Rachel Tobin-Smith Former SCAN Executive Director “Either I go with you or not at all. I am not taking this stand because I personally wish for recognition. I am doing it for the future benefit of my whole race.” Ida B. Wells said this to the organizers of the suffrage march in Washington, D.C. in … Read More
Palermo Galindo Community Liaison-Manager of Community Relations, City of Fort Wayne In 1915, Hermila Galindo created a magazine called La Mujer Moderna (The Modern Woman) in Mexico City. At the time, Galindo’s views on sex education and women’s sexuality were considered to be extremely radical. Her approach in seeking equality and women’s rights was seen as controversial. The … Read More
Featured in this month’s Empowering Leaders Video Series is Corinna Ladd, Regional President of Northern Indiana for PNC Bank. Mentorship and support from friends and family have helped her to achieve great success. Corinna is devoted to nurturing important relationships in her life and considers relationships to be at the core of who she is. … Read More
Patti Hays CEO, AWS Foundation November 1920 is remembered for the election when women, white women, across the United States were allowed to vote for the first time. However, it was not until the civil rights laws of 1965 when Black women were freed from Jim Crow laws and were ensured that same right. The vote … Read More
Marilyn Moran-Townsend CEO, CVC Communications “I’m no lady; I’m a Member of Congress.” These words were spoken in 1916 by Jeannette Rankin of Montana, the first woman elected to Congress. She advocated for the creation of a Committee on Women’s Suffrage and was appointed to it once the committee was formed. When the special committee reported out a constitutional … Read More