Adair was born on November 9, 1884, at Red Sulphur Springs in Monroe County, West Virginia. She was the second of three daughters and fifth of eight children of Lewis Cass Adair and Rebecca Sidney Taylor Adair. The family moved to Richmond, where Adair attended Richmond Female Seminary and graduated from Richmond High School. At age seventeen she took a clerical job at an insurance company and enrolled in a course for teachers at Richmond High School. Adair and her sisters, who also became teachers, probably chose careers in education in emulation of other family members.
Adair began her career teaching at Elba Elementary School in Richmond in 1904. During the next fifteen years she taught at Nicholson, Robert Fulton, and Bellevue elementary schools and took summer courses at Columbia University, Richmond Normal School, and New York University. In 1921 she enrolled as a full-time student at the College of William and Mary, and two years later she received her AB degree. Adair joined
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Solano women to carry on fighting for voting rights; seek help, offer free event
FAIRFIELD The local branch of the American Association of University Women is sponsoring and hosting a talk and discussion Sunday on continuing the fight against voter suppression in the United States – a fight they say shouldn’t end with the election of Joe Biden as president.
The virtual session, scheduled from 4 to 5 p.m., features Virginia-based Andrea Miller, founder of the national Center for Common Ground and the Reclaim our Vote Campaign.
‘The Center for Common Ground is not affiliated with Common Ground Solano Napa.
Miller, who is also a Center for Common Ground board member, will discuss new initiatives that Common Ground will be working on and how others might get involved in helping to empower underrepresented voters, specifically young adults of all races and ethnicities between the ages of 18 and 24, organizer and local immigration lawyer Geri Kahn of Benicia said.
Naples organization makes scholarship available for women pursuing STEM careers
Published: February 25, 2021 5:28 AM EST
Updated: February 25, 2021 7:03 AM EST
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Science, technology, engineering and math fields are still largely dominated by men, but we’re starting to see a shift as more women get into them. The American Association of University Women in the Greater Naples area is doing its part to help.
The organization has created the Blanche and John Rebar Scholarship to help pay for a year of college for students interested in STEM. Avery Anderson is one of the recipients; she’s pursing a bachelor’s degree in aeronautics with a double minor in emergency management and aviation safety. She didn’t always dream of a life in the sky, but one class in high school changed all that.