by danarubin | Feb 11, 2021 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ On this day in 1917, Alice Dunbar Nelson stepped up to a church pulpit in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to speak up for Black history. The occasion was the centenary celebration of the birth of Frederick Douglass, revered among the African-American...
by danarubin | Feb 7, 2021 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ On this day in 2006, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou delivered the eulogy for her dear friend, Coretta Scott King, who had passed away a week earlier at a rehabilitation center in Mexico. An audience of 14,000 gathered at the New Birth...
by danarubin | Feb 3, 2021 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ We think of Josephine Baker as the exotic dancer, stage performer, and movie star who enchanted audiences across Europe. But on this day in 1952, she spoke from her heart to the people of her hometown, St. Louis. It was a bittersweet moment. Baker...
by danarubin | Oct 30, 2020 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ Dear Jon, I’m writing to say our love affair is over. For years I’ve been a fan of your work as a presidential historian and author of many well-regarded books, including your Pulitzer-winning biography of Andrew Jackson. I’ve...
by danarubin | Oct 7, 2020 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ Ever since the fiasco of our first presidential debate on September 29, friends who know about my weekend hobby have been asking me, “What makes a good debate?” I ought to know. I’m a debate judge. Throughout the school year, I...
by danarubin | Sep 25, 2020 | Leadership, Women Leaders, Women's Issues
by Dana Rubin_____ Remembering his colleague Ruth Bader Ginsburg this week, Chief Justice John Roberts said this: “Her voice in court and in our conference room was soft, but when she spoke, people listened.” Indeed, Ginsburg cultivated that powerful...
