Women's Birthdays & Milestones
January 12
Marie Bashkirtseff b. 1859-Russian diarist
Adah Thomas b. 1863-nurse, Black activist
Bernadine Rae Doehrn b. 1942-leader of Weatherman & SDS
1928: Police seize Radclyffe Hall's lesbian novel The Well of Loneliness
Quote for the Day
"Small use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy."
~ Jeannette Rankin
ANNUAL EVENTS & CONFERENCES FOR January
- Women's Global Media Monitoring Project, Media Watch: 408-423-6355, January 18
- Black Women in the Academy: 617-253-8889
- Board on Women and Minorities of American Meteorological Society: 617-227-2426, ext. 206
- Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women annual meeting, UN: 212-963-3160
- National Labor Leaders' Conference on Women and HIV/AIDS: 202-466-4615
- Schweppes International Women's Tennis Open, WTA: 813-895-5000
- Women in Higher Education International Conference: 915-747-5142; fax 915-747-5538
- Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities: An International Celebration, Eatonville, FL, featuring music, performers, lectures, workshops: 407-647-3307
Reprinted from The WomanSource Catalog & Review's, "women's perpetual calendar"