LOS ANGELES) The BBA in collaboration with the National Women’s History Project will present its 2011 Salute to Black Women Business Conference & Awards Luncheon on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at the Sheraton Gateway LAX, in Los Angeles, California in recognition of National Women’s History Month.
 The mission of the National Women’s History Project (NWHP) is to [...]

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 [...]

Chef Graciela Polley will teach us how in women of her family have been making tamales for generations. Join us on March 26, 2011 from 11AM – 2PM at the Culinary Center in Lincoln City, 801 SW Hwy 101, 4th Floor. Contact Sharon Wiest for more information at 800-452-2151.
Cost: $50, meal and wine included

Cathy Alzner, a women’s historian, comes to Lincoln City in March to help us celebrate Women’s History Month. Alzner’s presentation illustrates the life of Alice Day Pratt, a teacher who was forty years old in 1912 when she set out on her own to homestead in Oregon.
Pratt loved teaching but she longed to “own a portion [...]

Presented by Diane Disse the lecture is about Mary Bensell, , who recently authored historical novel about her life, titled: The Edge. Mary Bensell is notable in the early settlement of what is now Lincoln County.
She was the first white woman to live in the area; she was an abused woman; and she divorced the [...]

A celebration of the 100th anniversary of the woman’s vote in California. Thousand Oaks, CA library on March 12, 2011.  Hear the stories of four California Suffragists – Caroline Severance, Maud Younger, Clara Foltz and Selina Solomons.  A staged reading of the play, The Girl From Colorado or the Conversion of Aunty Suffridge will be [...]

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, [...]

Happy National Women’s History Month!  To celebrate the 2011 theme, Our History is Our Strength, we plan to feature specific women and groups of women throughout the month. Just as the stories of women’s achievements are integral to the fabric of our nation’s history, the tenacity, courage, and creativity of our featured women provide us [...]

Join us at the Culinary Center in Lincoln City on March 12th from 11AM – 2PM.
 when Chef Liz Lesesne cooks up a French menu that includes Artichauts au Naturel a la Beurre au Citron (steamed artichokes with lemon butter,) Coquille St. Jacques a la Parisienne (scallops and mushrooms in white wine sauce,) Salad a la [...]

[ November 11, 2010 1:00 pm to March 1, 2012 11:00 pm. ] I’m posting about an exciting literary contest, made possible by author Stephanie Dray. Stephanie’s debut novel Lily of the Nile releases on January 4, 2011, through Berkley Books and unveils the little-known story of Princess Selene, daughter of the famous lovers Queen Cleopatra and Roman general Mark Antony.

As a student of history herself, Stephanie wrote [...]