Women's Birthdays & Milestones
December 5
Elizabeth Agassiz b. 1822-1st Pres. Radcliffe
Christina Rosetti b. 1830-British poet
Joan Didion b. 1934-writer
1964: 14-year-old Carnegie Hero Medal winner Edna Roshone saves 4 young children from a fire
Quote for the Day
"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood."
~ Marie Curie
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ANNUAL EVENTS & CONFERENCES FOR DECEMBER
World AIDS Day: December 1
Asian Women's Center annual fund-raiser: 212-732-5230
Celebration of Craftswomen, juried crafts fair, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco: 415-361-0700
Contemporary Women Poets of the Americas Symposium: fax 219-631-8209
International Women in Leadership Conference, Perth, Australia: (09) 273-8143
Midwinter MiniFest, annual music & arts event, Chicago, IL: 709-584-1255
Raising Women's Voices, a student-run annual conference on gender issues: 609-258-5565
Women in Communications annual meeting of women journalists: 703-359-9000
Women, War & Peace Conference, women's peace movement, Israel: (2) 718-597; (2) 259-626
Women's Classical Caucus, American Philological Association: 914-698-8798
Women's Caucus, Modern Language Association annual meeting: 215-895-1820
Reprinted from
The WomanSource Catalog & Review's
, "women's perpetual calendar"
