MONTHLY NEWSLETTER • OCTOBER 2020

SHE Leads Road Rally participants surround the pace car, driven by Vision 2020 volunteerand race car driver Maureen McVail, at the Scranton pit stop.

View gallery of photos from the Road Rally.

SHE Leads Road Rally Illuminates History ofWomen Voting to Shape the Future

Forty-four women and men joined theWomen 100 SHE Leads Road Rally for anovernight journey Oct. 16-17 from EastFalls in Philadelphia to Seneca Falls, NewYork, to celebrate the birth of thewomen’s suffrage movement and drawattention to the importance of womenvoting in the Nov. 3 election.

A motorcade of 23 cars made its wayfrom the Drexel University College ofMedicine (DUCOM) campus to a pit stopin Scranton, Pennsylvania, where it waswelcomed by the Women’s Whistle StopScranton — a Women 100 Proud Partner— along with Scranton Mayor PaigeCognetti, U.S. Senator Bob Casey andother public officials.

The road rally continued to Seneca Fallsfor a visit to the Women’s RightsNational Historical Park and the NationalWomen’s Hall of Fame. Park rangersgave the history of Wesleyan Chapel,where the first women’s rightsconvention was held in 1848 —organized by Elizabeth Cady Stantonand Quaker abolitionists Jane Hunt,Mary Ann M’Clintock, Lucretia Mott andMartha Wright.

On the return trip, the rally groupstopped at NASCAR’s Watkins GlenInternational raceway and left behindSHE Leads Road Rally t-shirts signed byall the participants for placement in thehistory museum there.

Road Rally participants Terese Casey,Tammy Williams and Margye Solomon(l-r) under the historic marker inSeneca Falls denoting the site of the1848 women's rights convention.

DUCOM’s Senior Vice Dean Verdi DiSesa joined the group for a finish line

celebration, where Vision 2020 President Lynn Yeakel toasted the travelers for“driving change and the vote” and singer-songwriter Meghan Cary performedher women’s empowerment anthem River Rock. Cary also broadcast a playlistfor the trip on the internet radio station Folk Music Notebook.

Vision 2020 Delegate Tammy Williams recalled being filled with emotion uponsitting in the same place where pioneers in the women’s suffrage movementconvened for that historic meeting along with abolitionists, including famedAfrican American orator Frederick Douglass. Williams noted that while Blackwomen had not been invited to that first convention, she was honored torepresent all women of color on Vision 2020’s commemorative trip. See morephotos here.

Vision 2020 thanks SHE Leads Road Rally sponsors Drexel UniversityCollege of Medicine and Holman Enterprises.

WhatWe OweJustice

Ginsburg

A message fromLynn Yeakel,

President,Vision 2020

Like the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I was a youngwoman pursuing a career in the second half of the 20th century. Like RBG, Iexperienced the humiliation and anger of sex discrimination. And like her, inthe mid-1960s I was turned down for a job the male employer first admitted Iwas qualified for, then told me, “We aren’t ready for a woman at that level.”

That patently unfair rationale led me to make advocating for women’s rightsmy life’s work. Decades later, after I had campaigned for a U.S. Senate seat inwhat was called the Year of the Woman, I ran into the man who had turnedme down and thanked him for setting me on my career path.

All of us have RBG to thank for changing the laws that perpetuateddiscrimination on the basis of sex. We owe it to her leadership legacy tocomplete the unfinished business of women’s equality.

Women 100 Events

Register Now for Women’s Leadership ForumsNovember 4

A dozen prominent women leaders in business, finance, law, education,journalism, politics, government and civic advocacy will take part in paneldiscussions at the Women's Leadership Forums on November 4, the dayafter the national election. Three panels, all free and open to the public, willexplore the past, present and future of women’s leadership.

The Pew Research Center will give a special briefing on its new report aboutAmerican perceptions of the status of gender equality in a lunchtime sessionhosted by Eileen McDonnell, CEO of The Penn Mutual Life InsuranceCompany. Register now for one, two or all three panels and the briefing.

Many of the participants have written books. Links to their work are availablebelow.

Vision 2020 thanks The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company forsponsoring this event.

