Sunday was the International Day for the Eradication of Violence Against Women! Ban Ki Moon, current Secretary-General of the UN, has condoned VAW as "one of the most heinous, systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world" [and rightly so!]. He has pledged to do something about it, too. Hurrah! Full article here:http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24786&Cr=women&Cr1=.
The Women's History Project
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Picture This: Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan (1924-90), a jazz artist dubbed by Ella Fitzgerald as the world’s "greatest singing talent," was born on March 27.
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