Vol. 31, No. 2 Winter 2017-18 WOMEN OF ARDSLEY: THREE LEADERS SHARE THEIR STORY By George F. Calvi OFFICERS PRESIDENT Peter Marcus VICE PRESIDENT Joann D’Emilio TREASURER Peter Marcus SECRETARY Rick Palladino DIRECTORS George F. Calvi Bea Caporale Henry Groth Daniel Kalish Mary Keehan Robert M. Pellegrino Bernhard Preisser Walter Schwartz Steve Wittenberg EDITOR George F. Calvi PHOTO EDITOR Rick Palladino Although every attempt is made to maintain accuracy in the newsletter, the editor and the Society assume no responsibility for errors. The editor also reserves the right to edit where necessary. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” Those powerfully defiant remarks are attributed to novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982); words that may have seemed prescient at the time, yet so incredibly relevant today. While assembling the content for this newsletter, I came across a paragraph found in the November 29, 2017 issue of TIME magazine where the writer, having reflected on the past year’s events, stated: “ . . . movements like the Women’s March aim to get more women in power to tip the ratio toward change. When women comprise 20% to 30% of an institution, things begin to change. Critical mass has its roots in physics. It’s the amount of material needed to sustain a nuclear explosion. Accumulate enough, set it off, and there is no outcome but boom!” This one paragraph in my humble estimation perfectly capsulizes the thundering sea of change that our society has been experiencing in the past twelve months; a sea whose tide no one expects to ebb any time soon. As part of our continuing series on the 100th anniversary of women receiving the right to vote in New York State, I reached out to three community leaders who, in a sense, definitively exemplify the heirs of the Women’s Movement. Each were posed a series of questions on how the movement impacted their lives, the lives of their mothers, or perhaps the lives of their daughters. Well educated, highly articulate, socially-conscious, all have faced many challenges in their lives that could have easily side-tracked gentler souls. Yet, to their credit, they have met those challenges head-on, and have developed into the admirable leaders who serve this wonderful community we know as Ardsley. For your reading pleasure contained within are their stories. , Date: , Description: , OCR Text: Vol. 31, No. 2 Winter 2017-18 WOMEN OF ARDSLEY: THREE LEADERS SHARE THEIR STORY By George F. Calvi OFFICERS PRESIDENT Peter Marcus VICE PRESIDENT Joann D’Emilio TREASURER Peter Marcus SECRETARY Rick Palladino DIRECTORS George F. Calvi Bea Caporale Henry Groth Daniel Kalish Mary Keehan Robert M. Pellegrino Bernhard Preisser Walter Schwartz Steve Wittenberg EDITOR George F. Calvi PHOTO EDITOR Rick Palladino Although every attempt is made to maintain accuracy in the newsletter, the editor and the Society assume no responsibility for errors. The editor also reserves the right to edit where necessary. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” Those powerfully defiant remarks are attributed to novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982); words that may have seemed prescient at the time, yet so incredibly relevant today. While assembling the content for this newsletter, I came across a paragraph found in the November 29, 2017 issue of TIME magazine where the writer, having reflected on the past year’s events, stated: “ . . . movements like the Women’s March aim to get more women in power to tip the ratio toward change. When women comprise 20% to 30% of an institution, things begin to change. Critical mass has its roots in physics. It’s the amount of material needed to sustain a nuclear explosion. Accumulate enough, set it off, and there is no outcome but boom!” This one paragraph in my humble estimation perfectly capsulizes the thundering sea of change that our society has been experiencing in the past twelve months; a sea whose tide no one expects to ebb any time soon. As part of our continuing series on the 100th anniversary of women receiving the right to vote in New York State, I reached out to three community leaders who, in a sense, definitively exemplify the heirs of the Women’s Movement. Each were posed a series of questions on how the movement impacted their lives, the lives of their mothers, or perhaps the lives of their daughters. Well educated, highly articulate, socially-conscious, all have faced many challenges in their lives that could have easily side-tracked gentler souls. Yet, to their credit, they have met those challenges head-on, and have developed into the admirable leaders who serve this wonderful community we know as Ardsley. For your reading pleasure contained within are their stories. , Z ArchiveInABox,Ardsley Historical Society,Archived Issues of The Beacon,Volume 22-33,Winter+2017-2018.pdf,Winter+2017-2018.pdf Page 1, Winter+2017-2018.pdf Page 1