Women's Birthdays & Milestones

January 17

DAnne Brontë b. 1820-British novelist, poet

Jewell Plummer Cobb b. 1924-biologist, cancer researcher

Martha Cotera b. 1938-Chicana feminist, librarian

Wendy Yoshimiro b. 1943-radical activist, member of the SLA

Quote for the Day

"Peolple who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes."

~ Abigail Van Buren

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ANNUAL EVENTS & CONFERENCES FOR January

Women's Global Media Monitoring Project, Media Watch: 408-423-6355, January 18

Black Women in the Academy: 617-253-8889

Board on Women and Minorities of American Meteorological Society: 617-227-2426, ext. 206

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women annual meeting, UN: 212-963-3160

National Labor Leaders' Conference on Women and HIV/AIDS: 202-466-4615

Schweppes International Women's Tennis Open, WTA: 813-895-5000

Women in Higher Education International Conference: 915-747-5142; fax 915-747-5538

Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities: An International Celebration, Eatonville, FL, featuring music, performers, lectures, workshops: 407-647-3307

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