NIKE The official publication of New NYork State Women, Inc. IKVOL. 70 n ISSUE 1 nE SEPTEMBER 2020 Our Mission To build powerful women personally, professionally, and politically. Our Vision To make a difference in the lives of working women. Are YOU a member of NYS Women, Inc. yet? yet? Inc. Women, a member of NYS YOU Are Time to check us out at nyswomeninc.org Time Dated Material — Deliver Promptly #NEWYORKTOUGH NYS Women, Inc. – The State of the State Clear vision, clear leadership. -Jacquie Shellman NYS Women, Inc. President, 2020/2021 First, thank you for supporting and We have held productive informative encouraging me during my 43 years of Zoom meetings about “Best Practices for membership. It is an honor to serve the Presidents & Treasurers;” training on women of New York State in this new holding your own Zoom meetings, how decade. A perk of this office is to write a to navigate our website, and navigating President’s Message for NIKE, the respect- Facebook. We have more sessions com- ed publication of an organization with ing. Most are all recorded and accessible 100-plus years of advocating for women. on our website at: www.nyswomeninc. To accomplish our goals, we need org/members/zoom meetings Clear Vision, Clear Leadership. We need to We are being positive and proactive, connect with you, our member, and those planning a Fall Board October 2-3, 2020 of you who are interested in our organi- at the Killian’s Event Center in Waterloo, zation. We know that this new decade is NY. The agenda is not finalized but instal- full of challenges which will provide lation will be held Friday night followed opportunities for us to improve the status by installation banquet. The traditional of women, thus improving the lives of all. memorial service will be held Saturday That slogan certainly rings as true now as morning to honor our members who during WWII. “We Can Do It!” was origi- have passed away since May 2019. The nally about motivating women workers at board business session and potential spe- Westinghouse during the war, but it is cial membership meeting will be followed now meant to suggest women can do any- by a served lunch. The Quality Inn has thing they put their minds to. given us a room rate of $95 before taxes Membership in New York State for Thursday to Saturday night. Women, Inc. is an opportunity for women So, plan on joining us in the beautiful to enhance their self-confidence, thus Finger Lakes where our fall foliage is finding their voice. Women make up over spectacular, wineries provide luscious 50% of the population. We have the refreshments, and the history of Seneca power to make a difference. “We Can Do Falls and suffragists call us to remember It!” Membership promotes connecting and rejoice. with women, not only in our community and workplace, but across the state from (Please refer to our website to keep Staten Island to the Adirondacks to abreast of continuing developments Buffalo and the Southern Tier. nyswomeninc.org/FallBoardMeeting). Your executive board, region directors, and committee chairs are here to listen Respectfully, and provide opportunities for growing and nurturing your passion to succeed. “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” -Ayn Rand 2 September 2020 ● NIKE www.nyswomeninc.org Table of Contents Special to NIKE In This Issue We Can Do It! Poster: Coloring sheet State of the State: Jacquie Shellman..2 which can be pulled out of the center 2020 pages of NIKE. We encourage you to From the Editor: Joyce DeLong......4 display it and show your MONTHLY #NewYorkTough solidarity with NYS NYS Women, Inc. Women, Inc. members.................12-13 15 Communicator deadline Call to October Board Meeting.......10 #NewYorkTough Features Athena Military Women’s Initiative Feature: Personal Development We Updates................................10 SEPT Can Do It! – Claire Knowles...............5 NY Grace LeGendre Endowment Fund, Inc. (GLEF) Awardees.........15 NIKE submissions deadline Feature: Personal Development We 15 can DO It! Inspiration from our NYS NY Grace LeGendre Endowment Women, Inc. members......................6 Fund, Inc. Special Grants..............17 NY Career Development Oppor- OCT Feature: Iconic WWII poster is sym- tunities, Inc. Needs YOU!...............17 NYS Women, Inc. Fall Board bolic during COVID times, too.......11 Waterloo Quality Inn 2-4 Waterloo, NY Feature: Medical Women Who Helped Build the Empire State Jane Chapter & Region News Arminda Delano – JoAnne Krolak...18 Chadwick Bay..............................9 NOV Lakeshore.................................9 General Election Day: YOUR Feature: Medical Women Who St. Lawrence County...................9 3 VOTE MATTERS! Helped Build the Empire State Marie Maynard Daly – JoAnne Krolak......19 Staten Island...................................9 Feature: Medical Women Who All Stars Helped Build the Empire State Dr. NIKE All Stars............................... May Edward Chinn – JoAnne 