On a muggy night in June 1964, two tiny girls lay asleep in their separate beds, 38 miles apart, while a blue station wagon sped down the road between their Mississippi communities. Their strange terrible connection: Angela’s father, James Channey 21, was at the wheel of the car, while some of the men Donna trusted […] Read more
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Women Take to the Air in World War 2
A select group of more than 1,000 women pilots became pioneers, heroes, and role models. They were the “Women Airforce Service Pilots” or “WASP”, the first women in history trained to fly American military aircraft. The Wasp flew more than 9 million miles and 77 models of aircraft and 38 women would perish while ferrying […] Read more
Women’s Health and Wellness Legislation
The New York Assembly has taken the lead with the Women’s Health and Wellness Bill to enact comprehensive legislation to ensure women’s health. Specifically, the bill requires insurers to pay for annual breast-cancer detecting mammograms for women beginning at the age of 40, rather than 50. The legislation also requires preventive screening tests, like routine […] Read more
Women’s Right To Vote
In the 2000 Presidential election, 22 million unmarried women who were eligible to vote stayed home from the polls. While 68 percent of married women voted, only 52 percent of unmarried women did so. If single women voted at the same rate as married women, millions more ballots would have been cast. Remember 537 votes […] Read more
Women’s Health and Wellness Legislation
The New York Assembly has taken the lead with the Women’s Health and Wellness Bill to enact comprehensive legislation to ensure women’s health. Specifically, the bill requires insurers to pay for annual breast-cancer detecting mammograms for women beginning at the age of 40, rather than the current age of 50. The legislation also requires preventive […] Read more
WOMEN’S SOCCER
In just nine days, the superstars of women’s professional soccer hit the field live. Saturday, April 13th. Only on PAX TV. The W-USA. It’s on […] Read more
Women’s Soccer
In just nine days, the superstars of women’s professional soccer hit the field live. Saturday, April 13th. Only on PAX TV. The W-USA. It’s on […] Read more
Woodcliff Pleasure Park
In 1927, a real estate developer and entrepreneur named Fred Ponty, bought a 27-acre parcel of land situated on the Hudson River, in the northern part of Poughkeepsie, NY. On this land, Ponty went on to build an amusement park known as the Woodcliff Pleasure Park. The rise and fall of this park is not […] Read more
WOODIES
I hate Woodies! I’m the only dog on the block that doesn’t get any love, and I tell you, I’m fed up! It’s just Woodies, Woodies, Woodies … every doggone day. She never has time for me anymore. When I want to romp in the park — “Sorry, darling. Mommy has to go to Woodies […] Read more
Word by Word Literacy Association
Give the gift of literacy. Give a book. This message has been brought to you by the Word by Word Literacy Association […] Read more