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Also, the information and your latest book from Silver Burdett. Thank you very much for all of it. I have spoken to Emily Sisson, the former executive director of the National Women's Hall of Fame. It seems that, very recently, the National Women's Hall of Fame has undergone major changes in structure and organization. (This has all happened in the last month or two.) Now, there is a new ex ecut i vs dir ec t. or i n Washi ng t on , D » C» i nstsad of Senec a Falls, New York. In the long run, this is probably very good news. The "museum“ will become "National" not only in name but also in scope and visibility. However, we may not be able to have our nomination considered until next year, since I have lost my major source of influence. I will let you know how it all turns out soon. In the meantime, thank you again for all the RICH materials. We will put them to good uses at the seminar at St. Mary's on November 21st, later at Joaquin Miller's annual HERSTORY PARADE in March and in filling out our National Women's Hall of Fame nominat i on. I hope that yor are feeling better and that you will have a wond er f u1 Thank sg i vi n g„ Mi 11 i -“Ann I uso-Co: Midi-Arm iuso-Cox 2123 Marinaview Dr. San Leandro, CA 94577 February 17, 1992 Dear Ms. Uchida, This is an update since my letter of 11/16/91. Lots has» happened; First of all, we gave the seminar at St. Mary's, using your materials and having the student teachers study about your life and your work« The seminar was very successful. Thank you very much for your help. My friend and colleague, Kathy Lee, spent the afternoon here yesterday. She was excited about her interview with you and her video project. She and her class will be helping me with the nomination form for THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME. Joaquin Miller School is now preparing for its annual HERSTORY PARADE. The parade will be in your honor and one of the students will portray you. The invitations will be forthcoming soon. But in the meant i ms-,— pleaus^stay well and try to set aside the BIS DAY,(^Friday, April 3rcT> We would be thrilled to have you at our “'S'ChaoI and I know you would have fun watching yourself and all the other remarkable women whom the children choose portrayed in the parade. I wl1 send you an invitation just as soon as possible. Please bring your family and friends to share this great CJ C& y a Si ncerely, iridic'#*?'? rih&ririrx Mi 11i-Ann Iuso~-Cox for HERSTORY FOR FUTURES UNLIMITED & Joaquin Miller Schoool March 29, 1992 Fifth Grade Class Joaquin Miller School 5525 Ascot Drive Oakland, CA. 94611 Dear Fifth Graders: It's so nice to know that you have been learning about so many outstanding women during this school year, and what an honor it is for me to be included with so many remarkable women! Thank you very much for honoring me at your 20th annual Herstory celebration on April 3rd. I wish it were possible for me to attend, but unfortunately, I have not been in very good health and am sorry to write that I will not be able to come. I'm sure Felicia Yu will represent me very well in your parade, and I send you my warmest good wishes for a wonderful celebration. Since I cannot be with you, I'm sending you a photo instead. I was not on the cover of TIME magazine, of course, but a student drew the facsimilie and wrote a report as a TIME reporter. This brings my best wishes to each of you. Sincerely, - n M * _ ^¿t dXop¿*^f ^ ^ ^ - ¿^>e ) /^ " -i ^ THE NATIONAL W OM EN’S The HALL of FAME 5 th Grade ca Falls, New York classes Joagairt M iller School invite YOU «efc^ stand among some Great Women at... 55£5 Ascot Drive Oakland California March £3, 19 9 £ Dear • jUb . U c k j ^ , The 5th grade of Joaquin Miller School requests the honor of your company at our £Gth annual Herstory Celebration- We have been doing a lot of researching- Ule hope you can come and see all the remarkable ujomefa that we have been learning about and ujhom uje toil! be portraying in the HERSTORY PARADE, you ujill meet Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Carrie Chapman Catt,Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Eleanor Roosevelt, and me, as YOSHIKO UCHIDR. The parade begins at 10:00AM sharp, folloujed by an auditorium presentation- We hope to see you there- Sincerely, Felicia Yu Room 8 Joaquin Millers 20th Annual HERSTORY CELEBRATION bonorinj YOSHIKO UCHIDA Friday, Apri 1 3,ir?2 - Warn sharp f e a t u r in g A HERSTORY PARADE of 50 Remarkable Women. /\n Assembly Program "Refreshments Biographical Calces - Learn with every bite . Joaquin Miller School-S5 Z 5 Ascot Dr,-Oakland.-53^918 ^ojVt T ^cajfduKU f oOecdG f/u. HERSTORY SEMINAR WOMAN'S HAUL OF- FAME. • WOMEN'S H ALL OF FAME • BREAKTHROUGH • 19 17* A WOMAN IM COMGRESS* HARRIET TUBMAN • BREAa K THE CHAINS OF SLAVE FAILURE JS |MPOSSIBLE/XSLAVERY•SLAVERY WOMEN ARE BEATRIX POTTER PRID, ^PEOPLE TOO* STOP LY PRIDE IN PETER R A e , •YMCHIMG • CIVIL RIG RABBIT* MARCH FON ;GHTS • IDA WELLS B FONG • OUTSTANDING >AR • MARY DECKER CHINESE AMERICAN vLYN Y A L O W ABIGAIL ADAMS • DC IOBEL PRIZ.E • 1977* DEAR JOHN/ • • • PLEA LIZABETH BLACKW PLEASE INCLUDETH iLACKWELL'THE FI THE LADIES ••-LOVE, !R 5T WOMAN DOCTO ABIGAIL • 50J0URN&K ¡DOCTOR-• SARAH ED TRUTH* FLORENCE K DMONSON * Ci VIL W K.ELLEYTHE CHI SOLDIER SPY* CHILDREN'S BBS RBARA HARRI FRIEND* MARTHA IARRIS * PEARL WASHINGTON BUCK* PULIT FRIEDA KAHLO PRI JULIA „PRIZE • MART MORGAN* FI. ^MARTHA GR ^GRAHAM * F IR S T WOA IRST MO WOMAN