Women's Birthdays & Milestones
April 3
Harriet Spofford b. 1835-author of critical works on the Brontės, George Eliot & George Sand
Doris Day b. 1924-actor, singer
Miyoski Umeki b. 1929-actor, won Oscar, 1958
Jane Goodall b. 1934-naturalist, ethologist, primatologist
Quote for the Day
"Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it toward others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world."
~ Etty Hillesum.
ANNUAL EVENTS & CONFERENCES FOR APRIL
Earth & Environmental Healing Month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
General Federation of Womens' Clubs Week: week of April 24
Earth Day: Aprill 22
Take Our Daughters to Work Day, Ms. Foundation: April 28
- 9 to 5's 'The Good, The Bad and the Downright Unbelievable' National Boss Contest, entry deadline, April 1: 414-274-0926
- Dakota Round Table, Native Women's Health Education Resource Center: 605-487-7072
- Feminist Activism & Art, San Francisco Camerawork: 415-621-1001; fax 415-621-1092
- Girls Clubs annual conference: fax 212-683-1253
- Gulf Coast Womyn's Festival, Easter weekend, Gulfport, MS: 609-694-2037
- Highways Performance Space annual Women's Festival, last weekend, Santa Monica, CA: 310-453-1755
- Jewish Feminism Symposium, American Jewish Congress: 312-332-7355
- Latin American & Caribbean Feminist Encuentro, Feminists of the Americas: 617-349-4697; 617-522-2057
- Midwest Society for Women in Philosophy Annual Women of Color Caucus: Maria Lugones, LACAS, Binghamton University, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
- National Graduate Women's Studies Conference: 301-403-0525
- Scholar & Feminist Conference: 212-854-2067
Reprinted from The WomanSource Catalog & Review's, "women's perpetual calendar"