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April Highlights in US Women's History
Historic Events
- April 2, 1931 - 17-year-old Jackie Mitchell, the second woman to play baseball in the all-male minor leagues, pitches an exhibition game against NY Yankees and strikes out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. The next day, the Baseball Commissioner voided her contract, claiming baseball was too strenuous for women. The ban was not overturned until 1992.
- April 5, 1911 - 100,000 to 500,000 people march in New York City to attend the funeral of 7 unidentified people who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in late March.
- April 7, 1805 - Sacagawea begins helping the Lewis and Clark Expedition as an interpreter.
- April 7, 1987 - Opening of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, the first museum devoted to women artists.
- April 9, 1939 - Marian Anderson sings an Easter Sunday concert for more than 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial.
- April 13, 1933 - Ruth Bryan Owens is the first woman to represent the U.S. as a foreign minister when she is appointed as envoy to Denmark.
- April 19, 1977 - 15 women in the House of Representatives form the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues.
- April 22, - Earth Day -honor Rachel Carson today, a woman who changed America and greatly influenced the environmental movement.
- April 26, 1777 - American Revolution heroine Sybil Ludington, 16 years old, rides 40 miles by horseback in the middle of the night to gather the American militia to fight against the British invasion.
- April 28, 1993 - First "Take Our Daughters to Work" day, sponsored by the Ms. Foundation; in 2003 it became "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work" day."
Please remember you can always find highlights and birthdates in the women's history calendar in the News and Events section of the National Women's History Project website www.nwhp.org. Consider forwarding this website with anyone who is interested in women's history.
Melinda Tremaglio
President Palm Springs
National Organization for Women
melindat@dc.rr.com
760-333-8304
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Obama Administration Failing Women on Birth Control
NOW President Terry O'Neill writes on The Huffington Post: "As the president of NOW, I hear from a lot of women (and men). Many of them are outraged right now, and they're asking the same question: Can this be real -- is the White House actually caving in to the radical right on birth control?"
NOW to Obama: Women Who Elected You Need You To Support Birth Control
NOW calls on President Obama and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to retract the department's decision to overrule the FDA's recommendation on Plan B One-Step, and to keep all religious exemption clauses out of the Affordable Care Act regulations on insurance coverage of birth control.
Tell President Obama, Secretary Sebelius "Reverse Plan B Decision"
Take action NOW to reverse this outrageous and purely political decision to overrule the FDA's determination that a form of emergency contraception is safe, effective and should be available over the counter with NO age restriction.
Tell President Obama: Free The Pill From the Bishops!
Take Action NOW! President Obama is on the brink of a decision that could deny access to basic birth control. Under intense lobbying from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the president is poised to potentially expand an already sweeping refusal clause that allows employers to deny birth control coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
Letter Urges Congress to Reauthorize VAWA (PDF)
The National Task Force Against Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women (of which NOW is a member organization) sent a letter to Congress asking for support in reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. VAWA's programs support state, tribal and local efforts to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.
Emergency Contraception Betrayal: Does President Obama Really Oppose Family Planning?
In a stunning betrayal of women, the Obama administration has sided with radical right politics in rejecting the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision to remove an age restriction on emergency contraception.
NOW Urges Obama Administration Not to Cave in to Catholic Bishops
The National Organization for Women calls on the Obama administration to stand up for women and not give in to demands from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that would deny birth control coverage for millions of women.
Letter Urges President to Reject Refusal Clauses (PDF)
NOW President Terry O'Neill sent a letter to President Obama opposing all refusal clauses in regulations implementing the Affordable Care Act that would allow organizations to deny contraceptive coverage to employees. Reportedly, Catholic bishops are pushing for broader exemptions, even though a sweeping refusal clause is already in interim regulations.
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