Sept. 8 Ethel Payne, First Lady of the Black Press
Nancy Nail, co-chair of American Women of Valor, profiles Ethel Payne, an American journalist, editor, and foreign correspondent. Payne combined advocacy with journalism as she reported on the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s. She was a trailblazing Black woman in an industry dominated by white men.
Oct. 13 Two Virginias Who Would be Spies
OLLI member Shari Lidsky relates the stories of Virginia Hall and Virginia d’Albert-Lake, two American women involved in WWII espionage. Hall, a WWII spy known as “the Limping Lady,” was considered by the Gestapo as the most dangerous of all Allied spies. With a life that reads like a spy novel, she worked behind enemy lines for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). D’Albert-Lake was an American member of the French Resistance and helped 67 British and American airmen evade German capture as part of the Comet Escape Line.
Nov. 10 Yalow and Doudna: Scientists Who Revolutionized Medical Diagnoses
OLLI member Christina Gamba-Vitalo highlights the discoveries of two American women scientists and their impact on society. Rosalynn Sussman Yalow was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1977 for developing the radioimmunoassay technique, which revolutionized medical diagnosis. Jennifer Doudna received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 for her work on CRISPR, which was used to edit genes in sickle cell disease. Her research led to the development of CRISPR/Cas9, which enables precise editing of human, animal and plant DNA.
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