JMODERM ARCH ^DANCER ARCH, SXiCTO ARC^_____ ,DOC ARCH ITEC DOCTOR ARCH ITECT CHIEN W CADE SN WU*SALL 5NOW*W SA L L Y R WONG* E R ID E • A EMMA Wl ANNIE O WILLARD O A K L E Y FIRST WO LITTLE WOMAN C S U R E SH COLLEGE SH O T* A MARV Mc J A R O F Mc L EO D D R BAMS BETHUNE BY V^SI MAHALIA Y OSH l KO JACKSON UCHIDA WILMA» M ______MARTI N E Z * AMELI, SILK WOOD* MARY E A R H A P T / AVlATOf CASSATT* TBANE MARIA GOEPPERTi JEANETTE PfecA MAYER* NOBEL P ICC ARD * E LB AW PRIZE WIWWIN« ELEANOR R OO PHYSICIST* SUf^ ROOSEVELT* B 6U F F Y SAINTS FUTURES BEATRICE M SA IN TE MA, MEDICINE* MARIE* M5, UNLIMITED KATHERINE IUÔO-COXî IS... HER HEPBURN LOUISA HERSTO. MAY A HERS ALCdTT HERSTORY* WRITE WOMEN B A C K IN HISTORY* WRITE WO WRITE WOMEN BACK IN HISTORY*WRITE WOMEN BACK IV♦ ABOUT THE SEMINAR: It is for you and your school if... * You know there should be more about women in your curriculum— but you don't know how to get it there— . Where to start... how? What materials are available? During the workshop you will... * participate in awareness activities * gain experience with strategies and materials to use in your classroom * explore an extensive Herstory library— examining texts, biographies, tapes, records, videos suitable for elementary and middle school classrooms * work in small groups using these materials in an interdisciplinary approach (art, drama, music, I language arts, social studies) I) When you return to the class room you will... * have the strategies and materials to begin your own Herstory project l > The workshops are designed for a minimum half day (3 hours) i session with a list of optional selections for full day Ì sessions, the second half day taking the form of: further )I enhancement, follow up, individual upper elementary grade classroom work, etc. Fee varies with number of participants, length, and location. For further information contact ! 2 Herstory For Futures Unlimited 2123 Marineview Drive San Leandro, CA 94577 (510)483-4246 3 2 2 nAVE POTM n FOR v THE ni?T?ATK»T.TIE! HKVKI.OPMKNTVAT OF THEIRCOUNTRY." 4J 4 2 J 2 2 C [ HERSTORY FOR FUTURES UNLIMITED MILLI-ÄNN IUSO-COX 2123 Marineview Dr. San Leandro, CA 94577 (510)483-4246 Dear Elementary Educator, If there is controversy in your district over the newly adopted Social Science textbooks If supplementary materials are the issue — if they are either non-existing or lack diversity — THEN THIS SEMINAR HOLDS PART OF THE SOLUTION: Almost twenty years of classroom experimenting, collaborating, researching, writing, refining, and retesting have been involved. A pilot study group has used these materials and strategies with effectiveness. Most of all the unit of study has been found to be: INCLUSIVE of many ethnic groups, CONNECTING students to role models, ENABLING them to see their own place in society, INSPIRING and EMPOWERING them! We hope that you agree that these materials are a necessary supplement to your curriculum. Sincerely, Milli-Ann Iuso-Cox for FUTURES UNLIMITED For further information please contact: HERSTORY FOR FUTURES UNLIMITED 2123 Marineview Drive, San Leandro, CA 94577 Please check appropriate box: (510)483-4246 Name Tel n half day session Adress □ full day with options City State ZIP □ number of Title participants School and District Information requested ÍOR IN PERPETUITY THOSE WOMEN, CITIZENS OF THE UNITED ABOUT THE PRESENTER MILLI-ANN IUSO-COX Elementary consultant with teaching experience in HERSTORY California, New Jersey, and Venezuela. A social studies unit designed to present a broader-based, more balanced, and more inclusive view of humankind. It is an approach to the teaching of social studies which is: * Specialist in programs to expand participants' INTERDISCIPLINARY knowledge and awareness of women's history. Involving all areas of the curriculum and * Recipient of a State of California award, a Marcus providing activities and strategies fostering Foster grant, and a sabbatical for her work in women's learning for all students, whatever their history. learning styles * Founder of HERSTORY For Futures Unlimited, a MULTILEVEL nonprofit organization of elementary school educators to promote the development of curricula for elementary age Taking into consideration the many levels students acknowledging the contributions of women in of ability found within a classroom. history and introducing students to noteworthy role models during important formative years. MULTICULTURAL & BIOGRAPHICAL * Author of The Problem of Providing Missing Role Providing role models for all students, Models within the Social Studies Framework and alive with women from many ethnic backgrounds co-author of In Each Generation, Action Frees and walks of life. Allows students to Our Dreams, a curriculum packet, both published by the California History Institute, U.C. Berkeley. * Find something "to shoot for" * Identify with their heroines * Creator of the HERSTORY Parade, which was filmed and * Start planning their own places in included in the nationally distributed documentary Herstory toward a higher, greater HISTORY REVISITED. destiny ♦This quote taken from the plaque, National Women’s Hall of Fame. lOULNVIIHd ‘WSINVraVIINVPWH ‘IN3WNH3AOD ‘NOLLVDÎ1ŒÏ WHAT OTHERS SAY: "...Exemplary service in promoting and successfully including women's history in the classroom." Wilson P. Riles California State Superintendent of Instruct ion "The film presentation has just been shown to the Congressional Women's Caucus in Washington, D.C. with rave reviews." Jonna Ramey Media Services, Calif. State