FOX 29 Special: Women’s History Month

FOX 29 Special: Women’s History Month

From the first woman to serve as speaker of the Pennsylvania House to a local woman who started her own school, FOX 29 is celebrating women who are paving the way during Women's History Month.

Women’s History Month

Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society Inc. March – we celebrate Women’s History Month. Mary Rennie Low. Mary Rennie Way was born 4 October 1828. She was the daughter of Catherine and William Way of St Andrews Scotland. Mary Way arrived in Victoria on the ship ‘Wanata’ in 1852. On 29 June 1853 Mary married Thomas Low. Mary and Thomas had eleven children; David born in Collingwood in 1854, Thomas, Jane, Catherine in Bacchus Marsh, Mary in F…

FOX 29 Special: Women’s History Month

From the first woman to serve as speaker of the Pennsylvania House to a local woman who started her own school, FOX 29 is celebrating women who are paving the way during Women's History Month.

Women’s History Month: Betsy Graves Reyneau

Artist and activist Betsy Graves Reyneau with children at one of the traveling exhibits of her portraits. The portrait in the foreground is Jane Matilda Bolin, the first Black woman to be appointed a judge in the United States. The Smithsonian’s traveling exhibit (1944-1954) sought to dismantle racial stereotypes and inspire a generation of Black children. — Submitted photo | Breaking Racial Barriers: African Americans in the Harmon Foundation C…