Women's Birthdays & Milestones
September 8
Hani Mokoto b. 1873-Japanese journalist, teacher
Tish Sommers b. 1914-founded Displaced Homemakers Center & OWL
Grace Mettalious b. 1924-popular novelist
Patsy Cline b. 1932-singer
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Quote for the Day
"You have to make more noise than anybody else, you have to make yourself more obtrusive than anybody else, you have to fill all the papers more than anybody else, in fact you have to be there all the time and see that they do not snow you under, if you are really going to get your reform realized."~ Emmeline Pankurst
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"