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It’s Just Equality
Even when you know how a movie is going to end, the real satisfaction comes in watching how the story unfolds. When I got the chance to attend an advance…
JL Spotlight: Lynn Yeakel
August 26th is Women’s Equality Day in the United States, commemorating the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which granted women the right to vote. Yet even…
Will We Finish What the Suffragettes Started?
Women’s Equality Day, celebrated in the United States every year on August 26th, is the country’s moment to acknowledge the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to…
JL Spotlight: Hermione Malone
We recently had a chance to catch up with superstar Junior League member Hermione Malone to talk about her recent experience as a Marshall Memorial Fellow. Here’s what she had…
In tribute: Karen Miller
Karen Miller touched many lives during the course of her own, too short life. Of course, there was her work with the Junior League of Evanston-North Shore (of which she…
Education about menstruation changes everything!
Education is the theme of this year’s Menstrual Hygiene Day, which is celebrated annually on May 28. Menstrual Hygiene Day was initiated by the nonprofit WASH United in 2014 to…
What does it mean to ‘work together’?
It’s no secret that Junior League members can accomplish more together than they can as individuals. And the same goes for their Junior Leagues when they band together as powerful…
Sustainable Assets: What do you do after 15 years as a NCIS special agent?
Meet Cheri Boyle. Wife. Mother. Junior League member. And retired special agent in the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. That’s NCIS, as in the award-winning TV show. If you’re not a…
Let’s talk about something we don’t talk about much. Period.
April 7th was the World Health Organization’s World Health Day; what better time to talk about menstrual health and hygiene? The traditionally taboo nature of this topic is changing. One…
How Was Your National Women’s History Month?
National Women’s History Month is over…and I’m exhausted. So many events, so many conversations, so little time. So what’s the impact? What I find most interesting about participating in the…