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Merrick resident Lucille Munson, who will celebrate her 100th birthday next Wednesday, said she would make it a point to vote in person on Election Day.
A Merokean turning 100 offers some advice: get out and vote
2020 is the 100th anniversary of a constitutional amendment that changed the course of American history. Because of the efforts of suffragists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, who … more
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Rally attendees on a cool Sunday grieved the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
County activists honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg
On a chilly and somber Sunday, the front of the State Supreme Court in Garden City became a place to grieve the late 27-year associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died at 87 last Friday. more
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In 2017, the City of Glen Cove and the Long Island Woman Suffrage Association had dedicated a Woman Suffrage historic marker on Dosoris Lane to commemorate the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in the state of New York and the contribution of Glen Cove Suffragists.
Glen Cove, a ‘Woman Suffrage City’ for August
The plight for women’s voting rights is currently being in the city. This comes after the Glen Cove City Council voted on July 28 in favor of designating Glen Cove as a “Woman Suffrage City” for the month of August. more
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Shanequa Levin, 40, of Huntington Station, is the founder of Women’s Diversity Network, a group that advocates for the racial and cultural integration of systems.
Long Islanders advocate for racial justice
As a stay-at-home mother in 2006, Shanequa Levin, of Huntington Station, was feeling stir-crazy. She had two children — ages 4 and 8 at the time — and had just moved to the town in … more
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When it comes to diversity, we could do better
February, known nationally as Black History Month, is an appropriate time to work toward closing the opportunity gap for people of color. more
Michele Friend, Left, Susan Schlossberg and Rebecca Tepper were recently named the new presidents of the Merrick-Bellmore Dayan Lilah Group of Hadassah.
New leaders aim to revamp Bellmore-Merrick Hadassah
When she was in high school, Michele Friend took an “exodus” from Europe to Israel with Young Judea, the youth group of Hadassah. For six weeks, she and other Jewish-Americans ex-plored … more
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Fourteen Rockville Centre women read from children’s books about impactful women leaders at the “Raising Voices, Raising Women” event on Jan. 18.
RaisingVoicesUSA event inspires young girls through storytelling
The second annual “Raising Voices, Raising Women” aimed to inspire girls through storytelling. Each woman who participated read from a children’s book about influential women. more
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Long Island University Sharks rearguard Grace Dima graces Nassau Coliseum ice on Saturday in a matchup with the #1 ranked University of Wisconsin Badgers.
Long Islander lives hockey dream on Coliseum ice
If you had told 19-year-old Huntington Bay native Grace Dima a year ago that she would be playing at the Nassau Coliseum in front of family and friends as a member of Long Island’s first Division I college hockey team, she might have called you crazy. more
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Kristy Bourne-Jaime, right, received a citation for the work she does in the Franklin Square community at Assemblyman Ed Ra’s annual Women of Distinction event on Sept. 14..
Franklin Square residents are ‘Women of Distinction’
Two Franklin Square women were honored on Sept. 14 for the work they have done for their community and for their country at Assemblyman Ed Ra’s annual Women of Distinction ceremony. “Too … more
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Aunt Ada’s notes from Paris, August 1945
I never knew why my husband’s Aunt Ada went into the Army during World War II, but my hunch is that the family thought it might tame her wild ways. more
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