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2014
How many First Ladies were in The Junior League first?
Five. Which is quite a few, when you consider that there have only been 20 First Ladies since Mary Harriman founded The Junior League in 1901. Eleanor Roosevelt had her…
Happy Birthday, Kids in the Kitchen!
When the Junior Leagues’ Kids in the Kitchen program was launched in 2006, childhood obesity was just starting to ramp up as a major concern among public policymakers. Now, with…
Who was the first woman elected to Congress from New York?
For the record, it was Ruth Sears Baker Pratt. And she was a Junior Leaguer. We realize that the shock and awe of having a woman as a member of…
Now there’s an app for that!
Just in time for National Nutrition Month, now there’s an app that will help parents with picky eaters get kids excited about trying healthy new goods– and help support The Junior…
Honoring International Women’s Day
Tuesday, March 4th was International Women’s Day. AJLI’s President-Elect Ellen Rose and I spent the day with hundreds of women from around the world at the United Nations. The day,…
Who was Helen Wills Moody?
She was an international superstar, one of the first women to be able to make that claim in American sports. How big a superstar? At the age of 15, she…
What if National Children’s Dental Health Month was in August?
National Children’s Dental Health Month is actually in February, but it gives us a chance to talk about the dental screenings 540 children received last August in Angelina County, Texas,…
Memo to The New York Times: It’s Sex Trafficking!
The New York Times had a great opportunity last week to create awareness about the face of slavery today – human trafficking of women and girls for commercial sex –…
Junior League Member Highlights from the 2014 AJLI Winter Leadership Conference
What did incoming Junior League leaders see and learn when they descended upon Scottsdale, Arizona for the AJLI Winter Leadership Conference? Find out through their words and photos.
What do football and car shows have in common?
When they’re the Super Bowl, the biggest football game, and the North American International Auto Show, the biggest car show, chances are it’s crowds and human trafficking. Combined, they are…