We have lost quite a few superior women within the year 2005. Thank you to Michele Polish, a business head and innovator, for bringing to my attention a media item (NY Moments) on New Summers Eve about the moving past of author Rona Jaffe. A lot of us had the opportunity to meet Rona, whenever she surprised united states by attending a WLE Business Spa Retire in Puerto Rico. Never getting met her, all of us kept asking the other, is she "the" Rona Jaffe. Well, she was.
Rona looked like quiet, and somewhat introverted, considering she had broken new ground with her primary novel in 1958 "The very best of Everything" which told a remarkable story about vocation women of that time. That bestseller seemed to be followed by 15 additional books in a related genre. Her final book was "The Room-Mating Season" in 2003. It is said she was a challenging talking woman in her younger years and she it was professionally ambitious. While she came from some sort of wealthy family, she was determined to create the girl personal success. Within the later years, she came up with the Rona Jaffe Foundation, which provides grants or loans to emerging feminine writers. Thank you Rona, with regard to forging the way for female by sharing females inner thoughts inside your books, and later by providing for girls writers inside the making.
As I thought concerning Rona on New Springs Eve day, I started to think about all the other females that we lost inside 2005. So I does a search on the Internet and saw that lots of extraordinary females of all ages left the planet a year ago. The effect of their lifestyles will impact all of us for lots of lifetimes.
Please enroll in me in saying good bye to a few of which:
Shirley Chisolm - the first African american woman elected towards the U.S. Dwelling of Representatives (1969-1983). I was advised that Shirley ran for the Democratic nomination for President in 1972 (and acquired 172 delegate votes). The lady was a great chief.
Sandra Dee - the first "Gidget" for all of us who remember. I could hardly wait to be a teenager after seeing this film.
C. Delores Tucker - the primary Black Secretary involving State (PA), a new civil rights activist, a founder of the nation's Congress of Dark-colored Women
Barbara Bel Geddes, a great actress in addition to Miss Ellis on the famous TV Show "Dallas"
Shana Alexander - a profitable journalist
Nan Kempner - socialite and style plate
Ann Bancroft - an amazing, inspiring actress, and bride to Mel Brooks
Rose Mary Woods, assistant to President Nixon, charged for the 18.5 minute Watergate erasure from the popular tapes.
Dale (Dalia) Messick - cartoonist along with creator of the "Brenda Starr" comic strip about a daring newspaper reporter in the 1950s and 60's. Shopping back I remember testosterone levels reading the strip on Sundays when the attractive flame-haired Starr was out spanning stories -- showing the glamorous life of a career woman - at a time while most girls were house wives. I know that reading that remove impacted me, as I'm sure it afflicted other young girls with visualizing what they could become as girls. Thank you, Dale.
Shirley Horn - a terrific musician and
Rosa Parks - I have written about Ms. Amusement parks in a previous site entry and we thankful her at a past
Women's Authority Exchange conference. Beneficial by and thank you so much, Ms. Parks.
There a large number of other great girls that have left each of our midst this past year which i have not mentioned. Make sure you help
us remember all of them by means of acknowledging other women in this blog in order that we all can offer them adieu and say thanks to them for their contributions to all of us.
We must always remember those who have occur before us. Intended for without them, what would numerous of us be?
A very private aside: fantastic bye for you to my Mom, Charlotte, who left this soil the summer before the 1st Women's Leadership Return in November of Two thousand and two. Though she never ever saw WLE become a reality , it's because of her plus my Dad, that I appeared to be motivated to create alter within the world for women. I enjoy you, Mom and Dad.