We are living through an exciting period in women’s history, says Jan Gietzel, executive director of A Fund for Women, a nonprofit that is part of the Madison Community Foundation.
“The lives of women today are quite different from the experiences of their mothers and grandmothers,” Gietzel says, “and as the role of women in society has changed, women around the world, including Dane County, are accomplishing many ‘firsts’ in their careers and in their communities.”
Local trailblazers (including the entire Badger women’s hockey team and former UW System president Katharine Lyall) will be honored at the 2006 annual event and fundraiser of A Fund for Women, which will be Oct. 17 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center.