ALICE PAUL

Alice Paul
Birth: 1885 - Death: 1977


While earning degrees in law and social work, Alice Paul studied in London and joined the radical British suffrage movement. She was jailed several times and returned in 1910 determined to put new life into the American woman's struggle for the ballot. The National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA), the old organization of Anthony and Stanton, was still focused on state-by-state campaigns, but Alice Paul preferred to lobby Congress for an amendment to the Constitution. She worked first within the NAWSA and then in her own rival organizations. She soon demonstrated her political savvy, stealing the limelight at Woodrow Wilson's inauguration with a gigantic suffrage parade. When Wilson proved slow to aid the suffrage cause, Alice Paul adopted the British strategy of holding the party in power responsible. Her group, then called the Congressional Union, campaigned against Democrats in the states where women already voted. Alice Paul led them in militant tactics, including picketing the White House. After World War I broke out, tensions grew and the pickets were alternately threatened by hostile crowds and thrown in jail. Placed in solitary confinement in a psychopathic ward, Alice Paul was force-fed, but her spirit remained unbroken. In the 1920s her group, by then the National Woman's Party, set the agenda for feminism: the vote won, the next target would be an Equal Rights Amendment.

ALLIE B.LATIMER

Allie B. Latimer

Birth: 1929 -
Born In: Pennsylvania, United States of America
Achievements:Government
Educated In:Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania
Countries Educated In: United States of America
Schools Attended: Laboratory High School at Alabama State College, Barber-Scotia College, Hampton Institute,
Howard University School of Law, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America, Howard University School of Divinity, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Business School, Pennsylvania State University, American University, Federal Executive Institute
Worked In: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, North Carolina, Maryland, West Virginia
Countries Worked In: United States of America, China, Australia, Togo, Malawi

An attorney, civil rights activist and humanitarian, Allie B. Latimer has been active in legal, civic and religious activities throughout her lifetime. Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Alabama, Latimer was the child of a school teacher and a builder. After graduating from high school, she earned her bachelor’s degree from Hampton Institute (now Hampton University). Latimer then volunteered for two years with the American Friends
Service Committee, performing work in prisons and mental institutions. She participated in the effort to desegregate the New Jersey State Hospital at Vineland and an effort to integrate a suburban community outside Philadelphia. Latimer later enrolled in Howard University School of Law and earned her Juris Doctor in 1953.

In 1958, she went on to earn a Master of Legal Letters degree from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, and earned both a Master of Divinity degree and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Howard
University School of Divinity. Latimer was instrumental in organizing Federally Employed Women (FEW) in 1968, and served as the organization’s founding president until 1969. The organization began as a grassroots effort with the major objective of equality of opportunity for all. To date, FEW has more than two hundred chapters nationwide. FEW’s many accomplishments and activities have impacted the federal workplace and contributed to improved working conditions for all.

In 1969, Latimer became an Ordained Elder at Northeastern Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC. She has traveled to more than fifty countries to participate in various church related conferences.

In 1977, as a federal attorney, Latimer was the first African American and first woman to serve as General Counsel of a major federal agency as well as the first African American and first woman to attain the GS-18 salary level at the General Services Administration. Veteran Feminists of America (VFA) recognized Latimer as part of the ‘second wave of feminist pioneers.” She was also the recipient of the Ollie May Cooper Award, presented by the Washington Bar Association for a lifetime of legal humanitarianism and outstanding contributions to the legal profession.

ALICE HAMILTON

Alice Hamilton


Birth: 1869 – Death: 1970
Achievements: Science

Alice Hamilton chose medicine because “as a doctor I could go anywhere I pleased – to far – off lands or to city slums – and be quite sure I could be of use anywhere.” She quickly discovered she felt more at home in the laboratory than at the bedside. Her first job, teaching pathology at Northwestern University, gave her the chance to realize her dream to live at Hull House.
There she came to know Jane Addams and other reformers who encouraged her to find a way to apply her scientific knowledge to social problems. Alice Hamilton began to investigate industrial diseases.
She saw cases of lead palsy and carbon monoxide gassing among workers in the area. Because they were Poles, Italians, or Blacks, their fate had passed unnoticed. Industries denied responsibility, and states had no workmen’s compensation laws. Dr. Hamilton conducted pioneering surveys of industrial disease, and found that European countries not only outdistanced the U.S. in research but also legislated sickness insurance programs.
She studied the poisons affecting workers in the lead, munitions, and copper industries, traveling the country and touring mines and factories, smelters and forges. Her reports were always meticulously fair and impartial .

In 1918 Alice Hamilton was appointed assistant professor of industrial medicine at the Harvard University Medical School. She was the first and for many years the only woman on the Harvard faculty.

Though she was treated shabbily, excluded from the faculty club and the commencement procession, her research continued to help promote safety in the American workplace.

