MONTGOMERY COUNTY FIRST LADIES

HAPPY EASTER

In 1979 RITA C. BANNING was the first women to be elected to the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners.  In the 1983 election BANNING won re-election.

In 1986, BETTY LINKER was appointed to replace Commissioner Allan C. Myers, who had died while in office, which meant that two women were on the board. 

Four years later both Banning and Linker were returned to office.

Linker died in 1989 and another woman, Floriana Bloss, was appointed, meaning that there were again two women on the board.

Nearly ten years after Rita Banning and Floriana Bloss left office RUTH DAMSKER joined the county board in 1999, and was reelected twice.  She served until 2008. 

LESLIE RICHARDS is the current female Montgomery County Commissioner.    

QUIZ: Who was the first female elected as Montgomery County Controller? 

Today’s Answer: DIANE MORGAN was the first female elected as County Controller in 2007.         

Yesterday’s quote was by COCO CHANEL

Source:  http://aboveavgjane.blogspot.com/2011/03/women-on-montgomery-county-board-of.html         

FAMOUS DESIGNERS

LIZ CLAIBORNE studied art in Europe rather than finish high school. She worked as a designer in New York for 25 years before founding her own firm in 1976. The company began designing stylish sportswear for working women, ultimately commanding a billion dollars a year.

DONNA KARAN started to design clothes as a teenager and studied at New York's Parsons School of Design.  Karan launched her first collection under her own name in 1985 and five years later added a ready-to-wear line, DKNY.  In 1991 she initiated a menswear line, soon adding children's clothing, perfume, cosmetics, hosiery, and other products to her design empire.

WHO SAID, “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only.  Fashion is in the sky, in the street; fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”

ANSWER:   COCO CHANEL

Source: www.infoplease.com                www.brainyquote.com

 

EDUCATORS

MARLYN BARRETT K-12 STEM Educator is a coordinator of science instruction for Worcester County Public Schools and a project director for a grant which provides professional development for 135 teachers in 14 counties throughout Maryland. Her responsibilities include directing the grant, meeting with other county coordinators and higher education partners, and teacher training, impacting thousands of Maryland students and inspiring them to become the future of science.

WENDY ABRAMS founded Cool Globes, a non-profit organization established to raise awareness of global warming and to inspire individuals and community leaders to embrace solutions. She also demonstrates her commitment to a healthy environment a member of the National Council of Environmental Defense, the National Board of the Union of Concerned Scientists and the National Resources Defense Council C4 Action Fund.

“Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.”  MAE JEMISON, ASTRONAUT

QUIZ: Who was the first American female Astronaut?

ANSWER: SALLY RIDE

 Source WWW.NWHP.org

"KATE" SHELLEY HEROINE

CATHERINE "KATE" SHELLEY (1865-1912) was a Midwestern United States railroad heroine at the age of 16.  She was the first woman in the U.S. to have a bridge and a train named after her.

See the full story about Kate Shelly at  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Shelly

"Brave Kate Shelley"       Poem by ~Hailey E. Yocum

Young Kate Shelley
Brave as can be
She went on a journey
A life-risking journey

Young Kate Shelley
Brave as can be
Saw Engine 11 go down
Then rushed down to help

Young Kate Shelley
Brave as can be
Had a bloody travel to the Moingona Station
"OW!" ties, and splinters jabbing her in the hands and knees

Young Kate Shelly
Brave as can be
Bloody but sure, she would arrive to the Moingona Station
Cooed for help, everyone safe and sound!

QUIZ: Who was the first woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court?  


ANSWER: BELVA LOCKWOOD

MARCH 1, 2013

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QUIZ: What leading suffragist was arrested and convicted of attempting to vote in the 1872 election?   

           

ANSWER: Susan B. Anthony The sentence was a $100 fine, but not imprisonment; true to her word in court ("I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty"), she never paid the fine for the rest of her life, and an embarrassed U.S. Government took no collection action against her. After her trial Anthony petitioned the US Congress to remove the fine in January 1874.

 

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B_Anthony