Women's Birthdays & Milestones

April 26

Gertrude "Ma" Rainey b. 1886-early blues singer & recording artist

Anita Loos b. 1893-writer, humorist

Carol Burnett b. 1936-comedian, actor

New Year, Sierra Leone, dedicated to Goddesses of Water & Fertility

Quote for the Day

""My mother buried three husbands... and two of them were only napping.""
~ Rita Rudner

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ANNUAL EVENTS & CONFERENCES FOR APRIL

Earth & Environmental Healing Month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
General Federation of Womens' Clubs Week: week of April 24
Earth Day: Aprill 22
Take Our Daughters to Work Day, Ms. Foundation: April 28

9 to 5's 'The Good, The Bad and the Downright Unbelievable' National Boss Contest, entry deadline, April 1: 414-274-0926

Dakota Round Table, Native Women's Health Education Resource Center: 605-487-7072

Feminist Activism & Art, San Francisco Camerawork: 415-621-1001; fax 415-621-1092

Girls Clubs annual conference: fax 212-683-1253

Gulf Coast Womyn's Festival, Easter weekend, Gulfport, MS: 609-694-2037

Highways Performance Space annual Women's Festival, last weekend, Santa Monica, CA: 310-453-1755

Jewish Feminism Symposium, American Jewish Congress: 312-332-7355

Latin American & Caribbean Feminist Encuentro, Feminists of the Americas: 617-349-4697; 617-522-2057

Midwest Society for Women in Philosophy Annual Women of Color Caucus: Maria Lugones, LACAS, Binghamton University, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000

National Graduate Women's Studies Conference: 301-403-0525

Scholar & Feminist Conference: 212-854-2067

The Women's Global Business Alliance, Women of Innovation Conference, May 6th at Tarrytown Marriot, NY: 860-276-0660

Reprinted from The WomanSource Catalog & Review's, "women's perpetual calendar"