by danarubin | Dec 20, 2021 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ At the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, a stunning exhibit celebrates the painter Artemisia Gentileschi and other female Italian painters. “By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy 1500-1800” presents a constellation...
by danarubin | Dec 10, 2021 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ A sculpture installation opens today in New York City to honor the intrepid globe-trotting journalist and activist Nellie Bly. Created by artist Amanda Matthews, the multi-part sculpture sits on the northern tip of Roosevelt Island, not far from the...
by danarubin | Oct 27, 2021 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ Jane Goodall is a world-renowned primatologist. She’s spent the better part of six decades studying and protecting one species, the chimpanzee. Now she’s turned her attention to another: the homo sapien. Her new book, The Book of Hope: A...
by danarubin | Oct 25, 2021 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ A new PBS documentary, “Becoming Helen Keller,” retells the famous story of Helen Keller. But instead of focusing on her legendary childhood, the lens widens to appreciate Keller’s passionate advocacy and activism. Though she lived...
by danarubin | Oct 12, 2021 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ Today’s Google Doodle honors Helena Modjeska (born Modrzejewska), one of America’s greatest Shakespearean actresses — and a woman who used her public voice to support women. Polish-born, she emigrated to the US, became a citizen, and...