Dept, of Education "With Her story, you have made a great contribution to education. Most of all, you have honored women everywhere." Sarah Sanders, Teacher "...a stellar example of a single teacher inspiring an entire school through her example." National Women's History Project "She made Herstory part of history for us all." (Plaque) Joaquin Miller PTA "My children were fortunate to be in her classroom to participate in Herstoryl This type of study integrates learning into personality and character." Kathleen Hurty, Parent "Ms. Iuso-Cox has proven her ability to creatively initiate special projects. It is important to other teachers that they have the opportunity to profit from her creativity." Arlyn and John Meyers Faculty members U.C. Berkeley . .Herstory is fabulous. You have helped young people break through stereotypes and rules which have been constrictive. It is an honor.for my son and family to know you." Jane Spahr, Parent Descendant of Abigail Adams "Ms. Iuso-Cox... is Herstory." ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED Alison O'Leary, Student The AheePauC lice Paul was Occoquan Workhouse, Ajailed seven times in ^ r It was really an aban her life, including three doned place, filthy; we had times in England, for the cause^ WEo sleep on the floor. I slept of suffrage, the right of women to Tiext to Miss Elsie Hall and we vote. talked over our plans during the n 1917, the Suffragists, led by night. That was when we decided I Alice Paul, picketed the White to hunger strike. The food was so House every day and although terrible, filled with worms, so it they were not always arrested, really was not hard to go on a Alice Paul said: hunger strike. Then they did forc ible feeding and finally used the CC W J t had held a meeting in tubes stuck up the nostril and V V Lafayette Square and the down the throat like they had in girls had got up a banner saying England.” what we were there for. The po lice came and I remember that fter suffrage was ratified in even though I wasn’t speaking A 1920, Alice Paul, founder of that day, they pointed at me and the National Woman’s Party in said, ‘Take her; she’s the one who 1913 and author of the Equal made all the trouble.’ Then they Rights Amendment in 1923, booked us and charged us with designed and gave this jail door obstructing traffic, but it wasn’t pin to each woman who had been true—of course, the crowds in jail with her as a token of who came to watch us were apprecation of their loyalty on the streets and were ob Pin to the cause of suffrage. structing traffic—but not us!” I he National Woman’s tt'T^hat time they put TParty has loaned the some of us in thi ^Alice Paul pin to the D.C. jail and some of us at [Smithsonian Institute. XliEj rubilio¿\\ {EuopEjsj 9tp jo XsavnoD joafoad sttp ut pasn Supq si u ij \nv¿ dJi\v aqj. member Ike. ladies.. — ABICAIL ADAMS THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S TIALL of FAME YOU CAN STAND AMONG SOME GREAT WOMEN BY BECOMING A MEMBER TODAY! sf? irv, THE NATIONAL P.O. Box 335 WOMEN’S iSeneca Falls, N.Y. 13148 HALL of FAME ------A m . MEMBERSHIP As a member in the NATIONAL WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME you will receive: ■ periodic newsletters ■ free admission to the Hall ■ invitations to special events ■ 10% discount on any gift or resource material purchase. Please enroll me as a Member of the NATIONAL WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME at the following Membership Level ------Individual ($25) Name:______------Family ($50) Address:______------Contributing ($100) ______------Donor ($150) City: ______------Sponsor ($350) State/Zip:______------Patron ($500) * Payment by check or VISA/MasterCard accepted (card #)______□ Please check with your employer if they have a matching gift program. THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S HALL of FAME MU f i ,iv hA t h*A v ,i ■fui. '(f. X u)X * X ) u X . f ( ' , ; ^mcT2 2^ ciT (^im sÍQfíjyJtor* 5 . * o t t ^ fj /fijA u \ V c * £ 0 t K, 5 Achievement A D T O Since 1968, the National Women’s Hall of Fame has celebrated and honored the achievements of women. Through its permanent exhibit, the Hall has brought MARIAN The famous contralto who, because of her race, was denied an op alive the history and literature of the ANDERSON portunity to sing in Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. in 1939. women honored here, so long forgotten (1902- ) She held her concert at the Lincoln Memorial before a crowd of in classrooms and textbooks; it has of Inducted 1973 75,000. She went on to become one of the most honored musicians fered role models to young people and n the country. provided adults the chance to learn about the women who have broken the barriers and created the opportunities for other women. GWENDOLYN She was the first Black American woman to receive recognition as Selection Process BROOKS a poet, winning the Pullitzer Prize in 1950 for Annie Allen. (1917- ) Inducted 1988 Women are selected for induction into the Hall of Fame by a national honors selection committee. This committee PEARL Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, she wrote more than 85 votes on the basis of these criteria: BUCK novels and numerous short stories. She also founded several • The value of their contribution to (1892-1973) organizations to aid children of half-American, half-Asian parentage. the society, to significant groups Inducted 1973 within that society, or to the progress and freedom of women. • Their