Women's Birthdays & Milestones
November 30
Mary McDowell b. 1854-settlement house director, trade union leader, civil rights advocate
Shirley Chisholm b. 1924-1st Black Congresswoman
1943: Etty Hillesum, author of
The Interrupted Life
, dies in Auschwitz
Quote for the Day
"No matter what women do, they have to do it twice as well as men to be considered half as competent. Luckily, that is not very difficult."
~ Charlotte Whitton
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ANNUAL EVENTS & CONFERENCES FOR NOVEMBER
National Women Veterans Recognition Week, November 6-12
American Medical Women's Association annual meeting: 202-986-9500, Lisa Watson
American Musicological Society Committee on the Status of Women: 802-388-3711
Business for Social Responsibility annual conference: 415-865-2500
Committee on the Status of Women in Political Science, APSA: 202-483-2512
Heart of the West Fest, Las Vegas: 619-390-9830
Ladies Professional Golf Association annual awards luncheon, LPGA: 904-254-8800
Molly Haskell's Sarasota French Film Festival, FL: 941-351-9010, ext. 4300
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force annual "Creating Change" Conference: 202-332-6483
NY Lesbian & Gay Experimental Film/Video Festival: 212-343-2707
Professional Women in Construction annual trade show: 212-687-0610
Wise Ones Gathering, celebrating wisdom of older women: 800-769-6441
Women in Film Festival: 213-463-6040
Women's Tennis Association Tour Championships, WTA: 813-895-5000 or 212-465-6565
Womyn's Arts & Crafts Fair, Minneapolis, MN: 715-635-9138
Reprinted from
The WomanSource Catalog & Review's
, "women's perpetual calendar"
