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Women’s Education – Women’s Empowerment Auction is Officially Open!

So what are you waiting for?…Bid Now!
Every bid helps support our cause.   
Celebrating the theme of National Women’s History Month, the NWHP is sponsoring an on-line Auction going on now.
Whether you’re looking for something special for yourself, searching for a gift for someone else, or looking to add to your school or personal library, you’re sure to [...]

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Gender Equality Solidarity Society (G.E.S.S.) 2012 Empowerment Art Show March 1-27

G.E.S.S. is a student organization at Ohio University of Chillicothe and our purpose is to promote gender equality and awareness to students and the local community. In recognition of Women’s History month, G.E.S.S. wanted to recognize the event on our campus by sponsoring an “Empowerment” themed art show.
The purpose of this show is to recognize [...]

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WOMEN’S DAY NETWORKING SOCIAL – PHILADELPHIA, PA

YOU ARE INVITED! A CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH ON MARCH 10TH FROM 11AM – 7PM. ENJOY TWO BOOK SIGNINGS, A HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION OF SOJOURNER TRUTH, “STANDING IN OUR OWN SPACE” A MOTIVATIONAL TALK ON RELATIONSHIPS, “GUILT FREE” UNDER 100 CALORIES COCKTAILS AND HEALTHY BITES FROM GREEN SOUL, GIVE-A-WAYS AND A LOT [...]

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Information about A Dangerous Woman, the Life Loves and Scandals of Adah Isaacs menken, Americas first superstar

We would like to introduce you to our new biography, A Dangerous Woman: The Life, Loves, and Scandals of Adah Isaccs Menken (1835 – 1868) – America’s Original Superstar (Lyons Press, 2/2011). Menken was the most prominent actress in Civil War America, an active participant in the struggle, and a pivotal figure in the history [...]

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Two lectures in March on A Dangerus Woman, the Life Loves and Scandals of Adah Isacs Menken, Americas first superstar

TWO LECTURES ON A DANGEROUS WOMAN: THE LIFE LOVES AND SCANDALS OF ADAH ISAACS 1835-68, AMERICA’S ORIGINAL SUPERSTAR BY AUTHORS BARBARA AND MICHAEL FOSTER:
March 29 6pm Fashion Institute of Technology Katy Murphy Amphitheater Fred Pomerantz Auditorium and Design Center, first floor 227 West 27th Street (at 7th Ave.)
RSVP by clicking on http://www3.fitnyc.edu/museum/RegistrationForm.htm or calling 212-217-4585 [...]

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Maryland Women’s Heritage Center:Girl Scouts of Central Maryland’s 5th Annual Women’s Leadership Forum

The Maryland Women’s Heritage Center is a rich museum that embodies permanent and changing exhibits about renowned Maryland women. It’s also a sophisticated center for  recognizing ‘unsung heroines’, a resource and reference library, a women’s history archive, a place where women’s seminars can be held and the perfect place to purchase literature and unique gifts by [...]

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Our Official Quiz for Women’s History Month

Reading literature about women’s contributions to history is one way to celebrate this wonderful month but an inclusive way ( with friends, mothers, daughters, students, and historians) to celebrate is by taking this quiz.
It was designed to enhance people’s understanding of women’s history and as a fun tool for teachers to use for their students. [...]

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Hands-on In Nonna’s Kitchen – A Pasta Workshop

Instructor: Chef Pati D’Eliseo
In Italy, no one cooks as well as the mother or the grandmother of the family, and they pass down their talents to the young women of the family.
Join us at the Culinary Center in Lincoln City on March 19th from 11AM – 2PM when Chef Pati will share 3 different pastas [...]

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Discover Paterson’s labor, immigrant & women’s history

The American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark is proud to offer a two-part program entitled “Experience Paterson” on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 and Wednesday, May 11, 2011.
Educators and the general public are invited to participate in the “Experience Paterson” program to discover this New Jersey city’s labor, immigrant and women’s history through music, oral history, [...]

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New York Event: Harriet Tubman,the Underground Railroad, the Cause of Slavery & Us

This unique workshop is designed to help children learn about a woman tremendously important in American history, Harriet Tubman.   They learn about the cause of slavery; and about how the Underground Railroad actually worked to enable enslaved persons to escape. 
 The event is abundant with lively and engrossing maps, graphics, drama.  They learn about how important [...]

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