Certificate of Recognition

$500 - Eleanor Roosevelt & Dr. Jenette Bolles Certificate

Eleanor Roosevelt  - one of our country’s most prominent  humanitarians and outstanding diplomats. Eleanor Roosevelt was a politically active first lady, redefining the role of first lady.  In 1939, Eleanor Roosevelt resigned her membership in the DAR because they refused to let Marian Anderson sing at Constitution Hall, which they owned. Following her resignation, Eleanor Roosevelt quickly organized a concert at Lincoln Memorial, which was attended by thousands of people. Eleanor Roosevelt took a major role in drafting and securing adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, was a delegate to the United Nations, and helped founded UNICEF.

$250 - Ida Wells-Barnett & Jane Adams Certificate

Ida Wells-Barnett- a former slave, schoolteacher, journalist, and fighter for justice. Ida Wells-Barnett spent her life crusading against racial injustices. As a journalist she called attention to the economics underlying lynching, and called for African-Americans living in cities that supported lynching to leave those cities. Ida Wells-Barnett was the only woman at an African-American editors’ convention in 1887, wrote for both the Memphis Free-Speech and the New York Age Newspapers, and founded the first black women’s suffrage group. That suffragette group of women registered thousands of African-American women to vote. Ida Wells-Barnett was a friend of Susan B. Anthony and W.E.B. DuBois, all long time activists in the fight for equality.

$150 - Rosalind Franklin & Susan B. Anthony Certificate

Rosalind Franklin – a scientist and pioneer in the molecular study of DNA. Early in her career Rosalind Franklin did significant research on how to effectively utilize coals and charcoals. Her research on viruses helped lay the foundation for structural biology. In the 1950’s Rosalind Franklin made her most significant discovery related to the structure of DNA. She was not formally credited for this discovery. Fellow researchers, Watson & Crick, utilized her data (without her knowledge or crediting Franklin) to beat Rosalind Franklin to the Nobel Prize.  She built models of viruses that were displayed at the Royal Society of London and the Royal Institution of Great Britain.  In 1957 models of her viruses were displayed at the Brussels World fair. She was the first scientist to know enough about the structure of a virus to build a realistic model.

·        Susan B. Anthony – a woman suffrage crusader, social reformer, and champion for women’s rights. In 1852 Susan B. Anthony was refused the opportunity to speak at the Sons of Temperance convention in 1852. This injustice became the catalyst for Susan B. Anthony to speak for women’s rights. She, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, her friend and adviser for 50 years, worked tirelessly for women’s rights. In 1872, Susan B. Anthony was arrested and indicted on Thanksgiving Day for having “knowingly voted without having a lawful right to vote.” The trial resulted in Susan B. Anthony taking the opportunity to speak her mind. 

$100 - Chien-Shiung Wu & Lisa Mereno Certificate

·        Chien-Shiung Wu – an activist and experimental nuclear physicist. Chein-Shiung Wu, the activist, lead a patriotic demonstration in China before the outbreak of World War II. Her father was a fervent believer in equal rights for women, guided her education, and encouraged Chien-Shiung Wu to pursue her goals in spite of any obstacles. She was the first woman to receive the Research Corporation Award and the Comstock Award from the National Academy of Sciences. Chein-Shiung Wu was the first woman president of the American Physical Society, became a full professor at Columbia, and was given an endowed professorship in 1972. During the difficult days of her life, she took her father’s advice to  “Ignore the obstacles, just put your head down and keep walking forward.”

$ 75 - Gerty Radnitz Cori & Jihan Sadat Certificate

$ 50 - Margaret Mead & Georgia O’Keefe Certificate

$ 25 - Rudolph & Sarah Winnemucca Certificate