Women's Birthdays & Milestones

February 16


Leonora O'Reilly b. 1870-union leader, founded NAACP

Katharine Cornell b. 1898-stage actor

Vera-Ellen b. 1926-actor, dancer

1923: Bessie Smith records her 1st song, Down Hearted Blues, for Columbia Records

February is Black History Month

Quote for the Day

"The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again."

~ Erma Bombeck

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ANNUAL EVENTS & CONFERENCES FOR FEBRUARY

African-American History Month

National Girls and Women in Sports Day,
Women Sports Foundation: 800-227-3988, 1st Thursday




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