significant contribution to art, athletics, business, government, MARY America’s most famous woman painter and etcher, best known for philantrophy, humanities, science, CA SSETT her sensitive pictures of mothers and children. and education. (1844-1926) • The enduring value of their inducted 1978 achievements. Anyone may nominate a candidate for induction into the Hall of Fame. WILLA A major figure in American Literature, her work is characterized Nominations are turned over to a CATHER by portraits of strong, independent women, a lyrical evocation of research committee which prepares (1873-1947) nature, and a longing for the pioneer spirit. detailed reports on each nominee. This inducted 1988 committee then prepares the ballot for the national selection committee which makes the final decision. EMILY An important voice in American poetry, she was virtually DICKINSON unknown in her own time, but today is celebrated for lyric poetry (1830-1866) which broke with traditional forms and which reflect an authentic inducted 1973 poetic vision. HELEN The first lady of the American Stage, she created the memorable HAYES portrait of Victoria Regina, as well as countless other characters on (1900- ) stage, in film, and on television. Inducted 1973 BESSIE Known as the “Empress of the Blues”, she performed with SMITH musical greats and her legacy grew as her recordings influenced later (1894-1937) performers. Inducted 1984 1 JANE ADDAMS ARGUED THAT WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE WAS NECESSARY WHEN WOMEN’S TRADITIONAL DOMESTIC ROLES WERE CARRIED ON IN MODERN MILDRED “BABE” The athletic phenomenon of all time, she was outstanding in URBAN SETTINGS: “IF WOMAN DIDRIKSON everything she undertook including basketball, track and field, and WOULD KEEP ON WITH HER OLD ZAHARIAS golf, winning gold medals and every major women’s golf BUSINESS OF CARING FOR HER (1911-1956) championship. HOUSE AND REARING HER Inducted 1976 CHILDREN, SHE WILL HAVE TO HAVE SOME CONSCIENCE IN REGARD TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS.” - JANE ADDAMS AchievfiBaHIjPKLi I»a ¿»..¿»g- EDUCATION JANE She founded Hull House in the neediest neighborhood in Chicago ADDAMS and became one of the nation’s most noted social reformers. She (1860-1935) won the Nobel Peace Prize. Inducted 1973 MARY A symbol of Black American heritage, she founded and served McLEOD BETHUNE for 38 years as president of Bethune-Cookman College. (1875-1955) Inducted 1973 HELEN Blind and deaf as the result of a childhood illness, she overcame KELLER these handicaps to live a full life to inspire us all. (1880-1968) Inducted 1973 JULIETTE Founder of the Girl Scouts of America, she worked tirelessly to GORDON LOW promote and develop Girl Scouting across the country. (1860-1927 Inducted 1979 MOTHER The first native born American Saint, she founded the Sisters of ELIZABETH Charity, the first American religious congregation of women. SETON (1774-1821) Inducted 1979 4 ONE WOMAN’S DEATH TRIGGERED A REVOLUTION. AFTER WATCHING SADIE SACHS DIE FROM A SELF-INDUCED ABORTION IN A NEW YORK ELIZABETH Together with Lucretia Mott and others she planned and executed TENEMENT IN 1912, MARGARET CADY STANTON the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls on July 18 and SANGER WALKED THE STREETS (1815-1893) 19, 1848, and devoted much of her life thereafter to the battle for FOR HOURS. “ IT WAS THE DAWN Inducted 1973 women’s suffrage. OF A NEW DAY IN MY LIFE. I WENT TO BED KNOWING THAT NO MATTER WHAT IT MIGHT COST . . . I WAS RESOLVED TO SEEK OUT THE ROOT OF EVIL, TO DO SOMETHING TO CHANGE THE DESTINY OF MOTHERS WHOSE MISERIES WERE VAST AS THE SKY.” -MARGARET SANGER Achievement in HUMANITARIANISM CLARA Known as the “Angel of the Battlefield” during the Civil War, she BARTON later founded the American Association of the Red Cross. (1821-1912) Inducted 1973 DOROTHEA She became the first successful prison and mental asylum reformer DIX in this country and was responsible for establishing 32 mental (1802-1887) hospitals in the United States as well as around the world. Inducted 1979 MARY HARRIS At the turn of the century, she fearlessly organized men and “ MOTHER” JONES women to fight for their right to decent wages and decent treatment (1873-1930) n the labor force. She battled against the evils of child labor, Inducted 1973 organized miners, and fought to unionize streetcar, garment, and steel workers. LUCRETIA A Quaker who dedicated herself to the causes of antislavery and MOTT women’s rights. She was chosen as a delegate to the world anti (1793-1880) slavery convention in London in 1850 but was barred from participa Inducted 1983 tion because she was a woman. She helped plan and carry out the first women’s rights convention in 1848. MARGARET SANGER She dedicated her life to enabling women to control their (1883-1966) reproductive lives through contraception. 5 Inducted 1981 6 .Achievement -v- -in-..- ■ ..." “WHEN MISS ANTHONY WAS OLD GOVERNMENT AND I WAS STILL YOUNG, I TOOK A TRIP WITH HER IN A CAMPAIGN STATE. ONCE, WHEN MANY One of the earliest women to call attention to the concerns of THINGS HAD GONE WRONG, I ABIGAIL women, she wrote to her husband, John Adams, during the framing STEPPED TO HER DOOR AND SAID, ADAMS ‘I THINK I HAVE MADE THE (1744-1818) of the Constitution, “ I desire you would remember the ladies.” WORST SPEECH OF MY LIFE Inducted 1976 TONIGHT AND I NEVER WANT TO MAKE ANOUTHER. DID YOU EVER FEEL THAT WAY? SUSAN B. She knew that only through equal rights and voting privileges ‘OH, YES!’ SAID SHE, ‘I ALWAYS ANTHONY could women become effective workers for social change. She spent FEEL THAT WAY, BUT WHEN I (1820-1906) her life pursuing this goal. COME TO MY SENSES, I KNOW Inducted 1973 THAT BAD SPEECHES HELP A CAUSE BETTER THAN NO SPEECHES AT ALL.’ ” - CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT CARRIE Her skillful organizing and public speaking helped women gain CHAPMAN CATT the right to vote. In 1920 she called for a League of Women Voters (1859-1947) to provide political education to women. Inducted 1982 BELVA The first woman lawyer to plead a case before the Supreme Court, LOCKWOOD she helped to open the legal profession to women. She was the first (1830-1917) woman to have her name on the ballot, running for president in Inducted 1983 1884 and again in 1888. ALICE She led the fight for passage of the 19th Amendment giving PAUL women the right to vote. She authored the original Equal Rights (1885-1977) Amendment in the 1920’s. Inducted 1979 FRANCES The first woman cabinet officer in American history, she was ap PERKINS pointed Secretary of Labor in 1932 and served throughout Franklin (1885-1977) Roosevelt’s four terms as president until 1945. Inducted 1979 ELEANOR She fought not only to overcome discrimination in this country ROOSEVELT while she was First Lady, but also as a delegate to the United Na (1884-1962) tions where she sought to secure basic human rights and security for Inducted 1973 the world’s people. The first woman to be elected to both houses of the United States MARGARET Congress, she was a watchdog on matters of national defense and CHASE SMITH did much to advance the status of women in the Armed Services. (1897- ) 7 Inducted 1973 i8 AT THE AKRON OHIO WOMEN’S RIGHTS CONVENTION, MEN CROWDED THE HALL TO SNEER AT “ STRONG-MINDED” WOMEN LUCY Noted for her work in the suffrage movement and abolition, she AND OFFER SENTIMENTAL STONE was America’s first professional female lecturer, known as the TRIBUTES TO “TRUE” (1818-1893) “morning star of the Women’s Rights Movement.” WOMANHOOD. SOJOURNER Inducted 1986 TRUTH ROSE TO DELIVER HER IMMORTAL SPEECH: “THAT MAN OVER THERE SAYS THAT WOMEN NEEDS TO BE HELPED INTO HARRIET She wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the book considered one of the CARRIAGES AND LIFTED OVER BEECHER STOWE most effective pieces of reform literature ever published. It was this DITCHES AND TO HAVE THE BEST (1811-1896) book that caused President Lincoln to call her the little woman who PLACE EVERYWHERE. NOBODY Inducted 1986 began this great war (the Civil War). EVER HELPS ME INTO CARRIAGES, OR OVER MUD PUDDLES, OR GIVES ME THE BEST PLACE—AND AIN’T I A WOMAN?” - SOJOURNER TRUTH SOJOURNER After living as a slave for 30 years, she spent the rest of her life as TRUTH an itinerant preacher, advocating emancipation, women’s rights, and (1797-1883) temperance. Inducted 1981 HARRIET Known as the Moses of her people, she escaped from slavery in TUBMAN 1849 and returned on many dangerous missions to bring a total of “WE WANT RIGHTS. THE FLOUR (1820-1913) 300 slaves to freedom. MERCHANT, THE HOUSEBUILDER, Inducted 1973 AND THE POSTMAN CHARGE US NO LESS ON ACCOUNT OF OUR SEX; BUT WHEN WE ENDEAVOR TO EARN MONEY TO PAY ALL THESE, IDA B. A journalist who used her work to oppose lynchings, she became THEN, INDEED WE FIND THE WELLS-BARNETT an uncompromising militant leader in causes from antilynching cam DIFFERENCE.” (1862-1931) paigns to women’s suffrage. - LUCY STONE Inducted 1988 in SCIENCE ELIZABETH She overcame great prejudice to become the first woman in this BLACKWELL country to obtain a medical degree and founded the New York In firmary for Women and Children and the first school of nursing in (1821-1910) Inducted 1973 the United States. 10 9 MARGARET MEAD’S MOTHER STUDIED FOR A DOCTORATE. HER GRANDMOTHER WAS ALSO WELL EDUCATED. “THE TWO WOMEN I KNEW BEST WERE MOTHERS AND HAD PROFESSIONAL TRAINING. SO I HAD NO REASON TO DOUBT THAT BRAINS WERE SUITABLE RACHEL FOR A WOMAN.” CARSON A biologist and writer, she awakened the nation to the dangers of (1907-1954) pesticides in her book Silent Spring. — MARGARET MEAD Inducted 1973 AMELIA EARHART She became the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air (1897-1937) and the first woman to fly across it alone. Inducted 1973 ALICE The pioneer doctor in American industrial medicine, she con HAMILTON ducted several investigations in industrial plants which led to state (1897-1937) Inducted 1973 laws to protect workers from dust, gases, fumes, lead, and mercury poisoning. BARBARA McCLINTOCK Known for her work in cytogenetics, she received the Nobel Prize (1902- ) Inducted 1986 for Medicine in 1983. MARGARET MEAD One of the most widely known anthropologists, her work was (1901-1978) devoted to the study of child rearing in various cultures. Inducted 1976 SALLY K. The first American woman to fly into space, she was a mission RIDE specialist on the space shuttle Challenger in June 1983. (1951- ) Inducted 1988 FLORENCE She was one of the key doctors in the twentieth century movement SABIN to change the aim of a medical study from the cure of disease to the (1871-1953) maintenance of health. Inducted 1973 HELEN BROOKE The doctor who developed the curative operation for the “ blue TAUSSIG baby” syndrome and prevented the widespread use of the (1898-1986) thalidomide drug. Inducted 1973 1 2 1990 FOUR WOMEN SELECTED for INDUCTION INTO HALL MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE BARBARA JORDAN BILLIE