31 Days of Notable Women- Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics

It is with a heavy heart that I conclude my series on Women’s History Month. You may ask “Why?”

Because of the complete and total lack of interest, media attention, and involvement on the part of women to help ourselves. Women will go to bat for any “minority” (who aren’t really minorities anymore but who simply have complained so long and loud that everyone has a knee jerk reaction to their slightest whine of complaint), in fact, they will fight for the rights of any group, except their own.

31 Days of Notable Women- Edith Cresson- Prime Minister of France

The first woman prime minister of France from 1991-1992; and the fifth prime minister appointed by President François Mitterrand, Edith Cresson (born 1934) was named to the office May 15, 1991.

31 Days of Notable Women- Ida Lupino- director/producer

Ida Lupino’s search for greater creative control after acting in movies from the 1940-50s, led her to founding a production company with her husband. Serving as producer and director for films she was known to produce movies with controversial content.
Source Cited: http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue05/reviews/idalupino.htm

31 Days of Notable Women- Shirley Ann Jackson- champion of physics

The Honorable Shirley Ann Jackson is the 18th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., and Hartford, Conn., the oldest technological research university in the United States. Last year the National Science Board selected Dr. Jackson as its 2007 recipient of the prestigious Vannevar Bush Award for “a lifetime of achievements in scientific research, education, [...]

31 Days of Notable Women- Winona LaDuke- Native American activist

Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe) is an internationally respected Native American and environmental activist. She began speaking about these issues at an early age, addressing the United Nations at the age of 18, and continues to devote herself to Native and environmental concerns, as well as political and women’s issues. LaDuke also served as Ralph Nader’s vice-presidential [...]

31 Days of Notable Women- meet PM Maria Liberia-Peters

In 1982 Maria Liberia-Peters was elected to the Staten, or legislature, of the Netherlands Antilles. She quickly was appointed to be Minister of Economic Affairs by the coalition government in power.

31 Days of Notable Women-Hypatia of Alexandria- mathematician supreme

Hypatia of Alexandria was a Greek scholar from Alexandria in Egypt, considered the first notable woman in mathematics, who also taught philosophy and astronomy. She lived in Roman Egypt, and was killed by a Coptic Christian mob who blamed her for religious turmoil. She has been hailed as a “valiant defender of science against religion”, [...]

31 Days of Notable Women- Justine Wanger & the intravenous drip

The modern intravenous drip was developed by a team which included Justine Wanger, who worked during the first half of this century. She also helped develop resuscitation techniques for victims of electric shock, and cryogenic therapy to destroy cancer cells.
Source Cited: “WOMEN IN THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY — WOMEN INVENTORS“. Herring, Susan Davis. Presented to [...]

31 Days of Notable Women- Martha Wright- activist Hall of Famer

Martha Coffin Pelham Wright’s life as an activist was influenced by her Nantucket Quaker heritage. With a strong female role model in her mother, Anna Folger Coffin, and the Quaker tenets of individualism, pacifism, equality of the sexes, and opposition to slavery, young Martha was well prepared for her future role as an abolitionist and [...]

31 Days of Notable Women- Soong Ching-Ling-President of China

She came to be known as “the Mother of China” by both the main political parties, the Kuomintang and the Communists.