SIWDC Calendar of Events
| October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month |
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Soroptimist Founder's Day |
4
Ruth Bader Ginsburg joins Supreme Court as second woman(1993) |
5
Abigail Scott Duniway Day honoring the famous Oregon suffragist (1905) |
6
South Atlantic Region Fall Meeting (SI/
Alexandria)9:00 am |
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Columbus Day |
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10
5:30 pmSoroptimist Board Meeting |
11
Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan is the first U.S. woman astronaut to "walk" in
space during Challenger flight (1984) |
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9:00 amSouth Atlantic Region Fall Meeting (SAR) |
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15
RSVP for
Business Meeting - Regrets Only |
16
Mayan Indian Rigoberta Menchu won the Nobel Peace Prize for human
rights work (1992) |
17
5:30 pmSoroptimist Business Meeting |
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21
Birth of Abigail Scott Duniway, Oregon Trail pioneer, newspaper
editor, feminist and suffragist (1824) |
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23
Blanche Stuart Scott is the first woman pilot to make a public flight
(1910) |
24
United
Nations Day |
25
Penelope Barker organized women
to sign a public declaration to support the Continental
Congress's defiance of British rule (1774) |
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9:00 amSouth Atlantic Region Fall Meeting (SI/ Pokomoke City) 5:00 pm Mt. Carmel House |
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28
Mary Roebling is the first woman director of a stock exchange
(1958) |
29
Founding of the National Organization for Women (1966) |
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Halloween |
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