by danarubin | Mar 5, 2021 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ A chance meeting on a cruise ship with the famous Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova in 1928 changed the direction of Rukmini Devi Arundale’s life. The great Pavlova urged her young admirer to study classical Indian dance, which had fallen out of favor....
by danarubin | Mar 4, 2021 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ It was three years ago today that we learned the words “inclusion rider.” The #metoo movement against sexual abuse and harassment had burst into public awareness the previous fall, following the exposure of repeated, widespread abuse by...
by danarubin | Mar 3, 2021 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ On this day in 1831, a garment worker in New York City named Sarah Monroe made an eloquent plea for female solidarity to overcome deplorable working conditions and low pay. We know very little about Monroe other than that she was a working class...
by danarubin | Mar 2, 2021 | 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 in the winter of 1942-1943, captivating audiences with her exotic...
by danarubin | Mar 2, 2021 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ Dear Yoshiro Mori, I can’t imagine what you’ve been doing ever since you were forced to resign from your position as president of the Tokyo Olympics. Twiddling your thumbs? As the world now knows, your swift downfall came after your ill-advised...
by danarubin | Mar 1, 2021 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ March 1st marks the start of Women’s History Month — and for that we owe thanks to historian and author Gerda Lerner, the founder of the field of women’s studies and a giant among historians. While teaching women’s history at Sarah Lawrence College...
