March Blog
Women’s History is celebrated in the month of March. The 1925 Camp Runoia Log was dedicated to the 
founders of camp – Lucy Weiser and Jessie Pond. The quotes next to Miss Pond’s photo in the log reads, “Grace was in her step, in every gesture dignity and love” and next to Miss Weiser, “Society, friendship, and
love Divinely bestowed upon man.”
These two women had the vision to start a camp for girls. In 1907 they opened Camp Runoia for the first summer. They were courageous and resourceful and certainly are smiling upon us as we begin our 115th consecutive summer of Camp Runoia for girls.
We celebrate Lucy and Jessie during women’s history month and all the years they dedicated to bringing girls and women together on the shores of Great Pond for growth, adventure, friendship and more.
Check out more about Runoia history and the women whose legacy families have helped camp to continue operating on our Runoia family tree section.
So many women have accomplished so many things in this world. If you’d like to dive a little further into Women’s history, check out the US library of congresses resources on women’s history in the United States including women related to arts, culture, government and politics, historic places, women and war, women rights and women’s suffrage, women in science, women in business and more.
Here’s a great resource for teachers for lessons, images, data and research from the library of congress.
Find out more about the 14th Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, the first woman and the first African 
American to lead the national library, nominated by President Barak Obama in February of 2016 and confirmed by the senate 6 months later.
And realize the #runoiagals were pioneers of owning a business that allowed girls to do what so many boys were able to do – get out of the city, connect with others in camp
Love,
Aionur