Today's Date!

Today is Oprah Winfrey's birthday! Plus, on today's date in 1926 Violette Neatly Anderson became the first black woman to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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The Little Mermaid on B'way

Disney's "The Little Mermaid" is now on Broadway! The show opened on January 10th, 2008. Meet the leading ladies at these links! Sierra Boggess stars as Ariel: see a fun feature here and a video interview here. Plus, meet Sherie Rene Scott, who plays the evil sea witch Ursula--check out an interview with her here or a video interview here. Find out more about the show here: http://disney.go.com/theatre/thelittlemermaid/index.html.

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Many birthdays!

Some famous women who share today as their birthday are: Norwegian novelist, essayist, and literary critic Camillia Collett; American pharmacologist Getrude Elion; French film actress Jeanne Moreau; Princess Caroline of Monaco; and (mainly T.V.) actress Tiffani Thiessen.

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On today's date in 1986, Coretta Scott King led a march through Atlanta, Georgia, to honor her late husband Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. It was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time that year. (Thanks to NWHP and Fact Monster for the infomation.)

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Mind on the Media

Today is Rid the World of Fad Diets Day! Lots of ads for weight loss programs can be damaging to girl's self-esteem. Check out Mind On The Media, an organization that helps girls "promote healthy body image," boycott bad ads, and discuss media messages.

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International Women Leaders Global Security Summit Call to Action

Check it out! "The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands in partnership with The White House Project, the Council of Women World Leaders and the Women Leaders Intercultural Forum launched the International Women Leaders Global Security Initiative in October 2006. This initiative, which will run through June 2008, aims to bring the perspectives and voices of global women leaders to the international discourse on security." They held a summit November 15-17, 2007 in New York City, NY. The participants signed their Call to Action, which is a statment for peace, security and welfare around the world, especially focusing on women's security. It first states, "We, the participants of the International Women Leaders Global Security Summit, share a common vision for a more secure, peaceful and just world. Our different cultures and backgrounds are unified by our common sense of urgency and shared resolve to ensure that all people may live free from fear and want. We commit to supporting effective policies that increase human and state security and challenge affronts to both." You can read the full goals and sign the call here.

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Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Today's date is the anniversary of when, in 2006, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf became Africa's first elected head of state! Read all about her at these links: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187159,00.html; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Johnson-Sirleaf; and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4395978.stm.

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Abigail Kelley Foster

Happy Birthday to Abigail Kelley Foster (1810-87), women's rights activist and abolitionist! (It's also civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.)

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Today in History

Today in women's history:

• Hattie Caraway from Arkansas became the first elected woman senator in 1932.
• Agatha Christie, the famed British mystery novelist, died in 1976.
• The U.S. Senate voted against the passage of the suffrage bill in 1912.

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Alice Paul

Happy Birthday to suffragist Alice Paul (1885-1977)! She was joined others picketing at the White House and going on hunger strikes in prison in the turn of the century for women's right to vote. Find out more about her here at the Alice Paul Institute site and here at a PBS Kids WayBack feature.

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More birthdays!

More birthday wishes, this time to Joan Baez (born 1941), a folk singer who uses her talents for humanitarian causes and political activism; suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947), a strong fighter for woman's right to vote in the U.S.; and Imelda Staunton, British actress (born 1956).

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Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to newscaster Katie Couric (born 1957) and 20th Century African-American author Zora Neale Hurston ! Also on today's date in 1896, candy reatailer Fanny Farmer's first cookbook was published.

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Digital History

Check out the website Digital History (http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/). It has tons of online exhibits primary source documents, pictures, audio and video clips, etc. about women's history and beyond.

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Technology and Communication 2

Here are more links, especially for kids:

• Got a computer question? Consult Webmonkey, a site that explains how to build a webpage and other projects. Visit http://www.webmonkey.com/ or the kids version at http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/kids/planning/safety.html.
• Another kids tech site is the for kids, by kids Lissa Explains It All. As she says in her profile, Lissa started the website when she was a girl, and is continuing her webpage in college. She offers an HTML tutorial, tech information and goodies like e-cards and clipart. Visit http://www.lissaexplains.com/.
• Kids Click! isn't just about technology, but it's a handy kid's search page with lots of good, selected sites! A site "created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites," it is currently maintained by the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University. Visit http://www.kidsclick.org/.

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Technology and Communication Resources

Since we are creating a website and such, U.S. WHP is involved and interested in technology and communication. Here, we'll show you some of our favorite (and handy) links and resources:

• Skype is a form of computer communication that lets you call people (through a computer mike and headset) or chat with them (as you would in IM). Best of all, you can download the program for free! Visit http://skype.com/.
• "We know that most people, like us, would love to be able to give limitless amounts of money to those in need, but who has a limitless amount of money?" Search Kindly is where you can participate in charity everytime you search the web; the website has a Google search engine and donates all of it's advertising money to charity! "The whole point of Search Kindly is to take something that you'd be doing anyway, like surfing the Internet, and turn it into a really meaningful action," as their blurb states. Visit http://www.searchkindly.org/.

Stay tuned for more links!

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Lucretia Mott

January 3rd is Lucretia Mott's birthday (1793-1880). Lucretia was a Quaker women's rights and civil rights activist. Click here and scroll down to see our bio of her or check out another bio from the Women's Rights National Historic Park.

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