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Courtesan, Artist, Musician, Dancer, Model. When women (or men) are forced into a society that has marginalized them, some still thrive while looking out from their chosen profession (or professions) with inner pride and self respect. Victorine Meurent and many others were such persons.
Creator: Philip Huber
2014
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It is generally agreed that the publication of Silent Spring in 1962 by Rachel Carson started the environmental movement in the U.S. By the time Rachel started working on this famous book in 1958, she was becoming increasingly concerned about the broad use of the pesticide DDT and its indiscriminate eradication of harmful and beneficial species. In one chapter,she described the damage to the ecosystem as organisms from flowers to birds being "silenced" when they succumbed to the toxins. Her thorough and meticulous research on the topic and eloquent descriptions of the unintended environmental damage caused by this pesticide prompted President John F. Kennedy to ask the President's Science Advisory Committee to examine the problem. Soon after that,new regulations were implemented to more tightly control chemical production and application in the environment. Shortly before her death in 1964 from breast cancer,she challenged the public to understand the interrelatedness of humans and nature and to live with it instead of warring against it. Rachel Carson took on the giants in the chemical industry and in 1972 DDT was finally banned in the U.S. for general agricultural application. She won the fight,but the battle continues today as we must be ever vigilant about protecting and conserving our fragile ecosystems.
Creator: Philip Huber
2014
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| Veronica Franco was a renowned Venetian courtesan who produced a number of extant poems and letters in which she addresses love, sex, and the plight of Renaissance women. Fame and fortune did not last for Franco, however. Her home was sacked during an outbreak of plague in the 1570s, and she was later dragged before the Inquisition on a charge of witchcraft. Although not convicted, Franco's reputation and finances were ruined so that her last days were spent in poverty and obscurity. |
Creator: Holle M. Cantaella
2014
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Virginia served as Associate Professor Emerita of English and the "Intellectual Mother" of Women's Studies at Lock Haven University from 1969-1999. "My students challenged, stimulated, and inspired me-no matter in what context I met them. I never thought about looking for another job because I had found a lifetime of cultivation at LHU. I am a fortunate woman."- LHU Roll of Service acceptance speech, October 2011
Creator: Joan Welker
2014