Table Tents for Women's History Month! - March 2010
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From March 2010
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On this video you see the info of the table tents we put together for Women's History Month in 2010.
During my time as a member of the Target Tempe Diversity & Inclusion Business Council, TFST Diversity Council at the time of this activity, I provided support in the implementation, creation, communication, leading and co-leading of Diversity & Inclusion events for the Target Tempe Contact Center HQ site. I also managed the internal social media platform used for employee engagement.
Our efforts included creating informational pieces for various history and heritage months. This one was created using Microsoft Publisher, folded them at the edges, and used taped the edges so they would stand up. We placed them at the tables in break rooms and cafeteria for team members to read.
Audio: "Unplugged Hi Old Friend" by Ovani Sound from their Music Sampler Mixtape Vol. 1.
Michelle Robinson Obama
- Born on January 17, 1964, Michelle Robinson was raised in a one-bedroom apartment on Chicago's South Shore.
- Michelle shared a "bedroom" with her brother, but it wasn't much of a bedroom. It was actually the living room with a divider down the middle.
- Both children were raised with an emphasis on education. The brother and sister learned to read at home by the age of four, and both skipped second grade
- Michelle Robinson majored in sociology at Princeton University, graduating with cum laude honors in 1985. In 1988 she earned her law degree from Harvard.
- Michelle has mastered being a mother, career woman and the wife of a politician. She is in bed most nights by 9:30 and rises each morning at 4:30 to run on a treadmill.
- Ever conscious of her family's diet and health, Michelle Obama has supported the organic food movement, instructing the White House kitchens to prepare organic food for guests and her family.
Kathryn Ann Bigelow
- “I’ve spent a fair amount of time thinking about what my aptitude is, and I really think it’s to explore and push the medium. It’s not about breaking gender roles or genre traditions.” —Kathryn Bigelow 2009
- Kathryn was born in San Carlos, California, a very talented painter she spent two years at the San Francisco Art Institute.
- She won a scholarship to the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. she started out as a painter and a fellow at the Whitney Museum in New York.
- She later graduated with her masters from Columbia’s Film School.
- Her first short film was The Set Up (1978) a 20 minute deconstruction of violence in film.
- Kathryn was the first woman to be honored as Best Director by the Academy Awards for her work The Hurt Locker.
Florence Nightingale
- "I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results."—Florence Nightingale
- Florence Nightingale was educated by governesses and then by her father and her older sister Pantenope.
- At twenty she overcame her parent’s objections to receive tutoring in mathematics.
- Florence went to Kaiserwerth in Prussia to experience a German training program for girls who would serve as nurses.
- She was dubbed “The lady with the lamp” after her habit of making rounds at night to tend injured soldiers.
- In 1860 she founded the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses in London, England.
- She was the first woman elected to the Royal Statistical Society.
- In 1907, she was the first woman to be granted the British Order of Merit.
Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Born on October 26, 1947 in Chicago and raised in Park Ridge, Illinois.
- Active in young Republican groups and campaigned for Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater in 1964.
- Inspired to work in some form of public service after hearing a speech in Chicago by the Reverend Martin Luther King and became a Democrat in 1968.
- Before he proposed marriage, Bill Clinton had secretly purchased a small house that she had remarked that she liked. When he proposed to her, he revealed that they owned the house. (Fun Fact, so could delete if too much info.)
- Clinton became the first wife of a president to seek and win national office and the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from New York.
- Early 2007, Hillary Clinton announced her plans to strive for another first—to be the first female president. Senator Clinton conceded her nomination to Barack Obama which a majority of the delegate vote.
- US Secretary of State - January 21st, 2009.
Clara Barton
- “A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder. There was no more to be done for him and I left him to his rest. I have never mended that hole in my sleeve. I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat?” —Clara Barton
- When she 40 years old, the outbreak of the Civil War launched her on her life's work.
