By Mary Getlein I walked on the beach, the sun was shining brightly, sweet winds blew over our heads. We looked up: sea gulls riding wind currents over our heads! I was so astonished! It was so beautiful! I was so glad I finally got to California. My boyfriend came back from a summer in...
By Delores Hanney They are already ghosts John and Philomene As they pass Along the Boardwalk Where ghosts and poets overlap… Philomene Long More than two years after her passing, the silence of her absence from the streets and the sand of her cherished Venice milieu still echoes like a great mournful wail. Left in...
By Jack Neworth Women of Venice (actually, all across the country) it’s time to wake up as decades of progress are about to be rolled back. At the risk of sounding like a modern-day Paul Revere, “The misogynists are coming! The misogynists are coming!” Yes, gals, conservative politicians nationwide are pushing bills that would require...
By Carol Fondiller I’m holding a picket sign again, my feet hurt again, and people look past the sign that I picked up from a pile of signs, something about abortion being legal and bombings are not. Yep, back in the ol’ fox hole – again. For the past five years now, abortion clinics have...
By Ronald K. Mc Kinley Mary Christine Brockert, known as Teena Marie, was born in Santa Monica and spent her early childhood in Mission Hills. Later she moved with her family to Venice to live in a large house on Nowita Court. Born on March 5, 1956 she was raised in Qakwood, nick-named “ghost town”...
Women’s Earnings as a Percentage of Men’s in 2009: 77% (down from 77.8% in 2007) Percentage of women in each group: U.S. Population (2010 Census): 50.8% U.S. Senate: 17% House of Representatives: 16.6% California Legislature: 28.3% Los Angeles City Council: 6.6% Venice Neighborhood Council Board: 40% Free Venice Beachhead Collective: 64% –compiled by Jim Smith
By Roger Linnett What woman would you say had the biggest influence on 20th Century America? Susan B. Anthony? Eleanor Roosevelt? Rosa Parks? Marilyn Monroe? Helen Gurley Brown? Gloria Steinem? Jacqueline Kennedy? Not even close. Her name was Frances Perkins, and she changed the lives of hundreds of millions of Americans. Born Fannie Coralie Perkins...
Memorial Tribute: Venice Artist Diane Butler – Mary Getlein Song: There’s a ghost at every corner – Diane Buter Poem: To Diane Butler – Suzanne Verdal Poem: My Humble Ode to Diane – Tina Catalina Corcoran Poem: For Diane – Mary Getlein ————————————————- By Mary Getlein The Venice community lost a valuable member when Diane...
The celebration of women’s history has its origins in the International Women’s Day, first celebrated in Europe on March 8, 1911. In 1978, the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County, California, Commission on the Status of Women began a “Women’s History Week” celebration that coincided with International Women’s Day. In 1980, President Carter issued...
By Vanessa Cabello In celebration of Women’s History Month, I wanted to recognize and commemorate women from the early years of Venice. Below I will explore the lives of two stellar Venetian ladies, names you may not immediately recognize – Margaret Dabney Thornton and Winifred Harwell – ladies who happened to be the respective wives...
