"The earliest known shoes are sandals dating from about 8000 to 7000 BC and found in Oregon, USA in 1938. The world's oldest leather shoe, made from a single piece of cowhide laced with a leather cord along seams at the front and back, was found in a cave in Armenia in 2008 and is believed to date to 3,500 BC."
The shoe has evolved over the years with the advent of new technologies, creation processes, and materials. In the early 16th Century, the Chopine platform shoe appeared requiring servants to help you walk. This was the Great Grandmother of today's High Heel.
The evolution of colors, style, materials, and function has continued through today where we are blessed with a dazzling array of technologies that allow the making of some spectacular shoes.
Just as the shoe has evolved for the last 5000+ years, The Blue Heel Society continues to evolve and adapt to changes and different styles. What started out as a mere social media post 3 months ago has, thanks to the support of all of you, evolved into something unbelievably Bluetiful!
As part of that process, The Blue Heel Society would like to announce that it has added another pair of heels to the staff! Jen Hamilton Loving will be functioning in the critical role of Chief Content Officer for our organization.
Jen is very well known within the Diabetes Online Community, and has first hand experience with diabetes as her 11 years old daughter was dx'd Type 1 at the age of 4. Jen currently works as the Chair of The Family Outreach at her local JDRF chapter, and she spearheaded World Diabetes Day at Cincinnati's Fountain Square. Through Jen's efferts and persistence, the local businesses to turn their buildings (most notably the Great American Insurance Tiara) BLUE on November 14th.
All of us here at The Blue Heel Society are very excited and grateful to have Jen step into her new position!