ALTHEA GIBSON

Althea Gibson

Birth: 1927 – Death: 2003
Born In: South Carolina, United States of America
Died In: New Jersey, United States of America
Achievements: Athletics
Educated In: North Carolina, Florida
Countries Educated In:United States of America
Schools Attended: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Worked In: New York, New Jersey, Missouri
Countries Worked In: United States of America, France, Australia, England

Widely regarded as one of the most talented athletes in the United States, Althea Gibson overcame extreme racism to break barriers in tennis and pave the way for talented athletes of all races to compete equally. Born in South Carolina, she moved to Harlem at the age of three. After being given a tennis racquet at the age of 13, Gibson displayed such talent that she was invited to become an honorary member of the elite Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. In 1942, at the age of 15,
Althea began playing in the American Tennis Association (ATA) and won the first tournament she ever entered. The ATA was a counterpart to the United States Lawn Tennis Association (now the USTA), which did not allow African American players to enter tournaments at the time.

In 1957, Gibson became the first African American to win the All-England Championships at Wimbledon and the U.S. National Tennis Championships at Forest Hills, forever changing the face of tennis.

She repeated these feats in 1958. After retiring from tennis, Gibson went on to play professional golf, again smashing barriers by becoming the first African-American to earn her LPGA card. Althea Gibson’s tremendous feats continue to inspire generations of athletes from all races and walks of life

ALICE EVANS

Alice Evans
Birth: 1881 – Death: 1975

Identified the organism causing undulant fever.

This discovery, one of the most medically important in the early 20th century, led to laws mandating milk pasteurization, saving countless lives in America and throughout the world.
Evans, one of the first woman scientists to hold a permanent appointment in the USDA Bureau of Animal Husbandry (she later worked at the National Institute of Health), initiated her studies of bacterial contamination of milk in 1910 and revealed her findings in 1917. Fierce opposition to her results developed but in the 1930s, milk pasteurization laws were enacted. Although she was herself infected with undulant fever in 1922, she worked throughout her life as a widely-respected scientist, serving as the first woman president of the American
Society of Bacteriologists. After retirement in 1945, Evans lectured frequently on female career development, emphasizing scientific careers.

ABIGAIL ADAMS

Abigail Adams

Birth: 1744 – Death: 1818


Born In: Massachusetts, United States of America
Died In: Massachusetts, United States of America
Achievements: Humanities
Worked In: Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania
Countries Worked In: United States of America

Wife of one president and mother of another, Abigail Adams was more than a family helpmate. Insightful, witty, and intensely concerned with politics, she shared and shaped her husband John’s political thought and career.

Because of his service to the nation in war and diplomacy, they spent more than half their married life apart, but they communicated closely. In early 1776 she was caring for their four young children alone, but she wrote him to urge daring and boldness, quoting Shakespeare:

“There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood leads on to fortune.” In her famous “Remember the Ladies” letter, Abigail Adams half jestingly proposed that women should claim their share of liberty. She objected specifically to the legal codes under which married women could not own property. But she was ahead of her time; later generations of women would have to struggle to change such laws.

“I never wanted your advice and assistance more in my life,” John Adams wrote to her earnestly after his election as the second president of the United States. Ironically, the reinforcement he gained from Abigail may have prevented him from developing the willingness to compromise. His unbending devotion to principle helped make him a one-term president.

FORMER ASTRONAUT LEADER OF VANDENBERG

Former astronaut leads the way for Vandenberg
Posted: Jan 21, 2011 10:14 PM by Ariel Wesler - Source: KSBY News
Updated: Jan 21, 2011 10:14 PM

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A former astronaut is the first woman to land a job as the highest ranking officer there.

Major General Susan Helms was promoted to Lieutenant General this morning at a change of command ceremony on base. Helms took over command from Lieutenant General Larry James. She is the new leader of the 14th Air Force and Joint Function Component Command for Space at Vandenberg.

Sitting among her fellow officers, you would never know Lt. Gen. Susan Helms is an accomplished astronaut.

"She's an expert at conducting satellite operations both from the ground and from being on board satellites. You don't get any more in depth knowledge than that," said General Kevin Chilton with U.S. Strategic Command.

elms has built an extensive and impressive career with Air Force as a former astronaut. She was the first U.S. military woman in space and has logged more than 200 days in space. She also holds the world record for longest spacewalk at eight hours and 56 minutes.

Flags were exchanged this morning signaling the change of command. For Lieutenant General Larry James, it was an emotional day. He's been the commander since December 2008. He will be leaving to serve at the Pentagon in Washington D.C.

"It truly has been my honor to be part of this team for the last two years. It just doesn't get any better than this. . .Susan Helms, you're an awesomely lucky lady," James said.

"I will do my very to ensure your confidence is well placed and that the extraordinary integrity and performance of the command will sustain as we continue to execute our mission, face our challenges, and take care of our people," Helms said.

People ready to welcome a skilled leader.

Helms can also add one more item to her long list of accomplishments. She is one of two peopled named to the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame this year. She will be inducted in May at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

In her most recent position, Helms served as the Director of Plans and Policy for U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.