June 9, 1995 - Episode 315 - Women of Achievement and Herstory

Note From: Claire Lyons <CLyons@Getty.edu>:

      "_Women in Archaeology: The Classical World and the Near East_
is a work in progress being edited by Getzel Cohen (University of
Cincinnati) and Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Brown University) and will
consist of a series of biographies on the lives and professional
achievements of worldwide women pioneers who were prominent in the
field of archaeology.  Publication is scheduled for 1997.
      "We are seeking information about such scholars and are
grateful for input.  Our present list is extensive and includes
archaeologists as well as art historians, epigraphists, numismatists,
and others who worked behind-the-scenes.
      "Please let us know if you have any ideas.  Contact Getzel M.
Cohen with your suggestions:  Institute for Mediterranean Studies,
7086 East Aracoma Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45237, USA.  tel. (513)
556-1951; FAX (513) 631-1715."

      WOA -->> From my experience, regardless of having more than
7,500 women listed in my files, there are thousands more I've never
heard of - so if you know of any women who fit the above criteria,
please email Claire Lyons or write the Institute. (And you might let
me know for inclusion in future episodes of Women of Achievement
and Herstory.
      The more facts about women that are publicized, the less
chance that women's many accomplishments can be erased by the
once and future historians as they were in the past. <--woa

06-09 Anniversaries ............................................... 

      B. June 9, 1843, Baroness Bertha Suttner, Austrian novelist and
world renowned pacifist, whose book _Lay Down Your Arms_ probably
influenced Alfred Nobel to create the Nobel Peace Prize.

      Event June 9, 1949, Georgia Neese Clark confirmed as the first
woman to serve as Treasurer of the United States.

      Event June 9, 1970, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington
become the first women in U. S. military history to reach the rank of
brigadier general. On June 17, 1971, Jeanne M. Holm is promoted to
brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force, the first woman to gain that
rank in the Air Force. In 1973 Holm is promoted to major general and
becomes the highest ranking woman officer in the service.

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

      "It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with
tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all
the world."
            -- Dorothy Dix
                                                          
      "It only takes one person to change your life - you."
            -- Ruth Casey

      "(She) wanted to cry until there was no salt left in her."
            -- Julie Smith in her newest Skip Langdon novel _New
           Oleans Beat_ (1994).

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