Women's Birthdays & Milestones

August 24



Elizabeth Hazen b. 1885-microbiologist, developed nystatin

Jean Rhys b. 1890-British author

Shirley Hufstedler b. 1925-jurist, US Sec. of Education

1950: Edith Sampson is 1st Black US delegate to UN




Quote for the Day

"I want to do it because I want to do it."

~ Amelia Earhart

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ANNUAL EVENTS & CONFERENCES FOR AUGUST

Women's Equality Day, commemorates US women's suffrage, 1920: August 26


Reprinted from The WomanSource Catalog & Review's, "women's perpetual calendar"