A Project of Herstoric  Proportions- Capturing Forever the Words of  Women

Words of Women, since 2000,  is an international effort to chronicle the important events in the lives  of women and to  tell the stories of the Most Influential Women in Our Lives for the next 100 years.   Essays gathered annually from around the world, written by women and girls,  will record what  we considered important.  Words of Women is an opportunity for all women to  have a voice and to ensure that history is recorded from our point of  view.
 
We invite  you to participate in this year's world wide Words of Women Essay event by writing an essay of your own and by sharing this information with a  friend or two, or 3, or 4, or more. 
 
You can  be the winner of the 2008 Words of Women Essay of the Year.   Information and  Guidelines are below and you can check for further details at  www.wordsofwomen.org.

 
Words of Women Essay Guidelines 

Read Carefully, Following  Guidelines Matters 
Annual Essay Cycle begins August 26, Women¹s Equality Day
Essay  Deadline: January 1, 2008
 
Choose one of the  following topics:
The Most  Influential Woman in My Life or
The Most Significant Thing That  Happened to Women This Year
 
Write a  500 Word-or-Less Essay, Typed, Double  Spaced, One Sided
Include your name, address, phone  number, email  address  and age category
on each page of  your essay.  (Youth, Maiden, Mother, WiseWoman)
 
Mail Your  Essay and $5 Registration** to Words of Women Box 180777  Dallas, Texas 75218
or
Email your essay to wordsofwomen@aol.com
Use PayPal at www.wordsofwomen.org  to send $5 Registration or send by mail.

**Registration covers  the cost of the Words of Women Certificates as well as postage and  printing.  Each essayist receives a Certificate. **  Registration Can Be Waived.
 
You will be notified when we receive your essay and when essays have been read and  selected.
Winning essays are announced in February and  presented at The International Women's Day  Celebration at The Women's Museum, An Institute for the Future on  March 9, 2008.
 
Essays are archived in  the Women's Collection, Texas Woman's  University, Denton,  Texas.
 
Cash and other prizes will be  presented on March 9, or sent within one  month after announcement of the Words of Women Essay of the  Year.  Details will follow later on the  event at the Women's Museum.

For additional information  and  Previous Essays:  visit www.wordsofwomen.org 

 
Words of Women Winning Essayists
2007 Mary Franklin, Dallas,  Texas
2006 Saffia Meek, Lewisville, Texas  and Tiffany Nilson, New York City
2005 Amy Green, Garland,  Texas

2004 Mehtap  Aldogan, Istanbul         
2003 Annastina  Wikell, Maui
2002 Christine Jarosz,  Dallas

2001 Johanna Baldwin, London
 
*you can also  participate by joining these sponsors. call or email for
details.

 
Women's  Communities  Association
The Women's Museum, An  Institute for the Future
LittlePhilosophers.com  Peace Prize
Merrill  Lynch
WCA Donor  Circle
The Durning House, a  Van Alstyne B&B
Tunnellvision  
Morone  Enterprises
 
For further information contact  :
Christine Jarosz
Director, Words of  Women
214.319.6696