Women's Birthdays & Milestones

October 25

Irene Gaines b. 1892-Black civil rights activist

Minnie Pearl b. 1912-country singer, comedian

Galina Vishnevskaya b. 1926-opera diva, author

Anne Tyler b. 1941-Pulitzer winning author

Festival of Han Lu, Chinese Moon Goddess

Quote for the Day

"In a way winter is the real spring, the time when the inner thing happens, the resurge of nature."

~ Edna O'Brien

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ANNUAL EVENTS & CONFERENCES FOR OCTOBER

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Gay and Lesbian History Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Time Off For Women Week, International Wages for Housework Campaign: October 24-30
National Coming Out Day: October 11
National Grandmothers' Day: 2nd Sunday
Take Back the Night: October 25
Turn Off Violence Day: October 27

Association of Executive & Professional Women International Alliance Annual Conference: 410-472-4221; fax 410-472-2820

Council of Grandmothers, during full moon week, Huachuca City, AZ: 520-456-1661

Crone Council: 208 NW 52 St., Seattle, WA 98107

Electrical Women's Round Table Annual Conference: 615-890-1272

Jessie Barnard Wise Women Awards, Center for Women Policy Studies: 202-872-1770

Komen National Awards Event, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation: 800-462-9273

Lone Star Women's Music Festival, Austin, TX: 512-929-0002

National Association of Women Judges: 202-393-0222

National Coalition Against Sexual Assault Annual Conference: 717-232-2460

National Women's Hall of Fame National Honors Ceremonies: 315-568-8060

Women & Spirituality Conference: 507-389-2077

Women's Sports Foundation annual Awards Dinner: 800-227-3988

Reprinted from The WomanSource Catalog & Review's, "women's perpetual calendar"