05-08/09-1995 Episodes 283 and 284 - Women of Achievement and
Herstory - *My* weekend double entry - remember I post two days
in advance.

05-08 Anniversaries ...............................................

      B. 05-08-1912, Ray Lev, Russian-born, American classical pianist.

      B. 05-08-1943, Toni Tennille, singing half of Captain and
Tennille, was classically trained on piano, did solo work, and
television. Best known hits in the 1970's were _The Way I want to
Touch You_, _Love Will Keep Us Together_ and _Muskrat Love_.

      Event: 05-08-1950, Lieutenant Commander Bernice Rosenthal
Walters becomes the first woman assigned to a naval vessel, the
hospital ship _Consolation_.

05-09 Anniversaries ...............................................

      B. 05-09-1843, Belle Boyd, famed Confederate spy.

      B. 05-09-1865, Elizabeth Garver Jordan, journalist, editor, and
novelist known for her interviews and people features. She covered
the Lizzie Borden trial for Joseph Pulitzer's _World_, and was editor
of _Harper's Bazaar_ for 13 years before it was taken over by William
Randall Hearst.  Her  novels included the the popular series 
featuring Mary Iverson, crafted plays, and served as
advisor/editorial director for Harper & Brothers and Goodwyn Motion
Pictures.  She was an active suffragist.  Her autobiography is _Three
Rousing Cheers_ (1938). 

      B. 05-09-1906, Eleanor Estes, author of children's books. 

      B. 05-09-1909, Alice Koller Leopold, wrote Connecticut's equal
pay and minimum wage bills in her freshman year in the Connecticut
Assembly in 1949. The next year she was elected Connecticut's
secretary of state.  She served as Director of the Women's Bureau
1953-61 and as assistant to the Secretary of Labor to assist in
programs for women.  She was a strong advocate of the Equal Rights
Amendment.  The mother of two had created her own toy company
before entering public life.

      B. 05-09-1910, Barbara Blackburn Woodhouse, immensely popular
British TV animal trainer. 

      B. 05-09-1928, Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater.

      B. 05-09-1936, Glenda Jackson, English actor won Academy
Awards for her performances in _Women in Love_ (1969) and _A
Touch of Class_ (1973) and nominated twice more.  Her portrayal of
Elizabeth I on British TV was a riveting performance. 

      B. 05-09-1946, Murphy Brown, alias Candice Bergen.  Her
mother Frances Westerman was a fashion model. CB is also an
excellent photographer with a professional reputation.

Quotes du jour ...............................................

      "American women began to work outside the home in significant
and increasing numbers after 1875. Most of it was done by the
daughters of the working class.
      "Did the employment interval - generally 6-8 years between
school-leaving and marriage - alter in fundamental ways, the values,
behavior, and expectations of young women?  Did the work
experience, for example, deter early marriage among working class
girls and cause them to center their adult lives less exclusively
around the family than their mothers had done?"
            -- Leslie Woodcock Tentler,_ Wage-Earning Women,
Industrial Work and Family Life in the United States, 1900-1930_. New
York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1979.

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      We thank Hari N. Chengalath and Madonna Narvaez for their
donations toward defraying of the April online expenses for the
posting of Women of Achievement and Herstory and Catt's Claws. 

      (C) 1995 Irene Stuber, PO Box 6185, Hot Springs National Park,
AR 71902, irenestuber@delphi.com. Distribute verbatim copies freely
with copyright notice for non-profit use. Don't let anyone tell you
there weren't notable and effective women throughout history.  They
were always there, but historians failed to note them in our histories
so that each generation of women has had to reinvent themselves.