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14th Annual Art Salon
Sunday • February 12th • 3–5 pm
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Newsblast! Schedule Change
Starting March 1st, the Newsblast! will be published only once a month. Be sure to send content by noon on the 27th to aauwlbemails@gmail.com (NOTE: deadlines for Feb.15th and March 1st issues are 2/10 and 2/25, respectively, at noon).
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Author! Author!! Author!!!
Three talented authors will be ready to beguile you on March 11th at the beautiful Surf & Sand Resort. You’ll hear them describe their writing, along with dashes of amusing anecdotes, all ‘seasoned’ with great charm.
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Don’t miss this event where every year we hear comments like these:
“What outstanding authors!” —“Best Literary Luncheon ever!”
Reserve by March 6th
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How to Purchase Tickets:
Check: Mail your $125 check payable to AAUW-LBF to: AAUW-LBF, P.O. Box 189, Laguna Beach, CA 92652.
Credit Card: Go to Bit.ly/AAUWLL2023. Or click here—>
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Your support is crucial to our programs that take aim at the gender gap by empowering women and girls through education and advocacy. | |
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Missing Link
We accidentally omitted a link from the last Newsblast!!
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Click the "Poet's Corner" image to read poetry by branch members, including the recently added, House of Memories, by Patricia Truman. The Poetry Appreciation and Writers’ Group welcomes new members at any time. Watch the calendar and contact Karen Dennis for information.
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New Facebook Administrator!
Our branch Facebook page has a new administrator—Trish Boyer! Facebook can be a powerful tool for spreading the word about AAUW, our branch, and our programs—but it only works if we use it! Please help promote our branch to the public by sending Trish your announcements to post! You may continue to use the general branch email address, aauwlbemails@gmail.com, or reach Trish directly at her new Facebook address, xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.
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Please invite any non-member Literary Luncheon friends to visit the Membership Table where they can join AAUW for a bargain price of $83.50 (regular dues are $117.00). This includes national, state, and branch dues. This offer is only good on that day, or at any in-person event or meeting. | | |
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~Jean Brotherton, Membership Officer
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Book Review:
Great Circle
by Maggie Shipstead
—a 2023 Literary Luncheon
featured author
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In this New York Times bestseller, Maggie Shipstead tells an extraordinary tale of resilience and perseverance in two parallel storylines. Marian Graves is a fictional female aviator who became obsessed with flying at a young age and pursued her dream of flying at great costs. She went missing in 1950 during her pole-to-pole route around the globe. In 2014, in a parallel story, Hadley Baxter, a modern actress, prepares for the role of Marian in a Hollywood film. We learn Marian’s back story from Hadley as she researches for her role playing Marian. Both women share a dissatisfaction with the patriarchal system guiding their lives. As the story weaves through one hundred years from the Prohibition era to today, the author’s rich prose, unforgettable characters, and vivid descriptions make this book a joy to read. | |
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Great Circle was the October selection of Evening Books—one of three active book groups in our branch. If you're interested in joining a book group (or starting a new one!), click the button to learn more —> | |
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Do You Know?
History Quiz
Black History Month is a good time to reflect on the significant contributions by Black women to history, thought, society, innovation, science, government, civil rights, women’s rights, and much more.
Match these historical figures with their accomplishments!
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Shirley Chisholm
Dorothy Dandridge
Katherine Johnson
Toni Morrison
Sojourner Truth
Madam C.J. Walker
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a. Formerly enslaved woman who became an advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women's rights.
b. Entrepreneur who developed and marketed a line of cosmetics and hair care products for Black women. Wealthiest African American businesswoman in America (1911-1919).
c. First African American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (in Carmen Jones, 1954).
d. Mathematician whose calculations were critical to the success of the Apollo moon landing.
e. First Black woman elected to Congress. Founder of the Congressional Black Caucus and Women's Caucus. Presidential candidate 1972.
f. Author of Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Beloved. First Black Nobel Laureate in Literature.
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AAUW Trailblazers
Jane Addams
Celebrating AAUW members, fellows, and award winners, for advancing gender equity through research, education, advocacy, and leadership.
| Jane Addams (1860-1935). Feminist and social activist. Co-founder of the AAUW Chicago branch, and first woman to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. She founded Hull House in Chicago (1889), where she and other social reformers offered women the opportunity to become agents for social, political, education, and economic change. | |
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Addams was also a co-founder of the ACLU and the NAACP. An activist for peace, she was founder and president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, for which she received the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Photo Credit: National Archives, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons | |
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AAUW promotes gender equity through research, education, and advocacy.
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