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Women's History Month 2020
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    Women’s History Month; The Progress We’ve Made and The Battles We’re Still Fighting

    • March 20, 2020
    It’s Women’s History Month, a significant time of year which holds even more importance in 2020, amidst a pandemic of historic proportions. As the first Women’s History Month of a…
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      Civic Engagement Matters

      • November 4, 2018
      “We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.” The words of, not only one of the most important jurists in our nation’s history,…
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      Mary Harriman Enters the Women’s Hall of Fame!

      • October 2, 2015
      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…
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      Does civic leadership start in grade school?

      • September 20, 2013
      We were surprised and pleased when we saw a news story out of Boise, Idaho the other day about Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to sit on the Supreme…
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      Who was the first woman to…?

      • August 21, 2012
      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?…
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      Is joining The Junior League good for your career?

      • May 28, 2012
      Good question, and one that AJLI Executive Director Susan Danish addressed head-on in a wide-ranging interview with MarketWatch Radio, from The Wall Street Journal. In the segment – titled “Working…
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      Sandra Day O'Connor – Living a Life of Civic Leadership

      • October 19, 2011
      It may be difficult for women who weren’t there at the time to understand, but Sandra Day O’Connor’s swearing in as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United…
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