Women's Birthdays & Milestones
February 17
Dorothy Canfield Fisher b. 1879-novelist
Marion Anderson b. 1902-opera singer, 1st Black to sing at the Met
Julia de Burgos b. 1914-Puerto Rican poet, journalist
Mary Frances Berry b. 1938-Black historian, activist
February is Black History Month
Quote for the Day
"I like living and I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, actively miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."
~ Agatha Christie
ANNUAL EVENTS & CONFERENCES FOR FEBRUARY
African-American History Month
National Girls and Women in Sports Day,
Women Sports Foundation: 800-227-3988, 1st Thursday
- American Psychological Association Women's Caucus: 212-691-6587
- Astrea National Lesbian Action Foundation, funding application deadline, Feb. 15th: 212-529-8021
- Coalition of Women's Art Organizations: 414-284-4458
- Conference on Campus Violence: 410-830-2178
- Exhibit of Distinguished Black Women, MLK Library, Black Women in Sisterhood for Action, Inc., Washington, DC: 301-460-1565
- Folk Alliance Conference, folk arts conference with women's groups & events: 202-835-3655
- National Association of Women Business Owner's Annual Economic Summit: 301-608-2590;
- National Black Lesbian & Gay Conference, National Black Lesbian & Gay Leadership Forum, MLK weekend: 213-964-7820
- National Conference of Women's Bar Associations, ABA, mid-year meeting: 919-482-8202
- National Network of Women's Caucuses, National Council for Research on Women: 212-274-0730
- National Network of Minority Women in Science annual meeting, AAAS: 202-326-6757
- OutRite, lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgendered writer's conference: 617-426-4469
- Women's Caucus for Art national conference: C.J. Lori 617-566-4749; Kathy Kneeland 617-536-2901
- Women in View Festival, performing arts, Vancouver, BC: 604-685-6684; fax 604-683-6649
Reprinted from The WomanSource Catalog & Review's, "women's perpetual calendar"