Women's Birthdays & Milestones
September 9
Hani Mokoto b. 1873-Japanese journalist, teacher
Tish Sommers b. 1914-founded Displaced Homemakers Center & OWL
Grace Mettalious b. 1924-popular novelist
Patsy Cline b. 1932-singer
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Quote for the Day
"Don't drag the engine, like an ignoramus, but bring wood and water and flame, like an engineer."~ Maria Weston Chapman in an 1855 address
ANNUAL EVENTS & CONFERENCES FOR SEPTEMBER
National Hispanic Heritage Month
ANNUAL EVENTS & CONFERENCES
- Arizona Women's Music Festival, third week: 602-258-7985
- Astrea National Lesbian Action Foundation, application deadline, September 15: 212-529-8021
- Boulder Blues Festival, Colorado: 303-443-5858; fax 303-443-5894
- Committee on Women of American Psychiatric Association: 202-682-6000
- Green Nations Gathering, tribes & clans of plants and the people who love them: 914-795-5238
- Hispanic Women's Council Leadership Conference: 213-725-1657
- International P-FLAG (Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays) Convention: P.O. Box 640223,
- San Francisco, CA 94164; 415-921-6902
- MANA: A National Latina Organization annual training conference: 202-833-0060; fax 202-496-0588
- National Association of Women in Construction annual meeting: 800-552-3506; fax 817-877-0324
- Rhythmfest, Women's Celebration of Music, Art & Politics: 404-873-1551
- Sisterspace Pocono Weekend, Sisterspace of Delaware Valley: 215-476-8856; TDD 215-747-7554
- Women & Labor Conference, Australia: (02) 850-8861; fax (02) 850-8892
- WonderWoman Festival, Women's Center: P.O. Box 354, Binghamton, NY 13902
- WomenFest Key West: 305-296-4238; fax 305-294-3273
Reprinted from The WomanSource Catalog & Review's, "women's perpetual calendar"