Women's Birthdays & Milestones
July 10
Mary McLeod Bethune b. 1875-educator, activist, founded Bethune Cookman College
Nell Blaine b. 1922-painter
1917: Emma Goldman sentenced to two years for aiding draft resisters
1971: National Women's Political Caucus 1st meeting
Quote for the Day
"I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches."~ Alice Roosevelt Longworth
ANNUAL EVENTS & CONFERENCES FOR JULY
- Brazen Images Film Festival, Women's Media Project, Austin, TX: 512-472-8230
- Business & Professional Women/ USA Annual Conference: 202-293-1100
- Federally Employed Women annual meeting: 202-898-0994
- Feminist Women's Writing Workshops: P.O. Box 6583, Ithaca, NY 14851
- International Cross-Cultural Black Women's Studies Summer Institute: CUNY, 1150 Carroll St., Brooklyn, NY 11225; fax 718-270-5126
- International Feminist Book Fair: P.O. Box 882554, San Francisco, CA 94188; 415-626-1556
- International Women Playwrights Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia: (61) 8-210-6776
- Mateel Women's Music Festival: P.O. Box 1574, Redway, CA 95560; 707-923-5271
- National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women's Clubs Annual Convention: 202-483-4206
- National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, Feminist Caucus Summer Conference: 212-721-8259
- National Black Nurses Association annual meeting, end of July, early August:202-392-6870
- National Lesbian & Gay Health Conference, Annual HIV/AIDS Forum: 202-939-7880
- National Women's Political Caucus Convention, every other year: 202-785-1100; 800-729-NWPC
- NOW Annual Conference: 202-331-0066
- Ride 'In for a Cure motorcyclists gathering, fund-raiser for breast cancer, Rochester, NY: 716-768-6054; fax 716-768-8014
Reprinted from The WomanSource Catalog & Review's, "women's perpetual calendar"