Standing from left to right are Jewell Tabor, AAUW secretary; Peggy Emmett, president (holding a history of AAUW, Oak Ridge); Barbara Walker; Mary Uziel, treasurer; and Fay Martin, vice president, membership. Seated are Sophy Littrell, and Virginia Jones, vice president, programs. (Submitted photo)
Note: This event has been postponed due to weather.
In 1955, the AAUW, Oak Ridge Branch, invited a nationally well-known member of AAUW to speak locally. The speaker was Eleanor Roosevelt, who gave a talk to an audience of 1,300 people in the Oak Ridge High School Auditorium on February 18, 1955.
Pictured above are branch members planning a commemorative tea to remember the anniversary of Roosevelt’s visit to Oak Ridge. [Read more…]