Vision 2020 President andWomen's Leadership Forumhost Lynn H. Yeakel, MajorityRules: Completing theJourney to Women’s Equality

Panelist Angela P.Dodson, Remember theLadies: Celebrating ThoseWho Fought for Freedom atthe Ballot Box

Panelist Ellen Goodman, IKnow Just What You Mean:The Power of Friendship inWomen’s Lives, with PatriciaO’Brien

Honorary Co-chair JenniferGranholm, A Governor’sStory: The Fight for Jobs andAmerica’s Future, with DanMulhern

Moderator RobertaLiebenberg, Esq., Walkingout the Door: the Facts,Figures, and Future ofExperienced Women Lawyersin Private Practice, withStephanie A. Scharf

Panelist Signe Wilkinson,Herstory: 19 cartoons incelebration of the 19thAmendment

Panelist Jean Chatzky,Women with Money: TheJudgement-Free Guide toCreating the Joyful, LessStressed, Purposeful (andYes, Rich) Life You Deserve

Panelist Lynn Perry Wooten,PhD, Leading UnderPressure: From Surviving toThriving Before, During andAfter a Crisis, with ErikaHayes James

Moderator Renée T. White,PhD, Putting Risk inPerspective: Black TeenageLives in the Era of AIDS

Panelist Erin Vilardi, AthenaCORE10: LeadershipReimagined, Co-author

Seat at the Table Exhibition

Take Video Tour of Women's Equality Exhibition

Now you can visit the Women 100 Seat at the Table exhibition virtually!Watch the 15-minute video to learn about the progress of American womentoward economic, political and social equality with men — 100 years afterwomen won the right to vote. The video is closed captioned for the hearingimpaired. TEACHERS: Download the Educator’s Guide and access the virtual tourfor use with students.

The exhibition is installed in the lobby of Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for thePerforming Arts. It will reopen in 2021 when the Kimmel Center reopens.

Vision 2020 News

Two Vision 2020 LeadersHonored for Achievements

Women 100 Visionary LeadersCommittee member Michelle Hong (topright) and Women 100 AdvisoryCommittee Co-chair DianneSemingson (bottom right) are beinghonored for their professionalachievements and civic leadership.

Hong, a senior vice president withNorthern Trust investment bank, hasbeen named a 2020 Woman ofDistinction by the Philadelphia BusinessJournal.

Semingson, president and CEO of DLSEnterprises Inc., is being honored forher civic leadership by the GreaterPhiladelphia YMCA.

All of the people — men and women—serving on the Women 100 VisionaryLeaders Committee and the Women 100Advisory Committee are listed on theAbout page of Women100.org .

Vision 2020 Coalition

Inquiring Women Discuss Voting Rights

Angela P. Dodson, a Vision 2020 Delegate from New Jersey and author ofRemember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the

Ballot Box, participated with Joyce Lewandowski, Vision 2020 programdirector, in a virtual discussion of women’s voting rights hosted by theInquiring Women employee resource group at the Philadelphia Inquirer thismonth.

In an informativeconversationmoderated by JeniceArmstrong (bottom),Angela (top right)and Joyce (top left)addressed topicsincluding theobstacles thatwomen haveovercome to voteand the need tocontinue advocatingfor voting rights.

KPMG Panel Features Three Allies and a Delegate

Vision 2020 Allied Organizations participated in a virtual celebration of the 19thAmendment centennial with KPMG, the global accounting and professionalservices firm. Vision 2020 Delegate Marni Puente, a KPMG senior director,spoke during an internal webcast Sept. 8 that explored the history of women’ssuffrage and voting rights over the last 100 years. About 1,500 employeesregistered for the event. The discussion included representatives from three ofour Allies: Vote Like a Woman, League of Women Voters and Women VotersUSA.

View Puerto Rican HeritagePresentation

Celebrate National HispanicHeritage Month!

National Conference of Puerto RicanWomen So-Cal, a Vision 2020 Ally, hascreated an informative and sweepingpresentation on the rich culture andcomplex history of Puerto Rico, from theconquests of the Conquistadors to theinfluence of Taino, Spanish, European andAfrican traditions on life in the islandterritory.

Vision 2020 Voting Coalitionin the Media

Members of the Vision 2020 VotingCoalition collaborated on an opinionpiece titled "A century after the 19thAmendment, the women’s vote is ascritical as ever" that has beenpublished in the San FranciscoChronicle. The members also createdthis video encouraging women tovote on November 3. Please sharethe video on social media and followthese coalition members:@votelikeawoman2020@voterparticipationcenter@womenvotersusa@vision2020women100

The Vision 2020 Voting Coalition createdthis 15-second video for social sharing onFacebook.

