Ellen Gale (Hopkins) Green to be honored this weekend

So this has nothing really to do with photography, but as a feminist I am really proud of my grandmother, now 92 years old. She will be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame this weekend.

Ellen Gale Hopkins Green is being honored for her swimming achievements in the 1930s. While still in high school, Ellen Gale was named one of the Men of the Year for 1936 by the Springfield News-Leader, the only woman to ever achieve that honor.

Ellen Gale and her sisters were known around town as the "Hopkins Mermaids". All 3 of them were swimmers, but my grandmother was the sister who excelled at the sport.

"One of Ellen Gale Hopkins' most memorable performances came in 1936, when she swam at the Grant Beach AAU meet and won the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle and the 440-yard freestyle, setting pool records in each race in front of a crowd of 1200. Her performance prompted the News-Leader to say 'She's [Hopkins] perhaps the most outstanding swimmer in the Missouri Valley Division.' " (Missouri State University Athletics)

Congratulations to Ellen Gale Hopkins Green!

For more info, visit:

Springfield News-Leader

http://www.missouristatebears.com/

http://www.kspr.com/sports/

While In Class

opening reception Friday Jan. 22, 6-9 pm

*image by Elise Hibbard, student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

The exhibition I juried for Woman Made Gallery will be opening THIS FRIDAY, Jan. 22.

Featuring photography, painting, sculpture, & video installation works by women student artists from Columbia College Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, University of Illinois Chicago, Depaul University, and other national institutions.

I went to help hang the work on Saturday and I was quite impressed with the quality of the works on display. Not to be missed!

While In Class

Jan. 22 - Feb. 25 2010

Opening Reception Jan. 22, 6-9 pm

Woman Made Gallery

685 N Milwaukee

Chicago, IL 60642

Go to womanmade.org for a preview of the exhibition

Artists: Kristyna Archer, Margaret Carsello, Mary Chiaramonte, In Kyoung Chun, Renee Couture, Kelsey Curkeet, Hope Esser, Anna Gratovich, Erin Hernsberger, Elise Hibbard, Gwynne Johnson, Julie Jones, Robin Juan, Mel Keiser, Kaitlin Kostus, Susan Kwon, Elizabeth Larew, Mary Laube, Laurie LeBreton, Miranda Maher, Molly Nuzzo, Rachael Olmstead, Megan Ory, Katherine Perryman, Nirmal Raja, Rebecca Sonnack, Elizabeth Start, Jamie Steele, Sara Stubblefield, Olivia Swider, Katie Swietlik, Anna Timmerman, Davana Wilkins, Nicole Wingate, Rachel Wunsch