Showing posts with label Woman of the Month;. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Woman of the Month;. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

March Update

March is National Women's History Month! Celebrate by visiting http://www.freewebs.com/uswhp/holidays.htm.

Our woman of the month for March is feminist icon and women's rights activist and journalist Gloria Steinem. Born on March 25, 1935, she is the founding editor of Ms. Magazine and helped found National Women's Political Caucus, the Women's Action Alliance, the Coalition of Labor Union Women, Choice USA, and the Women's Media Center.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

AALBC Webpage

Check out this Alice Walker page from the website African American Literature Book Club (AALBC): http://aalbc.com/authors/alice.htm

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Alice Walker links and bio

This webpage about Alice Walker includes a biography and tons of internet links: http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary/alicew/

Woman of the Month: February

Our woman of the month is Alice Walker! She was the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with her epistolary novel The Color Purple in 1983. Throughout the month, we will post links, pictures, articles, fun facts, etc. relating to her. Sorry for the delay!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Friday, January 9, 2009

Amelia Earhart Museum

Check out the website for the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum in Atchison, Kansas: http://www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org/.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Timeline from The Ninety-Nines

Check out an Amelia Earhart timeline from The Ninety-Nines International Organization of Women Pilots, created "in 1929 by 99 licensed women pilots for the mutual support and advancement of aviation." http://www.ninety-nines.org/earhart.html

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Women of the Month: January

Our first Woman-of-the-Month is the late pilot Amelia Earhart. On January 11 in 1935, she made the first solo flight from Hawaii to North America! Throughout the month, we will post links, pictures, articles, fun facts, etc. relating to her.