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2013
In Mexico City, a passionate voice for voluntarism!
Dr. Jacqueline Butcher de Rivas has had many professional roles, but all are grounded in one key element of her resume: her role as a Junior League volunteer. A Past…
Did you know the “Wicked Witch” was a member of The Junior League?
Although she had a 50-year career as a character actress in films, on the stage and on television, you almost certainly know her best as the Wicked Witch of the…
Teach a child to read and…
Well, you know the answer…you may just start that young person down the road to literacy and success in life, as well as a lifetime appreciation for the joys of…
Who was Dorothy Whitney Straight?
That’s an interesting question to ask during Women’s History Month because women’s history in this country is more than just a list of famous names and “women’s first” events. So…
Who was Eudora Welty?
Long before she won a Pulitzer Prize, or was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, or had her home in Jackson, Mississippi designated as a National Historic Landmark and opened…
What Happened to Universal Values?
Yesterday the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, having passed in the Senate earlier this month. The reauthorization was not without…
How much do you know about Shirley Temple Black?
Child actress. Diplomat. And member of the Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid-Peninsula. In life, unlike her many movie roles, Shirley Temple played against type. Born in 1928, in Santa Monica,…
No, It Isn’t True (But It Is Funny!)
What does it take to get The Junior League mentioned on the Op-Ed page of The New York Times and on Stephen Colbert’s show on Comedy Central—all in the same…
Junior Leagues Adopt External Policy Resolutions Process
At AJLI’s Winter Leadership conference in Las Vegas late last month, delegates voted in favor of adopting an External Policy Resolutions Process by which the Junior Leagues could agree to…
Facing Danger on the Front and in the Barracks
Defense Department policy and the flaws inherent in military culture have been in the news in the last several weeks for very different reasons, each of them with a profound…