SEPTEMBER 8: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN

Mary Kimball Kehew

Mary M. Kimball Kehew was a union organizer who co-founded the Union for Industrial Progress and was the first president of the National Women’s Trade Union League. She was born today in 1859.

Tish Sommers

Tish Sommers co-founded the Older Women’s League (OWL – whose motto is, “Don’t Agonize, Organize”) with Laurie Shields in 1982. She was born today in 1914.

In 1986, the Oprah Winfrey Show debuts nationwide making the host the first African American woman to host a nationally syndicated television talk show.

Esther Rome was born today in 1945. She, along with 13 other women, created the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, the basis for the groundbreaking women’s health manual Our Bodies, Ourselves.

Deeper Dive

Learn more about Esther Rome and writing Our Bodies, Ourselves.