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Welch On Rice: This blog is not about food!: Spring came in like a lion and is still roaring

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Friday, April 26, 2013. Spring came in like a lion and is still roaring. Another Year Is Flashing By. A Monumental Work Award. The county’s largest and California’s oldest continuously operating preservation group, has saluted individuals and groups who have helped preserve important aspects of the county’s heritage. Photo by Sande Lollis featured in SOHO's 2013 People In Preservation Award brochure. That same day I also received an award from County Supervisor, Dave Roberts. In February I was honored to...

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The Washington Secretaries History Project: In Celebration of Nat'l Administrative Professionals Day: The (Venerable) Washington School for Secretaries

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The Washington Secretaries History Project. Wednesday, April 24, 2013. In Celebration of Nat'l Administrative Professionals Day: The (Venerable) Washington School for Secretaries. On March 8, 1920, a large display ad in The Washington Post heralded the opening of Dr. Ely's venture, the Washington School for Secretaries. After ratification of the 19th amendment some thought that young women had become too daring, taking up smoking, visiting speakeasies, wearing makeup and even cussing like men. During Wor...

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The Washington Secretaries History Project: 8/4/13 - 8/11/13

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The Washington Secretaries History Project. Sunday, August 4, 2013. Female Clerks Balk at Prospect of Working for Black Presidential Appointment. Rev James M. Townsend. On May 11, 1889, President Benjamin Harrison appointed Rev. James M. Townsend to the position of recorder of the General Land Office in Washington, D.C. In an article, "Their Chief is a Negro," published in The Washington Post on May 15, 1889, the staff of 24 women clerks appeared to be unmoved. Another woman added that she had no idea wh...

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The Washington Secretaries History Project: Jennifer Business College: First African-American Secretarial School in the Nation's Capital

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The Washington Secretaries History Project. Sunday, November 9, 2014. Jennifer Business College: First African-American Secretarial School in the Nation's Capital. W Emile Jennifer, Pres. W Emile Jennifer established the first African-American business college in Washington in 1920 in response to news that the U.S. Civil Service Commission would finally be accepting applications from Blacks for clerical jobs. The prestigious American Economic Association. Wednesday, March 17, 1920. Jennifer's mother, Sym...

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The Washington Secretaries History Project: 2/16/14 - 2/23/14

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The Washington Secretaries History Project. Monday, February 17, 2014. Private schools in Washington are like that. We don't integrate. We prefer not to.". Typing Class, Washington School for Secretaries. In the spring of 1961 two chapters of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, a national organization of African-American business and professional women, conducted a survey to determine if African-Americans had equal access to business training in the Nation's Capital. Lee Manahan, director of the American Institute...

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The Washington Secretaries History Project: World Typing Champion Cortez W. Peters Opens First African-American Business College in Washington

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The Washington Secretaries History Project. Saturday, January 19, 2013. World Typing Champion Cortez W. Peters Opens First African-American Business College in Washington. Founder, Cortez W. Peters Business School. Part 5 in a series commemorating the birth of Dr. King and the second inauguration of President Obama on January 21. No other data is available. If a follower of this blog can add more information, please post a comment. Of the Cortez W. Peters Business School. After Cortez died of a heart att...

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The Washington Secretaries History Project: 9/21/14 - 9/28/14

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The Washington Secretaries History Project. Sunday, September 21, 2014. Then and Now: Miami Vies for 2016 Democratic National Convention. Source: Ocean Drive Magazine, July/August 2014. Posted by Lillian Cox. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. 2011, "Best of the Best". 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place. Association of Free Community Papers. Three-Part Series on Health Hazards of Cell Phones and Cellular Technology. Keepers of the Secrets: The History of Washington Secretaries" (Video).

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The Washington Secretaries History Project: 10/27/13 - 11/3/13

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The Washington Secretaries History Project. Tuesday, October 29, 2013. Washington, D.C.: "The Secret City". As I've mentioned before, the history of the Nation's Capital is very much an African-American story because it was these Americans who filled the demand for labor in the city, initially as slaves and later in low-paying jobs as cleaning women, nannies, porters and custodians. Gaining access to skilled, better paying jobs as clerical workers wasn't as easy. The segregation of Government employment ...

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The Washington Secretaries History Project: 8/25/13 - 9/1/13

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The Washington Secretaries History Project. Wednesday, August 28, 2013. Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech. In the summer of 1963, E. Marie Swan applied to work for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Swan explained that after listening to her rant and rave during the job interview about how she could change her community, Dr. King told her that she was too angry to be part of his movement. Mrs Swan eventually moved to Oceanside, Calif., home of the U.S&#...I cam...