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Drexel University's 'Seat at the Table' Exhibit Celebrates 19th Amendment

Vision 2020, an initiative of the Institute for Women's Health and Leadership at the College of Medicine, was featured in March 1 KYW-TV (CBS-3) and WCAU-TV (NBC-10) stories about its "Seat at the Table" women's suffrage and equality exhibit, which opened at the Kimmel Center over the weekend.

Vision 2020, Celebrating 100 Years of Equality for Women

Joanne Murray, a historian at the College of Medicine's Legacy Center, was featured in a Patch post on Feb. 18 as part of a story about Drexel's Vision 2020 program celebrating the 100th anniversary of the women's suffrage amendment. The story was also picked up by WWDB-Radio (860-AM) on Feb. 20.

From 1992 to 2018: The Year of the Woman, Redux

Lynn Yeakel, director of the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership in the College of Medicine, was quoted in a July 14 Philadelphia magazine story about female candidates running for office.

Pa. Leader in Promoting Gender Equality Reflects on Progress, Challenges

Lynn Yeakel, director of the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership in the College of Medicine, was interviewed about Vision 2020 and 50/50 Day, a global day of action and conversations around gender equality, during a May 10 WHYY/Newsworks segment.

'Woman One': Scholarships to Women on the Rise

Lynn Yeakel, director of the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership in the College of Medicine, was interviewed on a WCAU-TV (NBC-10) segment on April 19 about the Woman One program, which awards scholarships to exceptional medical students.

People on the Move

Anne Crowley, Vision 2020 project director in the College of Medicine’s Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership, was mentioned in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Oct. 31.

“A Toast to Tenacity,” a Women’s Equality Day

“A Toast to Tenacity,” a Women’s Equality Day event hosted by Vision 2020 and the College of Medicine’s Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership, was featured in an Aug. 26 WCAU-TV (NBC-10) broadcast.

Letters June 28

Lynn H. Yeakel, founder and chair of Vision 2020 in the College of Medicine, authored a June 28 Philadelphia Inquirer letter to the editor about the decision to put a woman on the $10 bill.

The Invisible Women of the Civil Rights Movement

Beth Olanoff, director of the Education Initiative at Vision 2020, housed in the Institute of Women’s Health and Leadership in the College of Medicine, authored a Jan. 20 WHYY-Newsworks.org story on the role women played in the Civil Rights Movement.

New Year, New Chance to Tackle the Old Problem of Workplace Inequality

Vision 2020, housed in the Institute of Women’s Health and Leadership in the College of Medicine, was mentioned in a Jan. 20 Huffington Post article as an example of a group encouraging companies to do a better job of gender equality.

The missing half of American history

Beth Olanoff, director of the Education Initiative at Vision 2020, a center in the Institute of Women’s Health and Leadership in the College of Medicine, authored an Aug. 7 Newsworks.org post about women’s history.