JEAN KING FLORENCE B. SEIBERT ACHIEVEMENT in ART ACHIEVEMENT in GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENT in ATHLETICS ACHIEVEMENT in SCIENCE (1904-1971) (1936- ) (1943- ) (1897- ) In the era before television and in Elected to the House of Repre For over 20 years, Billie Jean King During her long and distinguished stant communication, the photo sentatives from Texas in 1972, Bar dominated the world of tennis. As a career, Florence Seibert made impor graphs of Margaret Bourke-White bara Jordan became the first African player, she won 20 Wimbledon titles, tant contributions to science and to showed the American people the American congresswoman to be 13 US Open titles, the French Open, the advancement of medicine. world—from the Kremlin, to concen elected from the deep South. the Australian Open, and 29 Virginia Because of her work, it became tration camps, to the dustbowls of Jordan captured the attention of Slims singles titles. She was ranked possible to test accurately for tuber the midwest. the nation during the 1974 Nixon the number one player seven times culosis; and intravenous therapy Born in New York City in 1904, impeachment hearings. As a member between 1966 and 1974. She was the became safe. she began her work as a photo of the House Judiciary Hearings she first woman athlete to earn over Dr. Seibert succeeded in isolating grapher while at Cornell University. served on the committee charged $100,000 in one year. Purified Protein Derivative, thus After graduating, she became an in with hearing and evaluating the King’s energy turned women’s ten making possible the isolation of the dustrial photographer, primarily, in evidence bearing on the possible im nis into the major professional sport active substance of pure tuberclin. Cleveland. She was one of the first peachment of then-President Nixon. it is today. Outraged at the disparity This work, done in the 1930’s, is still photographers for Fortune Magazine In 1976, she became the first between men’s and women’s prizes the international standard for in 1929 and in 1935, she was one of woman and the first African in grand slam events, King spear tuberculin. the first photojournalists to be American to give the keynote address headed the drive for equal prize Born in Easton, Pa. in 1897, selected for the newly formed Life at the Democratic National money and equal treatment for Seibert received her undergraduate Magazine. Her photographs of a Convention. women. She was instrumental in set degree in chemistry from Goucher dam under construction in Montana In 1978, she announced she would ting up the Virginia Slims profes College in 1918, her PhD from Yale was the cover for the very first issue not seek re-election and returned to sional tennis tour for women in University. From 1932 until her of Life. Texas as a full professor at the 1970. She is the founder of the retirement in 1958, she was associ Bourke-White remained with Life University of Texas at Austin where Women’s Tennis Association and the ated with the Henry Phipps Institute through the 1950’s when Parkinson’s she still teaches political values and Women’s Sports Foundation. of the University of Pennsylvania. disease curtailed her work. She ethics at the Lyndon B. Johnson Since her retirement from active After her retirement, she volunteered retired formally from Life in 1969. School of Public Affairs. playing in 1984, she has devoted her for 13 more years in programs ex In 1971, she died. energies to the development of team amining the etiology of cancer. tennis. Today, she lives in St. Petersburg, Fla. UNDERWRITTEN IN PART BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF SENECA FALLS, NY. and IN PART BY A GRANT FROM ZONTA INTERNATIONAL, GENEVA CHAPTER, N.Y. design: Alice Muhlback ART WORKS THE Programs NATIONAL WOMEN’S □ Honors Ceremony: Women selected for the ■ HALL of FAME Hall of Fame are inducted at a gala ceremony in THE Seneca Falls on August 26, Women’s Equality Day, the anniversary of the passage of the suf NATIONAL frage amendment. WOMEN’S :Women in the Hall □ Travelling Exhibits: The National Women’s Hall of Fame has several exhibits it lends to other HALL o f FAME Abigail Adams Bessie Smith museums, libraries, schools, and businesses. Jane Addams Margaret Chase Smith These exhibits include: Portraits of Women in the Marian Anderson Elizabeth Cady Stanton Hall and Women in the National Women’s Hall Susan B. Anthony Lucy Stone Clara Barton Harriet Beecher Stowe of Fame: Selected panels. In addition small ex Mary McLeod Bethune Helen Brook Taussig hibits about Clara Barton, Helen Keller, and Elizabeth Blackwell Sojourner Truth Eleanor Roosevelt are available. Margaret Bourke-White Harriet Tubman Another exhibit “ Votes for All” was developed Gwendolyn Brooks Ida B. Wells-Barnett by the National Women’s Hall of Fame and is Pearl S. Buck Mildred “ Babe” currently being travelled by the Gallery Associa Rachel Carson Didrickson Zaharis tion of New York. Mary Cassatt Willa Cather □ Special Exhibits: Throughout the year, the Emily Dickinson Hall features special exhibits from other Carrie Chapman Catt museums and from corporations which honor Dorothea Dix outstanding women. Amelia Earhart □ Poster and Essay Contest: This contest is Alice Hamilton sponsored annually for students in grades 4 Helen Hayes through 12 during March which is National Mary Harris “ Mother” Jones Barbara Jordan Women’s History Month. Winners in each grade Helen Keller level are invited to Seneca Falls during convention