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Board: 2012 – 13

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President Bonnie Atwood 804-358-3745 bonatwood@verizon.net Freelance Writer, Tall Poppies Freelance Writing LLC   First Vice-president – Membership Gail Kent 757-930-0032 (office) 757-876-5420 gail.kent@thebuzzfactoree.com The BuzzFactoree, Newport News       Second Vice-president – GalleyPruf VACANT       Third...

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2013 Newsmaker

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Richmond singer/songwriter extraordinaire Susan Greenbaum By Martha Steger As professional communicators, we’re storytellers.  That’s true of singers/songwriters, too.  Virginia Press Women’s Awards Committee is pleased to announce singer/songwriter Susan Greenbaum as the 2013 Newsmaker to be honored at our fall conference on Sept. 21 at The Westwood Club in...

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2012 Newsmakers

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  Women’s Strike Force Founders Katherine Waddell and Robin Abbott  Newsmakers of the Year Seldom do you see Republicans, Democrats, and independents joining forces in Virginia, but that’s what happened earlier this year after the introduction of “personhood” and mandatory ultrasound legislation in the Virginia General Assembly. Leading that effort were former...

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Obituaries

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Carolyn West, former VPW President The Rev. Carolyn H. West of Greenville, S.C., who served as president of VPW several years ago prior to leaving journalism when the Episcopal Church began ordaining women, died October 2, 2011 after suffering a stroke. She was 74. Rev. West is survived by her husband, Joe, to whom she was married for 34 years. In addition, she...

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History: Member Honors

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National Honors Louise Seals, NFPW Communicator of Achievement, 1997 Ulrich Troubetzkoy, NFPW President, 1967–1969 Cynthia Price, NFPW President, 2009–2011 and NFPW Communicator of Achievement, 2012 NFPW Conferences in Virginia: 1963 (Ulrich Troubetzkoy was chair); 1987 (Williamsburg, (Agnes Cooke was chair); and 2007 (Richmond, Cynthia Price and Pam Stallsmith were...

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