March 4, 2017
Women's History Month Celebration
"Trailblazing Women in Industry & Labor"
HONORING TRAILBLAZING WOMEN IN INDUSTRY AND LABOR FEATURING: Mary Harris “Mother” Jones: The March of the Mill Children
In the spring of 1903 Mother Jones, a forceful & controversial labor leader, left the Philadelphia area with striking textile workers including 16,000 children to march 125 miles to the Oyster Bay, Long Island home of President Roosevelt. The three-week march was part of the fight for fair wages & decent working conditions for workers. Betsey Means, Artistic Director of Woman Lore, portrays Mother Jones. Woman Lore is dedicated to bringing little known women of history to life by adapting the women’s own writings. Through her rousing performance Betsey entertains & inspires with this example of what one dedicated woman can accomplish.
Cost: $20 (no tickets issued, check in at registration table)
Where: Bonnie Brook Golf Course, 2800 N. Lewis Avenue, Waukegan
Time: Registration begins at 8:45, Plated Brunch served at 9:30
HONOREES ON MARCH 4, 2017
- Joanne Fratianni; Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County
- Jean O’Brian Gibbons; League of Women Voters
- Wanda Hagerty; Waukegan Woman’s Club
- Caroline Anne Jacobson; Aux Plaines Chapter of the Intl. Assn. of Women Pilots
- Mary Alyce Kielp; AAUW Waukegan Area Branch
- Millie Lang; Waukegan Women’s City Club
- Terry Waddell Moenter; WINGS
- Cheri Neal; Zion Woman’s Club
- Ainsley Brook Wonderling; Antioch Junior Woman’s Club
