“Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.” - Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead
December 16, 1901 - November 15, 1978
Anthropologist, Writer, Speaker, Environmentalist, Women’s rights advocate

“Margaret Mead made her career as America’s most famous anthropologist with the 1928 publication of her first book, Coming of Age in Samoa.   She was a graduate of Barnard College, where she studied with influential anthropologist Franz Boas (and his assistant, Ruth Benedict), and out of school she began a long relationship as an assistant curator for the American Museum of Natural History.

Under Boas’s direction, Mead spent several months in a village in Samoa (1925), studying the adolescent development of girls.   Her book on her research was a popular triumph that depicted a less stressful, more freely sexual culture, and her work tilted the nurture-0r-nature debate more toward nurture.

She earned her doctorate from Columbia University in 1929, then traveled to New Guinea for her next work, Growing Up in New Guinea (1930).  Besides her field work and her books, Mead taught at Columbia University and maintained her role with the American Museum of Natural History, and by the end of her career she was one of the most respected women in academia and a go-to guest expert on television.”  (from Answers.com)

“I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings. “- Margaret Mead

Her books include:

Coming of Age in Samoa - 1928; new edition 1968
Growing Up in New Guinea (with Reo Fortune) - 1930; new edition 1975
Changing Culture of an India Tribe -1932
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies - 1935; reprint, 1968
Balinese Character: A Photographic Analysis (with Gregory Bateson) - 1942
Male and Female - 1949
Continuities in Cultural Evolution - 1964
A Rap on Race (with James Baldwin) - 1973

To learn more about the life and contributions of Dr. Mead, please visit:

http://www.interculturalstudies.org/Mead/biography.html

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Treasures/Margaret_Mead/mead.html

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/anthropologists/p/margaret_mead.htm

http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=109

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/klmno/mead_margaret.html

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“I hear the singing of the lives of women. The clear mystery, the offering, the pride.” - Muriel Rukeyser

Muriel Rukeyser
December 15, 1913 - February 12, 1980
Poet

“Muriel Rukeyser was one of the most engaged and engaging modern American poets. ‘Breathe-in experience, breathe-out poetry,’ she wrote in her first book, Theory of Flight (1935), and it was a method that she followed for the rest of her life.

We haven’t had many American poets with such a deep moral compass, such a keen historical sensibility and such a committed social consciousness. She wrote as a woman and identified strongly with the suffering of others. As the critic Louise Kertesz puts it in The Poetic Vision of Muriel Rukeyser, ‘No woman poet made the successful fusion of personal and social themes in a modern prosody before Rukeyser.’” (from Poet’s Choice by Edward Hirsxh - http://www.arlindo-correia.com/200305.html)

For more information about the life and work of Muriel Rukeyser, please visit:

http://www.arlindo-correia.com/200305.html

http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/100

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/rukeyser/rukeyser.htm

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Margaret Chase Smith
December 14, 1897 - May 29, 1995

“Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the U.S. House and the Senate, and the first woman from Maine to serve in either. She was also the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for the U.S. Presidency at a major party’s convention (1964 Republican Convention, won by Barry Goldwater). She was a moderate Republican, included with those known as Rockefeller Republicans. When she left office, Smith had the record as the longest-serving female senator in United States history, ranking 11th in seniority among the members of the Senate, a distinction that has not been surpassed.” (Wikipedia)

“My creed is that public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation with full recognition that every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration, that constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought, that smears are not only to be expected but fought, that honor is to be earned but not bought.”

To learn more about the life and work of Margaret Chase Smith, please visit the Margaret Chase Smith Library’s site at:  http://www.mcslibrary.org/

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On this day, December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.

“On 1st December, 1955, Rosa Parks, left Montgomery Fair, the department store where she worked, and got on the same bus as she did every night. As always she sat in the “black section” at the back of the bus. However, when the bus became full, the driver instructed Rosa to give up her seat to a white person. This had happened to Rosa several times before. In fact, the same bus driver had forced her off the bus in 1943 for committing the same offence. Once again she refused and was arrested by the police. She was found guilty of violating the segregation law and fined.

It was only at this stage, after consulting friends and family, that she decided to approach the NAACP and volunteer to become a test case. This was a brave decision as she knew it would result in persecution by the white authorities. For example, Parks was immediately sacked from her tailoring job with Montgomery Fair.” (from Spartacus International)

“All I was doing was trying to get home from work.”

“At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day.  The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.”

“It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn’t feel like obeying his demand.  I was quite tired after spending a full day working.”

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. “

“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free. “

- Rosa Parks

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Today is the anniversary of the birth of Shirley Chisholm

Congresswoman, Educator, Author

November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005

Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician, educator, and author.  She was a Congresswoman, representing New York’s 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to Congress. On January 25, 1972, she became the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination (Margaret Chase Smith had previously run for the Republican presidential nomination). She received 152 first-ballot votes at the 1972 Democratic National Convention. (from Wikipedia)

In 1970 she published her first book, Unbossed and Unbought. She served in Congress until 1982 and in 1972 entered several Democratic presidential primaries, receiving 151 delegate votes for the presidential nomination. Her second book, The Good Fight, was published in 1973. (from Women of the Hall)

To learn more about the life and contributions of Shirley Chisholm, go to:

http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=39

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ch-Co/Chisholm-Shirley.html

http://www.biography.com/articles/Shirley-Chisholm-9247015

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Today is the anniversary of the birth of Catherine Anselm “Kate” Gleason

(November 25, 1865 - January 9, 1933)

American engineer, businesswoman and philanthropist

In his memoirs, machinist and author Frank Colvin described Kate Gleason  as “a kind of Madame Curie of machine tools…Kate spent her youth learning her father’s business from the ground up, both in the shop and in the field, so that when she branched out for herself about 1895 as a saleswoman for her father’s gear-cutting machines, she knew as much as any man in the business.”

