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Women’s History Month

Written on: March 15th, 2010 by: in Blog Posts

ks_bos_1_hr_200I apologize for being so remiss about recognizing Women’s History Month so far into March. I was waiting for a personal library/learning moment and it took a little while to arrive! Finally over the past week or so a couple of things made me think about the importance of recognizing the unique accomplishments and struggles of women in the United States- and of recognizing complacency even though the United States only ranks 31st in the world for gender equity (Iceland is number 1!)

At a friend’s house, I noticed a signed poster (the image above) and on asking, heard for the first time the incredible story of Katherine Switzer and the Boston Marathon. 1967 may be in the past, but of course women athletes are still excluded from competition for no legitimate rationale- you may have noticed the absence of any women ski jumpers at the recently concluded Olympics.

Earlier this month, I attended a conference where our event shared the conference center with the annual Women in Aviation, International conference. I have to think that despite the long history of women in flight, from Amelia Earhart to Sally Ride, my experience of spending three days outnumbered by women in flight suits, wearing pilot’s badges, going to panels and discussions on topics from balancing career and motherhood to becoming a fighter pilot would have been unimaginable as recently as a few decades ago!

So with apologies for the lateness, here are some high-quality reference resources on Women’s History Month:




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