Women's Birthdays & Milestones
September 2
Kamekeha Liluokalani b. 1838-Hawaiian activist, Queen
Fania Fenelon b. 1918-French author, musician
Christa McAuliffe b. 1948-teacher, Challenger astronaut
Festival of the Grape Vines, Greece
Quote for the Day
"Walls have been built against us, but we are always fighting to tear them down, and in the fighting, we find new strength, new scope."~ Eslanda Goode Robeson
ANNUAL EVENTS & CONFERENCES FOR SEPTEMBER
National Hispanic Heritage Month
ANNUAL EVENTS & CONFERENCES
- Arizona Women's Music Festival, third week: 602-258-7985
- Astrea National Lesbian Action Foundation, application deadline, September 15: 212-529-8021
- Boulder Blues Festival, Colorado: 303-443-5858; fax 303-443-5894
- Committee on Women of American Psychiatric Association: 202-682-6000
- Green Nations Gathering, tribes & clans of plants and the people who love them: 914-795-5238
- Hispanic Women's Council Leadership Conference: 213-725-1657
- International P-FLAG (Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays) Convention: P.O. Box 640223,
- San Francisco, CA 94164; 415-921-6902
- MANA: A National Latina Organization annual training conference: 202-833-0060; fax 202-496-0588
- National Association of Women in Construction annual meeting: 800-552-3506; fax 817-877-0324
- Rhythmfest, Women's Celebration of Music, Art & Politics: 404-873-1551
- Sisterspace Pocono Weekend, Sisterspace of Delaware Valley: 215-476-8856; TDD 215-747-7554
- Women & Labor Conference, Australia: (02) 850-8861; fax (02) 850-8892
- WonderWoman Festival, Women's Center: P.O. Box 354, Binghamton, NY 13902
- WomenFest Key West: 305-296-4238; fax 305-294-3273
Reprinted from The WomanSource Catalog & Review's, "women's perpetual calendar"