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Arts & Culture

HISTORY FORT LAUDERDALE CELEBRATES

Local Women

FROM THE PAST TO PRESENT

By Jennifer Nayak-Feldman

n honor of Women’s History Month, History Fort Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital; Jennifer O'Flannery
Lauderdale and The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale will Anderson, Ph.D., president and CEO of Broward
Ipresent “Women Trailblazers: Champions of Change - Community Foundation; Stacy Ritter, president and CEO of
Broward County,” a photography exhibition, March 4 - 31. the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau
The Galleria Mall exhibit showcases six prominent and Burnadette Norris-Weeks, Esq. of Austin Pamies
contemporaries who are proponents of change along with Norris Weeks Powell, PLLC and founder of the Women of
historical female predecessors who helped pave the way Color Empowerment Institute.
for our community. Past pioneering women to be highlighted include:
“It is an honor and a privilege to celebrate the women in Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, author and founder/publisher of
our community who not only fought for women’s rights and the Seminole Tribune; Dr. Susie Holley, prominent
equality in the past but who continue to foster a love for philanthropist; Edee Green, award-winning journalist and
business, philanthropy, culture and the arts,” said Patricia one of the founders of Kids in Distress Broward County;
Zeiler, executive director of History Fort Lauderdale.” Ivy Cromartie Stranahan, prominent suffragette, first school
teacher in Fort Lauderdale, philanthropist and part founder
The engaging 40-image exhibit celebrates the of the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society (now History
contributions of outstanding women of today including Fort Lauderdale) and Easter Lily Gates, Broward County’s
Kareen Boutros, executive director of Broward Workshop; first woman president of the State Supervisors of Elections,
Lori Chevy, market president of Bank of America; Heather among others.
Havericak, CEO of Broward Health Medical Center and

WOMEN OF TODAY

Kareen Butros Stacy Ritter Burnadtte Lori Chevy Heather Havericak Jennifer O’Flannery
Noris-Weeks, Esq. Anderson, Ph.D.

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