"We seek not rest but transformation.
We are dancing through each other
as doorways."
~Marge Piercy

The great female actor, Charlotte Sauders
Cushman was born this day in 1816. Best
known for her Romeo and Hamlet. She was
the first of our tribe to be elected into the
Hall of Fame of Great Americans in 1915.
Good friend and writer Geraldine Jewsbury
said that she base her novel, "The Half Sister"
(published 1848) on Ms. Cushman.

"Where did your Christ come from? From
God and a woman! Man had nothing to
do with Him."
~Sojourner Truth

Today is the Feast Day of Mary Magdalene
Devoted Disciple of Christ and first witness
to the Resurrection; she cried,"Rabboni!"
www.reluctant-messenger.com/gospel-magdalene.htm

Augusta Fox Bronner a psychologist; instrumental
in founding the first child guidance clinic- The
Juvenile Psychopathic Institutein Chicago, IL in 1909.
Born this day in 1884.

Amy Vanderbilt, author of "Complete Book of Etiquette"
published in 1952- it is in circulation today with updates.
Born this day in 1908.

Jane Matlida Bolin,the first African American judge
was appointed this day in 1936. Judge Bolin presided
over the Domestic Relations Court of New York City.

Judy Garland died this day in 1969. Age 47. Star of
"The Wizard of Oz", and so many other films. She
was known as The World's Greatest Entertainer.
Somewhere over the rainbow....

"The Sisterhood is in all of us. It is every woman
who is keeping the dream alive. And the oldest
dreamkeepers, the Grandmothers, are in danger
at this very moment. We must write and we act
to keep the knowledge and the powers of woman
alive."
~Lynn Andrews

Blanche Willis Howard who later known in
Germany as "the Baroness von Teuffel"; a
writer who wrote many exotic romantics and
travel logues. Born this day in1847.

Louise Blanchard Bethune was the first
female member of the American Institute
of Architects. And the first Fellow of the
A.I.A. Born this day in 1856.

Florence Jaffray Harriman was the first
U.S. Chief of Missions in Oslo at age
69. She started the post in 1937 and
held it during WW II. Born this day in 1870.

"Become the change you want to see-
those are the words I live by."
~Oprah Winfrey

Born this day in 1872 one of the stars of
Texas- Hortense Sparks Ward. The
first woman to pass the Bar in Texas
to become a lawyer for change in equals rights for
women-reformer of the "married women's
property rights of 1913".

Janet Reno was born this day in 1938; to become the
first woman U. S. General Attorney.

And on this in 1960, Sirimavo Bandaranaike was elected
Prime Minster of Ceylon--the first woman prime minster in
history.

1848/1984

"I do not believe that women are better than men.
We have not wrecked railroads, nor corrupted
legistature, nor done many unholy things that
men have done; but then we must remember
that we have not had the chance."
~ Jane Addams

In 1848 The Seneca Falls Convention was held.
To read Elizabeth Cady Staton's Address:
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/senecafalls.html

In 1984 Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman
nominated as vice-presidental candidate in a major
national political party.