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2014 Gazette 2014 a Gazette from the National Women’S History Project Volume 6 $100 Women’s History 2014 Gazette 2014 A Gazette From the National Women’s History Project Volume 6 National Women’s History Month • 2014 Celebrating Women of Character, Courage & Commitment Katharine Roxcy O’Neal Bolton Ryan Gibbs 20th Century Women’s Rights Pioneer Women’s Employment Pioneer Lisa Taylor Chipeta Civil Rights Attorney Diplomat and Indian Rights Advocate Agatha Frances Oldham Kelsey Tiegel Hanson Pharmacologist and Public Health Activist Educator, Author, and Advocate for the Anna Julia Deaf Community Cooper Tammy Duckworth African American Member of Congress Educator and Author and Iraq War Veteran Arden Carmen Delgado Votaw International Women’s Eversmeyer Rights Activist Jaida Im The Old Lesbian Advocate for Survivors Oral Herstory of Human Trafficking Project Founder Ann Lewis Human Rights Organizer, Women’s History Advocate www.nwhp.org Dear Friends - What’s Inside: Special This year’s theme, Celebrating Women of Character, Courage, and Commitment, honors the extraordinary and often unrecognized determination and tenacity of women. Against social convention and often legal restraints, women • NWHP Partners & Supporters have created a legacy that expands the frontiers of possibility for generations to come. They have demonstrated their character, courage and commitment as mothers, educators, institution builders, business, labor, political and • Gala Reception and Dinner March 27 WOMEN’S community leaders, relief workers, women religious, and CEOs. Their lives and their work inspire girls and women to • Invitation to Join NWHP achieve their full potential and encourage boys and men to respect the diversity and depth of women’s experience. • NWHP Bus Tour HISTORY Thank you for your support in “writing women back into history.” • 2014 Honorees and Nominees • Women's History Catalog Catalog Inside Molly Murphy MacGregor Executive Director and Cofounder National Women’s History Project National Women’s History Project NON-PROFIT 730 Second Street #469 ORG. 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Visit the March 27th Gala and Reception section of our webstore for tickets The National Women’s History Project proudly honors two women whose tremendous support for the NWHP has and will continue to be vital in realizing our purpose and possibility. Visit www.nwhp.org for a Their generosity and vision will enable future generations to carry on the legacy of recognizing women as makers of history. Gallaudet University Dorothy (Sunny) Bristol (1922-2013) was part of the National Women’s History Project before we even had a name. For over 30 years, she volunteered her amazing talents listing of national and state women’s Joseph Cotchett in honor of his four daughters as a writer, editor, and archivist. In 2000, we named the NWHP archives in her honor, and when they are digitalized they will serve as a resource to tell our story as well as the Doris Foster Foundation stories of the 20th century women’s history movement. history performers or presenters. Dr. Kimberly Salter Gerda Lerner (1920- 2013) pioneered the field of women’s history. Her work validated the richness and complexity of the female experience, and she laid the foundation for This celebration will be interpreted in American Sign Language. generations of scholars and activist. We are honored to be oneCelebrating of the recipients of theLives Gerda andLerner CharitableLegacies Trust, and we will proudly use her gift to continue her legacy of “writing women back into history.” In the Beginning As a labor leader and organizer, A Very Special Thank You to Our Supporters for Making Our Work Possible. LIKE the National Women's History NWHP Board Emerita Margaret Zierdt's blog Mullany is one of early American labor Learn more about 2014 Honoree Chipeta and native Anne-Therese Ageson Constance Cordovilla David D John Susanne Otteman Project on Facebook to keep up history’s most important women . 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