Welcome New Coalition Members

We are pleased to welcome one new Vision 2020 Delegate, one new AlliedOrganization, and two new Women 100 Proud Partners to the Vision 2020family. Many of our Proud Partners are hosting women-themed events in 2020.Check the Women 100 Events Calendar regularly to learn about upcomingevents.

DelegateNina Russell (Washington, DC) legislative aide, Senate ForeignRelations Committee

Allied OrganizationUrban League of Philadelphia

Women 100 Proud PartnerThe Clay StudioOur Minds Our Voices

Thank You to Our Sponsors and Partners!

Sponsors

FOUNDING SPONSOR

PLATINUM

FOUNDING PRESENTING SPONSOR

GOLD

BRONZE

Anna R. Rosenblatt &David H. Rosenblatt

In honor of our mother, M. ChristineMurphy, her life and leadership

legacy

CHG Charitable Trust

Leslie Miller andRichard Worley

Foundation

SUPPORTER

FRIEND

RosemarieMorrissey Grecoand Anne Greco

Morrissey

Otto HaasCharitable Trust

Dianne L.Semingson

Judith M. vonSeldeneck

Lynn H.Yeakel

ADVOCATE

Michelle Hong& Alex Goranin

LaRae Orullian

CHAMPION

BOOSTER

Lisa DetwilerErnst & Young Foundation

Fulton BankJames and Amy GoldmanMary P. McPherson, PhD

Pennsylvania Trust

Dale ReissStephen and Sandy Sheller

Jane Kaplan StimmlerMarilyn Kutler and Ira Silberman

Nelson S. Talbott FoundationRenee T. White, PhD

This list was current as of October 20, 2020

Women 100 Proud Partners

5 Shorts Project ofCultureTrust GreaterPhiladelphiaAfrican American Museumin PhiladelphiaANNA Crusis Women’sChoirAssociation for Public ArtBarnes FoundationBenjamin FranklinBirthday CelebrationBen Franklin TechnologyPartnersBeyond the Bell ToursBilly Penn at WHYYBlack Pearl ChamberOrchestraBrandywine RiverMuseum of ArtCenter for Art in WoodChamber Orchestra ofPhiladelphiaCity of PhiladelphiaCommonwealthMonument ProjectCommunity Arts CenterDistinguished Daughtersof Pennsylvania

Friends of Laurel Hill &West Laurel HillCemeteriesGirls Know HowGreater PhiladelphiaCultural AllianceGreater PhiladelphiaFilm OfficeHistoric PhiladelphiaHistorical Society ofPennsylvaniaIn Her Own RightIndependence NationalHistorical ParkIndependence SeaportMuseumInLiquidJustice Bell 2020Justice Bell FoundationKimmel Center for thePerforming ArtsLanghorne Council forthe ArtsLet’s Rock the CradleMural Arts PhiladelphiaMuseum Council ofGreater PhiladelphiaMuseum of the American

Pennsylvania Academyof the Fine ArtsPennsylvania ConventionCenterPhiladelphia Convention& Visitors BureauPhiladelphia EaglesPhiladelphia HistoricNeighborhoodConsortiumPhiladelphia HospitalityPhiladelphia Museum ofArtPhiladelphia OrchestraRiver Rock ProjectRSM US LLPSinging CitySteegeThomsonCommunicationsTaste 4 Travel FoodToursThe Clay StudioTheatre HorizonUpper Dublin MonthlyMeeting (FriendsVisit PhiladelphiaWe Did It For You!WHYY

Eilandarts CenterElfreth’s AlleyEnvision2bWell poweredby She’s ItFBI Philadelphia FieldOfficeFrances ProjectFree Library ofPhiladelphia

RevolutionNational ConstitutionCenterNational Museum ofAmerican Jewish HistoryNew Century Guild HotelNJ Women Vote: The19th Amendment at 100Opera PhiladelphiaOur Minds Our VoicesPA Breast CancerCoalition

Winterthur Museum,Garden and LibraryWomen’s SkydivingNetwork Pro TeamWomen for GreaterPhiladelphiaWomen’s Whistle StopScrantonWyck Historic House,Garden and Farm

This list was current as of October 20, 2020

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