by danarubin | Mar 10, 2020 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ Born in China, raised in Brooklyn, Bette Bao Lord has explored the political currents of Chinese communism and American democracy in her fiction and non-fiction. Author of the bestselling novel Spring Moon and other books, she looks at the U.S....
by danarubin | Mar 9, 2020 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ When she’s not dodging photographers, Amal Clooney is a respected human rights attorney. On March 9, 2017 — with her client, human rights activist Nadia Murad by her side — Clooney spoke at a United Nations event about the crimes of ISIS. Six months...
by danarubin | Mar 6, 2020 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ One fan described her as “a silver bell.” Another as “a loaded cannon.” Although Lucy Stone had studied public speaking and learned debate strategies at Oberlin College, women in her era were strongly discouraged from speaking in public. But Stone...
by danarubin | Mar 4, 2020 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ The “Bread and Roses Strike” had been in progress for two months in the harsh winter of 1912 when Vida Scudder arrived at Lawrence, Mass., invited by a progressive women’s group. More than 20,000 striking textile workers had marched through the...
by danarubin | Mar 3, 2020 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ Inspired by the success of labor actions by New York City’s mechanics and journeymen, the women had come together in the Quaker Friends’ Academy on a cold, late-winter evening to discuss how they could improve their working conditions. The UTS...
by danarubin | Mar 2, 2020 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ In a carefully choreographed eight-month charm offensive, Soong Mei-ling — better known by her married name, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, or simply “Madame” — traveled across North America, captivating audiences with her exotic appearance, cosmopolitan...
