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On Presidents Day we say let’s also “Remember the Ladies”
The third Monday of every February has been designated Presidents Day in the United States. Over the decades this observance has morphed from being a celebration of George Washington to…
Mary Harriman Enters the Women’s Hall of Fame!
This athlete became a world class figure skater after overcoming polio. This woman promised her dying sister she would help find a way to eradicate breast cancer. This dance entrepreneur’s…
Put Eleanor on the $20 Bill. (Vote Now!)
First question: Do you know whose face is on the $20 bill? (Answer: Andrew Jackson) Second question: Should we put a woman on the $20 bill? (Answer: Yes! It’s about…
Who Was Mary Harriman? Part 3: Life on the national stage
Although Mary’s parents were lifelong Republicans, in 1928 she and her brother Averell declared their support for Democratic presidential candidate Al Smith. Mary’s active work for the campaign brought her…
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…
Dear New York Times, please call us next time…
Old stereotypes die hard. We were reminded of that obvious fact on reading an Op-Ed in The New York Times over the weekend that managed to drag one of our…
Who was the first woman to…?
Well, a lot of them were Junior Leaguers. Now, just in time for Women’s Equality Day, let’s take a look… Who was the first U.S. delegate to the United Nations?…
It’s official: Mary Harriman is on the National Women’s History Museum website
While the National Women’s History Museum is still waiting for a permanent home in Washington, DC, Mary Harriman has found a home on its website, where she joins other Junior…
The Junior Leagues Look Back on 110 Years of Members’ Civic Leadership
In 1901, 86 years before Congress formalized Women’s History Month and 19 years before American women were given the right to vote, a young New York socialite named Mary Harriman had an…
So who was Mary Harriman’s best-known friend?
It’s a good bet that she was Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. While credit for the founding of The Junior League rightly belongs to Mary Harriman, she was supported in its early…