- She began to assemble and distribute supplies to the Union soldiers. Knowing that nurses were urgently needed at the battlefield, she "broke the shackles and went into the field."
- She was calm and resourceful, always turning up with food and medical supplies just when they were needed most. Clara Barton gained national acclaim as "the angel of the battlefield.”
- After the war she coordinated a national effort to locate soldiers who were missing in action. Barton threw herself into relief work in Europe and was impressed with the International Red Cross. She then lobbied for United States ratification of the Red Cross Treaty. She was the founder of the American Red Cross and served for many years as its president.
Rosa Parks
- Born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama.
- On December 1, 1955, after a long day at work at the Montgomery Fair department store, Rosa Parks boarded the bus for home. Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white passenger spurred a city-wide boycott and helped launch nation-wide efforts to end segregation of public facilities. She was fined $10, plus a $4 court fee.
- She had become a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement, but suffered hardship as a result. She lost her job at the department store and her husband lost his after his boss forbade him to discuss his wife or their legal case. They were unable to find work and eventually left Montgomery and moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1957.
- President Clinton presented Rosa Parks with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996 and in 1999 she received a Congressional Gold Medal..
- In 1999, Time magazine named Rosa Parks one of the 20 most influential people of the 20th century.
- She died in 2005 at the age of 92.
Sandra Day O’Connor
- Born on March 26, 1930, in El Paso as Sandra Day. She spent part of her childhood on her family’s ranch in southeastern Arizona called the Lazy B.
- Graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1950 and a law degree in 1952.
- After graduation, O’Connor tried to find jobs in both Los Angeles and San Francisco, but because of the prejudices against women at that time she could not get a job as a lawyer but was offered a legal secretary position which she declined.
- In 1981, she broke new ground for women in the legal field when she was sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court.
- Although she was not a strong supporter of the women's movement, O'Connor was a founder of both the Arizona Women Lawyers Association and the National Association of Women Judges.
- She focused on the letter of law, not the clamoring of politicians, and voted for what she believed best fit the intentions of the U.S. Constitution.
- Sandra Day O’Connor retired from the court on January 31, 2006.
Florence Allen
- "It's so worth-while being a judge, because, if I make good, I can help prove that a woman's place is as much on the bench, in City Council, or in Congress, as in the home." —Florence Ellinwood Allen
- Florence Ellinwood Allen opened doors in the legal profession previously closed to women. A tireless worker for women’s suffrage, international peace, and many reform causes related to women, children and families.
- She gained admittance to the Ohio Bar, helped establish the Cleveland Business Women’s Club, and volunteered at the Cleveland Legal Aid Society.
- In 1919, she was appointed Assistant Prosecutor for Cuyahoga County and became the first woman in the country to hold such a position.
- She was the first woman elected to a judgeship in the United States.
- In 1922, Judge Allen became the first woman to sit on a state supreme court.
- She was the first woman to sit on any Federal bench of general jurisdiction.
- In 1959, she became Chief Judge and the first woman in the nation to become a Chief Judge on a Federal Court.
- In 1922, Judge Allen became the first woman to sit on a state supreme court, defeating both the Democratic and Republican candidates.
- She was the first woman to sit on any Federal bench of general jurisdiction. She served 25 years with outstanding distinction. In 1959, she became Chief Judge and the first woman in the nation to become a Chief Judge on a Federal Court. Many in the profession regarded Florence Allen as one of the most distinguished jurists in the nation.
Mother Teresa
- Famous Quotes:
- "Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."
- "If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
- "Peace begins with a smile."
- Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 27, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia.
- At the age of 18 she went to Ireland to join the Sisters of Loretto. Six weeks later she sailed to India as a teacher. She taught for 17 years at the order's school in Calcutta (Kolkata).
- She started Missionaries of Charity in 1950. The primary task of the missionary was to take care of those persons who nobody was prepared to look after. Today they have a presence in more than 100 countries.
