face of fierce
critcism.
The National Association of Colored Graduate
Nurses was funded in 1908.
Happy Birthday, Dorothea Tanning- surrealist,
sculptor, set and costume designer, and poet/
writer. Born this day in 1910, Ms. Tanning is
still pushing her creative muse around the
studio. A career that started in 1935- she
has always allowed growth in her work. From
surrealism to expressionism to poetry. A great
goddess of the Arts.
my strength in the service of my vision,
then it becomes less and less important
wheather I am afraid."
~Audre Lorde
Jane Lathrop Stanford, born this day in
1828. Opened the doors of Stanford
University to women, in the face of fierce
critcism.
The National Association of Colored Graduate
Nurses was funded in 1908.
Happy Birthday, Dorothea Tanning- surrealist,
sculptor, set and costume designer, and poet/
writer. Born this day in 1910, Ms. Tanning is
still pushing her creative muse around the
studio. A career that started in 1935- she
has always allowed growth in her work. From
surrealism to expressionism to poetry. A great
goddess of the Arts.
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