16 NIKE Submissions Krolak..................................20 All contributed articles must be original work; all previously published works must be Feature: Medical Women Who accompanied by the publisher’s authoriza- Helped Build the Empire State tion to reprint. NIKE reserves the right to edit Rosalyn Sussman Yalow – JoAnne contributed articles for clarity and length, Krolak..................................22 and reserves the right to refuse to publish any contributed article. The articles contained in NIKE express Opinion: The Last Word Women dis- the views of the individual authors and do proportionately impacted by COVID- not necessarily represent the views of New 19. How can NYS Women, Inc. make a York State Women, Inc. NIKE is distributed for information purposes only, with the difference? – Katharine Smith............23 understanding that neither New York State Women, Inc. nor the individual authors are offering legal, tax or financial advice. NIKE is a quarterly informational maga- #NEWYORKTOUGH zine for New York State Women, Inc. mem- bers and other professional women. The enduring Published 4 times per year (September, January, May/June and May). Circulation: strength of approximately 1200. Payment must accom- coloring sheet pany all advertisement requests. NIKE New York State pg 12 reserves the right to refuse to publish any advertisement. © New York State Women, Inc. NIKE (ISSN 0271-8391, USPS 390-600) is published quarterly in September, January, May/June and May by New York State Women, Inc. (formerly Business and Professional Women of New York State, Inc), 295 Weimar Street, Buffalo, NY 14206-3209. Subscriptions are a benefit of membership in New York State Women, Inc. Periodical postage is paid in Buffalo, NY and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to NIKE Editor, 295 Weimar Street, Buffalo, NY 14206- 3209. RETURN POSTAGE ACCOUNT at Buffalo, NY Main Post Office 14240. www.nyswomeninc.org NIKE ● September 2020 3 NIKE From the Editor NIKE Volume 70, Issue 1 September 2020 NYS Women, Inc. New York State Women, Inc. President Can Do It! Jacquie Shellman [email protected] HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THE SIDEBAR RUNNING down the left-hand side of this page? Right there at the top, NIKE Editor, Joyce DeLong where it says “NIKE Volume 70”? Allegra Marketing, Print, Mail That number – 70 – refers to how many years this 3959 Union Road, Buffalo, NY 14225 magazine has been published under the name “NIKE.” [email protected] Pretty amazing, isn’t it? And even now, amid the Associate Editor, Katharine Smith COVID-19 pandemic, we’re proud to be publishing NIKE for our members! White Rabbit Design We’ll be continuing our #NewYorkTough motto throughout the rest of the 173 Audubon Drive, Snyder, NY 14226 year. It seems appropriate during these difficult COVID times: our state has [email protected] suffered so dreadfully from this disease but at the same time has overcome so Production, Joyce DeLong much. And on that vein, starting on the next page, we’re featuring stories Allegra Marketing, Print, Mail from our members and chapters that we hope will inspire you to overcome 3959 Union Road, Buffalo, NY 14225 fears, volunteer to help your community, create opportunities for yourself [email protected] and others, and look forward to a future when we can all come together, in person, as members of New York State Women, Inc. Business Manager, Sue Mager Speaking of inspiration, that iconic World War II poster of a strong female 3406 McKinley Parkway, Apt C-11 industrial worker, “We Can Do It!” has been repurposed in our magazine Blasdell, NY 14219 [email protected] pages with her mask (symbolic of our current war on coronavirus) firmly in place. We’ve even printed our new version in the center of the magazine as NIKE Advisory Board an 11-by-17-inch coloring sheet that you can pull out and hang in your Joyce DeLong, Editor window for motivation and optimism. You’ll find its interesting – and Katharine Smith, Associate Editor surprising – history printed on the back. Sue Mager, Business Manager NYS Women, Inc. as an organization soldiers on, continuing to fulfill our Linda Przespasniak, Communications Jacquie Shellman, President, ex officio mission to build powerful women personally, professionally and politically. Patti Pollack, Treasurer, ex officio President Jacquie Shellman has presented the Call to the October Board Meeting on page 10. And on the same page you’ll find updates from Chair Contribution Rates Sue Mager on the Athena Military Women’s Initiative. Check page 15 for the Platinum Patrons: $75.00 and over awardees of The NY Grace LeGendre Endowment Fund, Inc. (GLEF), women Golden Givers: $50.00 – $74.00 who will continue their education with graduate study. Listed on page 17 are Silver Supporters: $25.00 – $49.00. the requirements to apply for a special grant, ranging from $100 to $500, from Bronze Boosters: $5.00 – $24.00 GLEF which are awarded annually.