Upcoming Events:

Thursday, August 26, 2010

 

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

 

Benicia Historical Museum at the Camel Barnís Stone Hall

 

2060 Camel Road *Benicia, CA 94510

 

 JOIN OUR TRIBUTE TO

SOLANO COUNTY WOMEN LEGISLATORS

CA State Assemblymember, Mariko Yamada

Mayor of Benicia, Elizabeth Patterson

Vallejo City Councilmembers, Marti Brown & Joanne Schivley

Solano County of Education, Rozzana Verder- Aliga

Solano Community College District Governing Boardmember, A. Marie Young

& MORE

 

Keynote Speaker: Sue Miller, AAUW CA Public Policy Director

 

Free & Open to the Public

Please RSVP by Aug. 15, 2010

The Womenís Equality Day Celebration is our chapterís call for donations to AAUW Funds this year. Donations to AAUW Funds are encouraged and will be gratefully accepted from the public.

SALUTE TO

SOLANO COUNTY WOMEN LEGISLATORS

at  Benicia Historical Museum Stone Hall

 by Nancy Parent Smith

 

"Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it... and the light is shining through like never before, filling us all with the hope and the sure knowledge that the path will be a little easier next time. That has always been the history of progress in America. Think of the suffragists who gathered at Seneca Falls in 1848 and those who kept fighting until women could cast their votes."  Hillary Clinton, Washington D.C., June 7, 2008

They used to give us a day--it was called International Women's Day. In 1975 they gave us a year, the Year of the Woman. Then from 1975 to 1985 they gave us a decade, the Decade of the Woman. I said at the time, who knows, if we behave, they may let us into the whole thing. Well, we didn't behave and here we are. U.S. Representative, Bella Abzug (D-NY)

August 26 of each year is designated in the United States as Women's Equality Day. In 1971, Bella Abzug instituted Women's Equality Day, commemorating the passage of the 19th Amendment, the Womenís Suffrage Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave U.S. women full voting rights in 1920. This was the culmination of a massive, peaceful civil rights movement by women that had its formal beginnings in 1848 at the world's first women's rights convention, in Seneca Falls, New York. The observance of Women's Equality Day not only commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment, but also calls attention to women's continuing efforts toward full equality. 

Although we've seen make great strides, there is still much to be accomplished to achieve parity in all fields of endeavor. Until we see an equal number of women in public office (and one finally as Commander in Chief), women reaching pay equity, equal opportunity and respect in the workforce and education, full control over their reproductive decisions and equal partnerships at home, there is still much work left to do.  These equity issues are the heart and soul of our AAUW mission.

Please consider joining the Women's Equality Day committee, contact Nancy Parent Smith NanParentSmith@aol.com or 746-7058.

 

Benicia-Vallejo Branch - August Schedule:

Date	Event ñ Time ñ Location	Contact
8/9	Book Group; 10:30am, Bookshop Benicia	Carolyn F.  746-6070
8/17	Bridge ñ 7pm	Betty O. 747-9694
8/26	Womenís Equity Day; 6:30 PM, Camel Barns	Nancy P-S, 746-7058
9/2	Board meeting; 7 PM; Home of Shannon Frisinger	Carolyn O. 745-5724

 

Benicia-Vallejo Branch AAUW 2010-2011 Programs 

 

Date/Time	Event	Location	Chair + Committee
8/26   6:30 PM	Womenís Equality Day - JOIN OUR TRIBUTE TO SOLANO COUNTY WOMEN LEGISLATORS. With Sue Miller, keynote speaker, AAUW CA Public Policy Director	Benicia Historical Museum	Nan Parent-Smith, Alice Labay, Paula McConnell, Cynthia Seguin
9/26 2-4 PM	Membership Event ñ Renew friendships; meet new members	Nancy Yingstís home	Paula McConnell, Mary Lou Bogart, Susan Cohen-Grossman
10/9	Candidatesí Forum with League of Women Voters	Benicia City Hall
10/20 6:00 PM	Tech Trek pot-luck. Meet our campers ñ learn about their memorable experiences at Sonoma State University.	Community Congregational Church	Mary Hammonds
11/9    7:00 PM	Travel Tips, Tidbits and Tales! Kick-off for our NEW travel interest group. Join us for a presentation by Clare Fischer, professor emeritus of religion and culture at the Graduate Theological Union, she is a core research member of UC Berkeleyís Tourism Studies Working Group.	Joan Eignorís home	Joan Eignor, Cynthia Seguin
12/12 2-4 PM	Year-end Party ñ and Safequest donation center. Please support our local battered womenís shelter with your donation.	Joan Eignorís	Julie Contestable, Karen Clare, Nora Gauger
1/29 7-9 PM	BUNKO ñ and raffle - night of silliness and fun! Benefits our Branch & Tech Trek. Complimentary appetizers and beverages.	Benicia Senior Center	Mary Hammonds, Bobbi Enderlin, Sharon Huguet, Joan Eignor
February	Sisters in Crime ñ Bay Area mystery writers share their tales of capturing the mystery writing bug!	Benicia Library	Carolyn Fallon
3/8	International Womenís Day		Nan Parent-Smith
March	Concert	Cal Maritime	Joan Eignor, Barbara Houseman, Marilyn McElhaney, Alice Labay, Julie Contestable, Bobbi, Enderlin
April	Creative Woman Symposium	Arts Benicia	Committee
May	TBA
June	Installation Luncheon		Carolyn Osada