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The Junior League Remembers: Cornelia Fort, Pilot
Cornelia Fort was an unlikely candidate to be the first American woman to die on active military duty. Born into a wealthy family in Nashville, the oldest of five children. A debutante. Sarah Lawrence graduate. Member of the Junior League of Nashville. Destined for a quiet life.
But Cornelia Fort wanted to fly, and fly she did. She took her first flying lesson in 1940, shortly after her father died. She soon became first female flight instructor in Nashville.
If It’s March, It Must Be Women’s History Month
Sometimes we lose sight of it in day-to-day League activities, but many Junior Leagues and individual League members have made important contributions, both large and small, to American history over…
The Junior League Remembers: Margaret Chase Smith
Reading about the life of Margaret Chase Smith is like reading a short history of America in the 20th Century. Born December 14, 1897 in Skowhegan, Maine, Margaret Chase worked…
So What Else Was Julia Child Known For?
Long before Food Network, there was Julia Child. When The French Chef debuted on WGBH 38 years ago this February, it was more than just one of the first cooking shows on American television. The…
Why not do something different this Valentine’s Day?
Maybe it’s worth taking a minute on Monday to think about the flip side of Valentine’s Day cards, flowers, and pink teddy bears. The flip side is domestic violence. Everyone…
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 what do people think of when they hear ‘Super Bowl’?
Let’s check on Google and see.
Search Super Bowl and parties and you get 60.4 million hits.
Search Super Bowl and chili and you get 1.16 million hits.
Search Super Bowl and prostitution and you get 350,000 hits.
Steel MagNOL(i)As
Post-Katrina, the women of The Junior League of New Orleans took on corruption and injustice and advocated for coastal restoration, ultimately securing funding for the ecosystem and helping to reform…
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…
What’s in a name?
They call it No Name-Calling Week, and there’s an interesting story behind it. It starts with a book called The Misfits by popular kids author James Howe. Now in its…