In celebration of Women’s History Month Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Company is featuring a prominent woman and highlighting the impact she had on the world. And, to add a little more fun to the history lesson, we are selecting jewelry charms that embody each woman’s unique personality and accomplishments. Today we are celebrating beloved English author Beatrix Potter.

Born Helen Beatrix Potter in 1866, in London, England, Beatrix Potter is best known as one of the most beloved children’s authors of all time, having penned The Tale of Peter Rabbit and more than 20 other books for young readers.

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In celebration of Women’s History Month Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Company is featuring a prominent woman and highlighting the impact she had on the world. And, to add a little more fun to the history lesson, we are selecting jewelry charms that embody each woman’s unique personality and accomplishments. Today we are celebrating Sylvia Earle.

Sylvia Earle was born in Gibbstown, New Jersey, in 1935. From the time she was a small child, Sylvia had an innate fascination with creatures and plants that lived in the wild.

Drawn to the Sea

When Sylvia was 13, the family moved to Clearwater, Florida, on the Gulf of Mexico. Soon, she was learning all she could about the wildlife of the Gulf and its coast. Her parents could not afford to send her to college, but she was an exceptional student and won scholarships to Florida State University and went on to achieve a doctorate degree from Duke University. Earle’s postgraduate work was a mixture of groundbreaking research and oceanographic exploration.

Into the Deep

Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Earle
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sylvia-Earle
https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/sylvia-a-earle/

In celebration of Women’s History Month Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Company is featuring a prominent woman and highlighting the impact she had on the world. And, to add a little more fun to the history lesson, we are selecting jewelry charms that embody each woman’s unique personality and accomplishments. Today we are celebrating Clara Barton.

Finding Her Calling

Educator, nurse, and founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton was born Clarissa Harlowe Barton on December 25, 1821, in Oxford, Massachusetts. Barton spent much of her life in the service of others and created an organization that still helps people in need today–the American Red Cross. She had a crucial and long-lasting impact on care-giving and disaster relief both in America and throughout the world.
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In celebration of Women’s History Month Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Company is featuring a prominent woman and highlighting the impact she had on the world. And, to add a little more fun to the history lesson, we are selecting jewelry charms that embody each woman’s unique personality and accomplishments. Today we are celebrating American poet, author, and humanitarian, Maya Angelou.

Marguerite Annie Johnson Angelou was born in St. Louis, on April 4, 1928. Known as “Maya,” Angelou was an American author, actress, screenwriter, dancer, poet, and civil rights activist best known for her 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which made literary history as the first nonfiction bestseller by an African-American woman.
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In celebration of Women’s History Month Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Company is featuring a prominent woman and highlighting the impact she had on the world. And, to add a little more fun to the history lesson, we are selecting jewelry charms that embody each woman’s unique personality and accomplishments. Today we are celebrating Eleanor Roosevelt who became First Lady of the United States on March 4, 1933.

Born to Serve

Born in 1884 in New York City, Eleanor Roosevelt redefined the role of the First Lady through her active participation in American politics. The niece of President Theodore Roosevelt, and the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she advocated for human and women’s rights, held press conferences, toured the nation repeatedly, and voiced her opinions through newspaper columns and radio broadcasts.
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March is Women’s History Month. In celebration, Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Company is featuring prominent women throughout the month and highlighting the impact they had on the world. And to add a little more fun to the history lesson, we are selecting jewelry charms that embody each woman’s unique personality and accomplishments. Today we are celebrating Martha Graham, the Mother of Modern Dance.

Intrigued with Movement and Emotion

Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in 1894, Martha Graham’s influence on dance is monumental, oftentimes compared to the impact that Picasso had on painting. Her father, George Graham, was an early practitioner of psychiatry. His focus was on nervous disorders and diagnosis through attention to physical movements. This acknowledgement of the body’s ability to express inner senses through movement was a strong influence on Martha’s creative work and her desire to dance.
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March is Women’s History Month. In celebration, Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Company is featuring prominent women throughout the month and highlighting the impact they had on the world. And to add a little more fun to the history lesson, we are selecting jewelry charms that embody each woman’s unique personality and accomplishments. Today we are celebrating Harriet Tubman.

The Impossible Dream

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery as Araminta “Minty” Ross in Dorchester County, Maryland. After the death of her master, it seemed her fate and that of her three brothers was sealed, and they would be sold to the Deep South. Having already witnessed three of her sisters being sold, she resolved that escape was the best chance for her and her brothers. For safety and secrecy she changed her name, taking her mother’s first name and her husband’s last name.
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In celebration of Women’s History Month, Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Company is featuring prominent women throughout the month and highlighting the impact they had on the world. And to add a little more fun to the history lesson, we are selecting jewelry charms that embody each woman’s unique personality and accomplishments. Today we are celebrating Maya Lin.

Monumental Maya

In 1981 Maya Lin, a 21-year old undergrad at Yale University, entered the consciousness of America when her design for the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial was selected from a competition totalling 1,420 entries. Her visionary design encourages interaction between the viewers and the memorial. Making no political statement, it commemorates the sacrifice and heroism of the 58,318 fallen soldiers through engraving their names in chronological order of loss on highly polished, black granite walls. The walls intersect like two V-shaped wings, one pointing to the Lincoln Memorial and the other to the Washington Monument. At the time of her design selection, it stirred reflection, debate, opposition, and intense controversy. Since officially opening to the public in November 1982, the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial has become the most visited monument in Washington, DC, and one of the most well-known memorials in the world.
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In celebration of Women’s History Month, Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Company is featuring prominent women throughout the month and highlighting the impact they had on the world. And to add a little more fun to the history lesson, we are selecting jewelry charms that embody each woman’s unique personality and accomplishments. Today we are celebrating Gertrude Ederle, nicknamed “Queen of the Waves.”

Channeling Her Passion

Born in 1905, Gertrude Ederle was a champion swimmer by the time she was in her late teens. In 1926, on her second attempt, she became the first woman to swim the English Channel, finishing in 14 hours and 31 minutes, thus breaking the previous records set by male competitors. Her accomplishment dispelled conventional attitudes in the early 1900s about “the weaker sex” and proved that women could be great athletes. Eliminating that perception was the crowning achievement of her monumental career, which included being an Olympic Gold Medalist. Ederle was dubbed by President Calvin Coolidge as “America’s Best Girl.”
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