- In 1964 on his trip to India, Pope Paul VI gave Mother Theresa his ceremonial limousine, which she immediately raffled to help finance her leper colony.
- She has received a number of awards - Pope John XXIII Peace Prize (1971), Nehru Prize for Promotion of International Peace & Understanding (1972), Balzan Prize (1978), Nobel Peace Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna (1980).
Ethel Percy Andrus
- “The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.” —Ethel Andrus
- Ethel Percy Andrus, founder of the National Retired Teachers Association and the American Association of Retired Persons, created two national organizations that provide support to older Americans to achieve independence, purpose and dignity.
- Andrus discovered the plight of retired educators struggling to survive on meager pensions. She founded NRTA to use group strength to provide low-cost insurance programs and in 1956, the first health insurance program for educators over age 65.
- Andrus founded AARP in 1958, becoming president and leading the organization's rapid growth by creating an array of programs to help mature Americans with many aspects of their lives, including second careers, health insurance, travel, and more.
My Sister
- I would like to honor and celebrate my sister for: being a woman, being my sister, for being one of my best friends, for her knowing when to offer advice and for knowing when to keep her mouth shut, for her thoughtfulness and generosity, for her being there for me when I needed her the most! Growing up this wasn’t always the case and I am thankful that I now have the experiences and maturity to realize this!
Toni Morrison
- "I'm a Midwesterner, and everyone in Ohio is excited. I'm also a New Yorker, and a New Jerseyan, and an American, plus I'm an African-American, and a woman. I know it seems like I'm spreading like algae when I put it this way, but I'd like to think of the prize being distributed to these regions and nations and races." —Toni Morrison
- Born February 18, 1931 as Chloe Anthony Wofford in Lorain, Ohio
- Attended Howard University for her B.A. and Cornell University for her M.A.
- Toni Morrison was the first African American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993, her citation reads "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality."
- Her first novel was published in 1970, The Bluest Eye. Teaching at the State University of New York at Purchase in 1971 and 1972, she wrote her second novel, Sula, published in 1973.
Major General Jeanne Holm
- “If you want to succeed, you'd better look as if you mean business”—Major General Jeanne Holm
- In 1971, Holm became the first Air Force woman to be promoted to Brigadier General.
- Two years later, she became the first woman in all the armed forces to achieve the rank of Major General.
- She served in World War II 1939-1946 and the Korean War 1950-1955.
- From 1965 to 1973 she served as Director of Women in the Air Force, she worked to enhance the status and expand the roles and opportunities for women in the armed services.
- She led efforts to remove outdated laws and policies that discriminated against women in the military.
- Upon her retirement from the military, Holm served President Gerald Ford as a Special Assistant focusing on women's issues.
- During the Reagan Administration, she became the first chairperson of the Veterans Administration's Committee on Women Veterans, successfully advocating parity for women veterans, their benefits and needs.
My Mother
- When I was six, my parents divorced. My Mom had three kids to raise and no child support coming in. Rather than give up and let our house go, she took on a 2nd job and scrimped wherever possible to keep us fed, clothed, and in a warm home. I know she sacrificed a lot throughout the years, but somehow she did it. Her dedication and discipline to me is remarkable.
Mildred Zaharias
- Study the rules so that you won't beat yourself by not knowing something.
- Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
- Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, the female athletic phenomenon of the century, was the child of Norwegian immigrants.
- Reared in poverty in South Texas, she began her extraordinarily versatile athletic career in high school basketball.
- After Babe switched to track and field and collected gold medals at the 1932 Olympics, her fame enabled her to barnstorm the country with a team called "Babe Didrikson's All Americans."
- When she first took up golf she hit over a thousand balls a day, eight to ten hours a day. Drives of two hundred and fifty yards were not unusual for her.
- Babe went on to sweep the major ladies' titles.
- In 1949 she became one of the founding members of the Ladies' Professional Golf Association.
- A fierce competitor with a free-wheeling style, she closed her career with a courageous, losing battle against cancer.
