BP MARKOWITZ, DEPUTY BP CHAPMAN TO CELEBRATE WOMEN'S "HERSTORY" AT BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL
Annual event, held in conjunction with Women's History Month, honors contributions of Brooklyn women to the arts, sciences, and business
8:30 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20
BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL
209 JORALEMON STREET
BETWEEN COURT AND ADAMS STREETS
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN
On Wednesday, March 20, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Deputy Borough President Sandra Chapman will host the 2013 Women's Herstory Induction Ceremony and Reception at Brooklyn Borough Hall. The event honors women in Brooklyn who have excelled in the arts, sciences, business and public service.
This year's honorees:
Keija Minor, editor-in-chief of Brides Magazine, is the recipient of the Betty Smith Arts Award, named for the author of the classic novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Lady Deborah Moody Founders Award, named for the woman who founded Gravesend and became the only woman to found a permanent settlement in early colonial America, will be awarded to Theresa Scavo, chairperson of Community Board 15
Lucina Clarke, founder and executive director of My Time, Inc., will be awarded the Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Humanitarian Award, named for the first black woman to be licensed as a doctor in the state of New York
The Lucy Burns Activist Award (named for the Brooklynite who helped spearhead the suffrage movement) will go to Deborah Young, president of the Crown Heights North Association, Inc.
Edna Wells Handy, commissioner of the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services, will receive the Shirley Chisholm Leadership Award, named for the Brooklynite who was the first black woman to win a seat in Congress and run for President of the United States
The Emily Roebling Stewardship Award, named for the woman who served as one of the chief engineers for the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, will go to MaryAnne Gilmartin, executive vice president of Commercial & Residential Development for Forest City Ratner Companies