Billie Jean King days in July to receive their awards. Belva Lockwood □ Tours and Educational Programs: Tours are Juliette Gordon Low led by trained staff and docents. For school Barbara McClintock groups, a living history program and other Margaret Mead special activities are available. Lucretia Mott Alice Paul □ Special Events: The Hall sponsors special Frances Perkins events during Convention Days in July, Women’s Sally Ride Equality Day in August, Women’s History Month Eleanor Roosevelt in March, and Black History Month in February. Florence Sabin THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME For more information about any of these Margaret Sanger THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME CELEBRATES and HONORS THE STRUGGLES programs, contact: Mother Elizabeth Seton and THE ACHIEVEMENTS of EXTRAORDINARY Florence Seibert The National Women’s Hall of Fame 76 Fall Street 315/568-8060 Seneca, Falls, New York 13148 AMERICAN WOMEN.. History Since 1968, the National Women’s Hall of Fame The exhibit and panels are designed by Jason has celebrated and honored the achievements of Wong, Ithaca, New York. THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME women. Through its permanent exhibit, the Hall The sketches are by Chuck Mack, Auburn, New was founded in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1968. has brought alive the history and literature of the York; silk screening by Pierrepont Visual Graphics, The founders, area residents, felt Seneca Falls was women honored here, so long forgotten in class Rochester, New York. a fitting place for a hall of fame for women. It rooms and textbooks; it has offered role models to was here that, in 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, young people and provided adults the chance to Lucretia Mott, and 300 others met at the Wesleyan learn about the women who have broken the bar Chapel and approved the Declaration of Sen riers and created the opportunities for other Funding timents which said, “ Resolved, that it is the duty women. of the women of this country to secure to The National Women’s Hall of Fame is a not themselves their sacred right to the elective fran for profit educational institution. Funding is chise’’. This was the call — the beginning of the received from grants, corporate and individual suffrage movement. sponsors, admissions, donations and membership. Seventy years later women finally won the right Members of the National Women’s Hall of to vote with the passage of the 19th amendment in The Building Fame receive quarterly newsletters, invitations to 1920. special events, and a discount in the museum The building that now houses the National Shortly after that, in the mid 1920’s, it was in shop. Seneca Falls, again, that another call for women’s Women’s Hall of Fame was originally erected as rights was issued, this time by Alice Paul who the Seneca Falls Savings Bank in 1916. Before that called for the passage of an Equal Rights time, a small store stood on this site, but was razed for the bank building. The Seneca Falls Savings Amendment. Bank was initially established in 1871 as a tradi ^ - 1 Selection Process Almost 50 years later, with that amendment still Museum Shop and Catalogue stalled in Congress and in the country, the Na tional savings institution. From the opening of the tional Women’s Hall of Fame was founded. bank in August of 1917 until the National Women are selected for induction into the Hall A museum shop is located at the rear of the The National Women’s Hall of Fame was to re Women’s Hall of Fame purchased the property in of Fame by a national honors selection commit gallery. The shop carries items about Women in mind us all of the spirit of the fight begun so long 1978, the Seneca Falls Savings Bank continually tee. This committee votes on the basis of these the Hall, books, and educational materials. The ago in Seneca Falls and of the importance of the occupied this structure. The bank is now located criteria: museum shop also publishes a catalogue twice a contributions of women to our culture and our in a modern brick building on Cayuga Street. year. • The value of their contribution to the country. The building is part of the Seneca Falls Historic District. society, to significant groups within that The National Women’s Hall of Fame was incor society, or to the progress and freedom of porated in the spring of 1969. There was no women. physical home, but the work went on and in 1973 • Their significant contribution to art, the first women were inducted into the National athletics, business, government, philan Women’s Hall of Fame. Among the group of 20 The Exhibit thropy, humanities, science, and first inducted were Susan B. Anthony, Marian (315) 568-8060 or (315) 568-2936 education. Anderson, Margaret Chase Smith, and Elizabeth The permanent exhibit in the National Women’s • The enduring value of their achievements. Cady Stanton. Hall of Fame consists of large panels with brief Hours: (May-Oct.) Daily 10:00-4:00 In 1979, after a major fund raising effort, the biographies and photographs of the women being (Nov.-April) Wed.