Meet the women rockinโ & rollinโ in the Houston roller derby scene
Roller derby made a big resurgence following the release of the popular movie โWhip Itโ back in 2009, but not many people know what itโs all about. The Houston Roller Derby league is hoping to change that and put the high-contact sport back on the mainstream map. Long time derby skater Tori Elmore helped Houston Life viewers get up to speed on the rules of roller derby.
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Celebrating Womenโs History with ErmaRose Winery
HOUSTON โ ErmaRose is a family-owned and operated winery. ErmaRose Winery (Copyright 2020 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) That hobby became a business when she decided to create ErmaRose Winery. ermarose winery (Copyright 2020 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) To date, ErmaRose Winery has sold nearly 1,000 cases of wine.
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International Womenโs Day: How to celebrate womenโs success and make a call to action
HOUSTON โ Happy International Womenโs Day! A year later โNational Womenโs Dayโ was first celebrated, which women continued to celebrate on the last Sunday of February until 1913. In 1911, International Womenโs Day was honored for the first time in Copenhagen, Denmark, with more than one million women and men attending rallies campaigning for womenโs rights to work, vote and hold office. AdThis yearโs theme for International Womenโs Day is called โ#ChooseToChallengeโ, which signifies the responsibility for oneโs own thoughts and actions every day, according to the campaignโs website. Another way to celebrate women is to donate to a female-focused charity such as Dress for Success and Equality Now.
41 years ago, Sandra Day OโConnor blazed a historic trail for women in the legal profession
Sandra Day OโConnor not only had a degree from one of the most prestigious universities in the world -- Stanford University in California -- but also a law degree she earned from the same institution in just two years.
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Meet Charlotte Marie Baldwin Allen, the โMother of Houstonโ
Charlotte Marie Baldwin Allen Do you know who the "Mother of Houston" is? Meet Charlotte Marie Baldwin Allen. Houston received its namesake and Allen became known as the โMother of Houston.โOver the next 45 years, she became a prominent role in the development of Houston. Charlotte Allen died on August 3, 1895. In 1907, Charlotte Baldwin Allen elementary school became the first public school in the city named after a woman.
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Trailblazing Woman: Houstonian Frances โSissyโ Farenthold reflects on almost a century of advocating for womenโs rights
AdSissy Farenthold: A Noble Citizen (The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice)1926 - Frances โSissyโ Farenthold is born in Corpus Christi. I liked the competition.โSissy Farenthold: A Noble Citizen (The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice)1949 - Sissy graduates from law school. Sissy Farenthold: A Noble Citizen (The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice)1969-1973 - Sissy served in the Texas House of Representatives. Sissy Farenthold: A Noble Citizen (The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice)1976-1980 - Sissy serves as president of Wells College in Aurora, New York. She continues to lend her voice and support to human rights efforts around the world and in Houston.