Women's Birthdays & Milestones
March 5
Rosa Luxemberg b. 1870-writer & anarchist
Louise Pearce b. 1885-developed drug to treat sleeping sickness
Leontine T.C. Kelly b. 1920-1st Black woman bishop of a major US denomination
Jerry Cobb b. 1931-record setting aviator
Quote for the Day
"I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality."
~ Alice Paul
ANNUAL EVENTS & CONFERENCES FOR MARCH
National Women's History Month, National Women's History Project: 707-838-6000
National Girl Scout Week: 2nd week
International Women's Day: March 8
Be Your Best Day, Girl Scouts: March 14
Women Investors Day, Woman Investors Committee: 703-978-2491, March 14
- Annual Feminist Psychology Conference,
- Association for Women in Psychology: Ruth Hall 215-771-2643; Maryka Biaggio 503-359-2240
- Association for Women's Economic Development (AWED) annual conference: 212-692-9100
- Creteil International Women's Film Festival, Paris: Bernice Reynaud, Cal Inst. of Arts, School of Film & Video, Valencia, CA, fax 213-665-3447
- Feminist Press at CUNY annual fund-raiser: 212-360-5790
- Fight for Abortion Rights and Reproductive Freedom Annual Conference: 413-582-5645
- National Association of Black Women Attorneys: Mabel Haden, 202-637-4890
- National Conference for Women in Business: 212-692-9100
- National Latinas Caucus Feminization of Power Conference: 212-614-2903
- Women Employed Annual Conference: 312-782-3902
- Women in the Director's Chair Festival, Chicago, IL: 312-281-4988; fax 312-281-4999
- Women of Color Recognition Day Awards: 612-870-1193
- Women's Health 2000 Annual Conference, San Francisco CA: 415-476-2564
- Women's International Cinema Arts Festival, St. Petersburg, FL: 813-895-7132
Reprinted from The WomanSource Catalog & Review's, "women's perpetual calendar"