She left much of her $1.4 million estate to institutions in the Rochester area, including libraries, parks, and the Rochester Institute of Technology.  The Kate Gleason College of Engineering at RIT is named in her honor.

To learn more about the life and work of Kate Gleason, go to:

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/gleason.html

http://www.winningthevote.org/F-KGleason.html

http://www.crookedlakereview.com/articles/67_100/86may1995/86shilling.html

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On this edition of “It’s Our Turn” Radio Show, Kate Sanner interviews

Bonnie Pond of ReLaunch Your Life

To listen to the show, go to:  http://vivacitymedia.com/podcasting/?p=453

Bonnie Pond is the founder of ReLaunch Your Life, a company devoted to helping women over 40 who are unhappy, stressed out, stuck, or just plain bored silly with their jobs. She helps them find ways to move from exhausted, overwhelmed employee to enthusiastic entrepreneur. By combining her training as a licensed Profiting From

Your Passions coach with her own life experiences, she teaches her clients how to tap into their interests and passions so they can enjoy more freedom, more joy, and more abundance in their lives.

Bonnie doesn’t just “talk the talk.” She understands how challenging making a major life transition can be because she’s done it herself several times. Over the years she’s been a secretary, managed a retail furniture and gift store, launched several small businesses, and run a battered women’s shelter. When she was nearly 40, Bonnie returned to college to become an elementary school educator.

At an age when many people think about retirement, Bonnie started her own career change coaching practice. Through her group and private coaching programs, workshops, products, and occasional retreats, Bonnie gives women the tools they need to love their work, love their money, and love their lives again.

To learn more about Bonnie’s products and services and to request a copy of her guide “ReLaunch Your Life — Seven Ways to Get Started Today!” , go to http://www.relaunchyourlifecoach.com

To listen to the show, go to:  http://vivacitymedia.com/podcasting/?p=453

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“We want to explore. We’re curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and explore … We believe in what we’re doing. Now it’s time to go.” - Eileen Marie Collins

Today is the birthday of Eileen Marie Collins

Former NASA Astronaut and Colonel, U.S. Air Force, Retired

First female commander of a Space Shuttle

(November 19, 1956-)

To learn more about the life and contributions of Eileen Marie Collins, go to:

http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.php?id=143

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/collins.html

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/people/bios/women/ec.html

http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/collins.html

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“A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.” - Margaret Atwood

Today is the birthday of Margaret Atwood, Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist

(November 18, 1939-)

“Throughout her writing career, Margaret Atwood has received numerous awards and honourary degrees. She is the author of more than thirty-five volumes of poetry, children’s literature, fiction, and non-fiction and is perhaps best known for her novels, which include The Edible Woman (1970), The Handmaid’s Tale (1983), The Robber Bride (1994), Alias Grace (1996), and The Blind Assassin, which won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2000. Atwood’s dystopic novel, Oryx and Crake, was published in 2003. The Tent (mini-fictions) and Moral Disorder (short stories) both appeared in 2006. Her most recent volume of poetry, The Door, was published in 2007. Her non-fiction book, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, part of the Massey Lecture series, appeared in 2008, and her most recent novel, The Year of the Flood, in the autumn of 2009. Ms. Atwood’s work has been published in more than forty languages, including Farsi, Japanese, Turkish, Finnish, Korean, Icelandic and Estonian. In 2004 she co-invented the Long Pen TM.” (From biography on http://margaretatwood.ca)

To learn more about the life and work of Margaret Atwood, go to http://margaretatwood.ca/index.php

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“One of the things my parents taught me, and I’ll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me; that for me to define myself . . . and I think that helped me a lot in assuming a leadership position.” - Wilma Mankiller

Today is the anniversary of the birth of Wilma Mankiller

The First Woman to be Cherokee Nation Principal Chief

November 18, 1945 - April 6th, 2010

Wilma Pearl Mankiller was an author, lecturer and former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.  Among her many honors, Mankiller was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Clinton.

“Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.”
- Wilma Mankiller

Wilma Mankiller was the co- author and co-editor of  ”A Reader’s Companion to the History of Women in the U.S.”  (Authors:  Gwendolyn Mink, Marysa Navarro, Gloria Steinem and Wilma Mankiller;  Editors: Wilma P. Mankiller, Gwendolyn Mink, Marysa Navarro, Barbara Smith, Gloria Steinem)

She was the author of “Every Day Is a Good Day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women” and “Mankiller: A Chief and Her People” (co-author Michael Wallis)

To learn more about the life and contributions of Wilma Mankiller, go to:  http://www.wilmamankiller.com/index.html

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