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Yoohoo, We’re Right Here!!!
No, not there… Here…look over here… Where are the women leaders? We’re here. We’re all around you. We’re just not household names. Nowhere was that more evident than at last…
It’s Called Confidence!
Kudos to Junior League of San Francisco leader Debbie Messemer for her recent piece in Fortune magazine that delves into “The One Quality Too Many Women Lack.” Spoiler alert. The…
In Memoriam: Nancy Reagan, Junior League Member
Nancy Reagan was many things in a long, productive and often glamorous life. Born in modest circumstances in New York City, she went on to become a Hollywood movie star…
What Can “We” Do About Human Trafficking?
It’s hard to remember now, but it was only recently that human trafficking – which is a growing global problem of enormous scale – was something that most people simply…
In Canada, remembering what women did in WWII
History is made in a lot of different ways, and often by people whose names we will never know. This is a story about one Canadian woman—now almost 93—who participated…
So what color is your dress?
Ever since Mary Harriman (and early League members like Eleanor Roosevelt) worked with poor immigrant families in New York City more than 100 years ago, Junior Leagues have worked to…
In Memoriam: The First Friend of the Junior Leagues
Doubtless the most famous friend of Mary Harriman, Eleanor Roosevelt died 53 years ago this month. Her early work with the Junior League of the City of New York helped…
3 Questions: Mari Ellen Reynolds Loijens of the Junior League of San Jose
How valuable is Junior League leadership training? As soon as we heard that Mari Ellen Reynolds Loijens, former president (2009-2010) of the Junior League of San Jose was recently named…
What Good Is Fame?
AJLI Executive Director Susan E. Danish shares her musing on fame and celebrity culture in her latest piece for The Huffington Post.
Mary Harriman Community Leadership Award
A HUMANITARIAN FOR THE AGES Though she committed to donating the entirety of her holdings to charity when she joined the elite Giving Pledge in 2010, Lyda Hill of the Junior League of…