Women's Birthdays & Milestones
July 17
Christina Stead b. 1902-Australian writer
Phyllis Diller b. 1917-comedian
Hannah Senesh b. 1921-heroine of Israel, diarist
Phoebe Snow b. 1950-singer
Amaterasu-Omikami, Shinto Procession for Sun Goddess Amaterasu, China
Quote for the Day
"You must learn day by day, year by year, to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about--the more you have left when anything happens."~ Ethyl Barrymore
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"