| -link"> | | | | Representative and Senator; Wilma L. Vaught, |
| This year's theme is "Women Pioneering the Future". | | | | Brigadier General, USAF, Retired; Rebecca Walker, |
| According to the National Women’s History | | | | Youth Organizer and Writer. Go here: hemes |
| Project, this includes both pioneering women from | | | | honorees03.html . |
| US history, who led and won struggles for equality and | | | | 6.Read about these great women’s museums |
| civil rights, created and advanced educational and | | | | and the go visit one near you: National Cowgirl |
| professional opportunities, and made great contributions | | | | Museum and Hall of Fame, Ft. Worth, Tx.; National |
| to the arts, sciences, and humanistic causes, and | | | | Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington, DC; |
| innovative women of today who further these efforts | | | | Women of the West Museum, in Denver, Colorado; |
| and continue to expand the frontiers of possibility for | | | | International Women's Air and Space Museum, in |
| generations to come. | | | | Dayton, Ohio; U.S. Army Women's Museum, in Fort |
| Here are some ways to join the celebration: | | | | Lee, Virginia. Go here for links to their websites: . |
| 1.Order the official poster: hemes heme03.html . | | | | 7.See how you do on the Groundbreaking Women |
| 2.Encourage your City Council to make a proclamation. | | | | Quiz: . |
| Here’s a sample proclamation: hemes | | | | Sample question: Former Secretary of Labor Frances |
| proclamation-sample.html . | | | | Perkins (1880-1965) was the first woman to be |
| 3.Order these placemats ( ) and take them to work, | | | | appointed to a presidential cabinet. Which leader did |
| your children’s school cafeteria, a charity, your | | | | she serve under? (Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. |
| place of worship. Banners, buttons, bookmarks and | | | | Kennedy, or Calvin Coolidge?). |
| balloons also available! | | | | 8.Find out what these women have in common: Sara |
| 4.Check out power contact websites listed here for | | | | Teasdale, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Harper Lee, |
| working women, and add your own! . | | | | Jhumpa Lahiri, Wendy Wasserstein ... |
| 5.Read up on this year’s honorees: Rebecca | | | | You guessed it — they’re Pulitzer prize |
| Adamson, Native American advocate; Rachel Carson, | | | | winners. For complete list, go here: . |
| Scientist and Environmentalist; Linda | | | | 9.And what women have won the Nobel Prize? Start |
| Chavez-Thompson, Labor Leader; Mae C. Jemison, | | | | with Madame Curie, two-time winner — in 1903 |
| Scientist, Educator, and Former Astronaut; Yuri | | | | in physics, and in 1911, for chemistry. Then her daughter |
| Kochiyama, Civil Rights Advocate; Tania León, | | | | won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1935. Go here to |
| Composer and Conductor; Robin Roberts, Broadcast | | | | learn about the women Nobel Prize winners from all |
| Journalist; Harilyn Rousso, Disability Rights Activist and | | | | over the world: . |
| Psychotherapist; Margaret Chase Smith, Congressional | | | | 10.Notable Women Ancestors is looking for you! |