Equality isn’t just laws

(Ed. Note: This op-ed is being published in the Baltimore Sun on Thursday, August 26, 2010.)
On Aug. 26, 1920 — 90 years ago today — women became voting citizens of the United States. That was the day the 19th Amendment became law, finally writing women’s suffrage into the Constitution. In remembrance of the occasion, Congress [...]

It’s official: Amelia Earhart will be the tenth woman in Statuary Hall

And EVE has been entrusted with the responsibility for making it happen.
I promised a couple of months ago that we had two very big announcements brewing, both of them related to Amelia Earhart. The first was the parade balloon, which is on schedule for a debut this fall.
The second announcement is this: [...]

Take the poll: Should Women’s Equality Day be a federal holiday?

Today is the anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. Following up on a previous conversation, I was pleased to see Google observing the day on its home page:

However, it’s actually another day, August 26, that has been set aside to honor women’s suffrage. The 19th [...]

Ta-da! Official artist sketch of the Amelia Earhart balloon!

Here it is, the artist’s rendering of the new Amelia Earhart balloon:

Bear in mind this thing will be humongous—with a 40-foot wingspan, it will be the same size as the real airplane!
The art has been through several iterations and tweaked in response to feedback from EVE’s 99 Club, and now it’s ready to [...]

Take the poll: coffee (mug), T (shirt), or ….

We are HUGELY grateful to all the 99 Club members who have helped us raise the funds for the Amelia Earhart balloon. We would be absolutely nowhere without your wonderful generosity. Thanks to you, we have made the down payment on the balloon, hired the artist, ordered and paid for the parade banner, [...]

The ground crew for the Amelia Earhart balloon

I’ve just placed the order for the white jumpsuits the balloon handlers will wear while guiding the Amelia Earhart balloon. We’re going to dress them to look like a ground crew, wearing suits similar to what Amelia herself wore. The costume pictured at right was worn by Hilary Swank in the movie “Amelia.”
Toni [...]

Sneak peek at the Amelia Earhart balloon

The sketches for our new Amelia Earhart balloon are in—and they’re gorgeous! We sent our 99 Club members the first view earlier this week and got some great feedback. The artist made a couple of tweaks based on their comments, and now the final versions are ready.
Here’s the birdseye view:

Yes, we’re [...]

Funny Ladies

The other day I noted the lack of females in the new Sunday Funnies stamps from the Post Office.
One of our volunteers, Nancy Foye-Cox, was inspired to compile a list of comic strips either featuring females or created by females—just to show what the Post Office is missing. I’ve plugged in her data [...]

EVE on KSDK in St. Louis

Visitors to our website the past few days have seen the wonderful new video about us right on the front page. If you haven’t watched it yet, check it out.

The video came as a total surprise to us: we had no idea Judge Susan Block (she’s retired from the Circuit Court) [...]

Google Doodles and invisible women

Earlier this month I came across Shelby Knox’s post on how Google Doodles (you know what those are, right?) manage to almost entirely ignore women. I thought at the time, “oh wow, we have got to pull this together with our EVE stuff.”
And now we have. Or rather, Shelby [...]

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