-Sat. 10:00-4:00 Anyone may nominate a candidate for induction National Women’s Hall of Fame moved into the honored. Arranged in groupings according to the Sun. 12:00-4:00 into the Hall of Fame. Nominations are turned building it currently occupies. At the grand open area of achievement, the panels are color coded: over to a research committee which prepares ing, Lynda Johnson Robb, chair of president arts-white; science-gray; humanitarianism-pink; Closed: Thanksgiving, Christmas and New detailed reports on each nominee. This commit Jimmy Carter’s Commission on Women, delivered education-beige; athletics-green; and Year’s Day. tee then prepares the ballot for the national selec the keynote address. government-blue. V. tion committee which makes the final decision. HERSTORY FOR FUTURES UNLIMITED is an organization established by educators to promote the development of curriculum which demonstrates the contributions andfaccomj^^ of women, acknowledges worneiTs pTace in history and provides noteworthy role models for all young Americans. Funds from the sale oT the Alice Paul pin wiTT be "equally shared with the two National organizations we feel are doing the most to further these goals: The NATIONAL WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME was established. . . “to honor in perpetuity those women, citizens of the United States of America, whose con tributions to the arts, athletics, business, education, government, the humani ties, philanthropy and science have been of the greatest value for the develop ment of their country’’ The major focus of the organization is education. The facility and programs are used to provide a forum to learn about women’s history both present. The major goal is to establish the National Women’s Hall of Fame as a nationally recognized women’s history resource. The NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY PROJECT exists to expand the nation wide recognition of multi-cultural women’s history through school and com munity-based programs. As the originators and primary promoters of National Women’s History Month each March, the Project staff is a unique resource for women’s history information, materials, referrals and technical assistance in program planning. The Project develops and distributes K-12 curriculum materials, conducts^ in-service training sessions, holds intensive three-day conferences, maintains The Women’s History Resource Service, sponsors The Women’s History Network, and serves as a clearinghouse for information and referrals to other women’s history resources coast-to-coast. Despite great obstacles, many American women forge lives of achieve ment. But fame has been denied them; and history has too long ignored them. The Alice Paul pin is a symbol of this struggle. May it illuminate your life and lend you courage and inspiration. The Alice Paul Pin is being used in this project courtesy of the National Woman’s Party. THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S HALL of FAME 1992. NOMINATION FORM SENECA FALLS, NY 13148 The National Women’s Hall of Fame is requesting nominations of outstanding American women to be considered for election to the National Women’s Hall of Fame for 19SÛL Nominees must be Citizens of the United States. The criteria for selection are: 1. The value of her contribution to the society, to significant groups within that society, or to the progress and freedom of women. 2. Her significant, national contribution to: art, athletics, business, government, philanthropy, humanities, science, and education. 3. The enduring value of her achievement. Completed nomination forms will be forwarded to the Hall’s research committee. Final selection is done by a national selection committee. All materials sent with the nomination become property of the National Women’s Hall of Fame. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: AUGUST 2 6 ,1996 M a il to: Research Committee National Women’s Hall of Fame Box 335 76 Fall St. Seneca Falls, NY 13148 BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT WOMEN BEING NOMINATED (use additional sheets if necessary) THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONS for 1991 A. Significant achievements (with dates, if possible) NOMINEE_____ BORN______DIED Nomination Date: B. Awards and Honors (chronologically) GENERAL STATEMENT OF NOMINEE’S QUALIFICATIONS. Please address the Hall’s criteria in this statement. The criteria for selection ape: The value of the woman’s contribution to the society, to significant groups within that society, or to the progress and freedom of women. Her significant national contribution to: art, athletics, business, government, philanthropy, humanities, science, and education. The enduring value of her achievement. C. Professional History (chronologically) D. Sources containing Biographical data (give author, title, publisher, pagination) PLEASE NOTE: Pages 2 and 3 need to be filled out completely for the nomination to be considered. Please feel free to enclose other information which supports the nomination (Copies of articles, speeches, letters, etc.) Nomination Submitted by: Address: Telephone Number: WOMEN OF THE HALL OF FAME Abigail Adams Jane Addons Marian Anderson Susan B. Anthony Clara Barton Mary MdLeod Betkine Elizabeth BlackwcS Gwendolen Brooks Feari S. Buck IRachel Carson Mary Cassatt Willa Cataer Emily Ditkinson Carrie Chapman Catt Amelia Exhart A lice Hanaiton Helen Hares “Stand Among Some Dorothea Dix Great Women ” Mary Hands “Mother” Jones Helen Kefer Belva Lockwood Juliette Gsrdon Low Barbara McC lintodc Margaret Mead LucretiaMott Alice Paid Frances Iferkins S ally Ride Eleanor Bxjsevdt Florence Sabin Margaret Sanger Mother ESzabethSeton Bessie Sxith Margaret Chase Snith Elizabeth Cady Stanton /Lucy Stare Harriet Beecher Ssowe Helen Birek Tausag SojoumerTruth Harriet Tabrnan Ida B. WeSs-Barnett Mildred ‘Babe” Ehdrickson Zaharis