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3 Women | A Photo Tribute

by | Mar 8, 2022 | Women of Note

Closeup of 1914 poster for Women's Day by Karl Maria Stadler shows woman in long black dress proudly & strongly waving a large banner.

On International Women’s Day I honor 3 women who made me the person I am today.

Marion M. Jablonski

Harriet Offley Nelson

Ursula K. Le Guin

They were in their own unique ways astoundingly powerful & creative.

Portrait of Marion M. Jablonski. Shows a white woman in her late 70s wearing floral suit jacket, pink turtleneck, & silver earrings & eyeglasses. Text notes she was 1st of her family to attend college; Mother of 10 children; Academic Administrative Asst; Writer; & Poet
Collage of writings by M. Jablonski includes book covers of a family memoir & stories from her days as a child growing up on a farm, & partial views of a few of published poems. At lower left is black & white photo of the 1840s era farmhouse which was our family home.
men posing for picture. Both have short hair and are smiling broadly. Text on screen lists Ms. Nelson's career credentials: Head of Reference Services| John K. Mullen Library at The Catholic University of America, Wash D.C.; Librarian | College of New Jersey & Purdue University; BA Psychology, Swarthmore College; MLS Medical Librarianship, University of Chicago; MS Developmental Psychology, Columbia University
Ursula K Le Guin stands at a lectern. Shows an older white woman with short, bowl-cut white hair & glasses. She is smiling. Text below image lists some of her key credentials: Author, Poet, Essayist, Translator, Hugo & Nebula award winner (multiple), SFWA Grandmaster, Feminist, Activist
College image shows portion of a letter I received from Ms. Le Guin. A stone covers the return address. To the right is a partial view of the cover of the book Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing.

  © J.A. Jablonski 2022. All rights reserved.

HOW TO CITE THIS POST

Jablonski, J.A. (2022, March 8 ). 3 Women | A Photo Tribute. Blog post. J.A. Jablonski (website).

https://jajablonski.com/2022/03/08/3-women-photo-tribute

 

IMAGE CREDITS

Marion M. Jablonski. Author Photo. © Marion Jablonski Esate. All rights reserved.

Collected writings of Marion M. Jablonski. Images by J.A. Jablonski. All rights reserved.

Black & white photo, circa 1960s, of brick farmhouse. Photo by Louis S. Jablonski. All rights reserved.

Ursula K. Le Guin. Publicity photo by Jack Liu. © 2014 Jack Liu 

Letter by Ursula K. Le Guin. Unpublished. Photo by J.A. Jablonski. All rights reserved.