Women's Birthdays & Milestones
January 24
Edith Wharton b. 1862-writer
Vicki Baum b. 1888-writer
Maria Tallchief b. 1925-Omaha Indian ballet dancer
1980: Barbara Harris becomes 1st woman bishop, Church of England
Quote for the Day
"It's not true that life is one damn thing after another..it's the same damn thing over and over again."
~ Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"