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March 2014
Centered Leadership
It’s that time of year in the Junior League calendar. When current leadership teams are winding down and new teams are gearing up. It’s that time when at AJLI we…
Equal Futures Partnership
March 10 – 21 marked the convening of the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Over the course of…
Katharine Hepburn, Movie Star!
In an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Katharine Hepburn set the bar for smart, sophisticated roles that seemed to echo the woman that she was— and, in doing so,…
How many First Ladies were in The Junior League first?
Five. Which is quite a few, when you consider that there have only been 20 First Ladies since Mary Harriman founded The Junior League in 1901. Eleanor Roosevelt had her…
Happy Birthday, Kids in the Kitchen!
When the Junior Leagues’ Kids in the Kitchen program was launched in 2006, childhood obesity was just starting to ramp up as a major concern among public policymakers. Now, with…
Who was the first woman elected to Congress from New York?
For the record, it was Ruth Sears Baker Pratt. And she was a Junior Leaguer. We realize that the shock and awe of having a woman as a member of…
Now there’s an app for that!
Just in time for National Nutrition Month, now there’s an app that will help parents with picky eaters get kids excited about trying healthy new goods– and help support The Junior…
Honoring International Women’s Day
Tuesday, March 4th was International Women’s Day. AJLI’s President-Elect Ellen Rose and I spent the day with hundreds of women from around the world at the United Nations. The day,…