Women's Birthdays & Milestones

April 27

Mary Wollstonecraft b. 1759-British writer, feminist, philosopher

Mary Ferrin b 1810-women's rights advocate

Coretta Scott King b. 1927-civil rights leader

Day of Zita, matron of domestic workers

Quote for the Day

"Don't drag the engine like an ignoramus, but bring wood, water and flame, like an engineer."
~ Mary Weston Chapman in an 1855 address

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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

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