MARCH: Women's History Month

Granny

"back in the day"

Happy International Women's Day!

March is here

and

It's Women's History Month.

Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week." Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as "Women’s History Week." In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month." Between 1988 and 1994, Congress passed additional resolutions requesting and authorizing the President to proclaim March of each year as Women’s History Month. Since 1995, Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as

“Women’s History Month.” 

...

The theme for 2012

is

Empowerment and Education

as

we look at women

and

honor them.

The right to learn, to reach and grow

was a battle that was fought fiercely

and gained through years of struggle

by those who walked through their fears.

The time is certainly now

for women to

stand

and for all people to recognize

that without women

the race is done, over, kaput!

Mother Earth

has been through much,

is going through much

and

needs us to remember

her

and

the many and brave women

who are the matriarchs

and

the pioneers

and

often stand behind many great men

historically.

There is a new generation,

new

HOPE

and

new little feet with beautiful

souls

to pick up from the battles of years ago,

from the scars that are worn

and

the cumulative loss and grief that have

been healed along the journey

to

women who now are educated,

out numbering men in colleges nationwide!

The old ad that was once on televisions on the country has never been more true:

"You've come a long way baby"

...

Ah, yes we've come a long way

thanks to our wisdom keepers

to those who have helped to encourage,

love, mold, and

provide solid foundations on which we have build our own faith and homes

that sustain us in the good times

and the hard times.

Women stand UP

and

remember those who have walked the walk,

who have stepped out of the box

and

created magic and brilliance and opportunities

for all of us

and

the generations to come.

"Go Forward With Courage
  When you are in doubt, be still, and wait;
when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage.
So long as mists envelop you, be still;
be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists
  as it surely will.
Then act with courage."   Ponca Chief White Eagle (1800's to 1914)
Speaking of courage
and
women to admire,
I'm thinking of  my dear friend Laura
of her grit, determination
and
her courage.
She has MS, a disease that has to go away.
She may have the diagnosis,
but the disease
will NEVER HAVE HER.
Her daughter Shauna is out in Texas
putting her butt on a bike every I mean every day
to prepare for the MS150
where she will ride once again for a cure
for this miserable disease.
Laura will be at the finish line
screaming her lungs out for Shauna
and
all the others riding
to
CURE MS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWfNCIgmsPs&feature=plcp&context=C45f4959VDvjVQa1PpcFO2X5KGzDdJjhuCeDs-YJdBGCR7PNAzkSk=

Courage personified
and
lives being lived wide open
strong women...
And the next generation on its way
with a voice, a smile
and
HOPE,

Teach one > Reach one

and

embrace the rich history

of

women

who have made a difference in the lives of all on our earth,

while stepping UP and out

to continue

to embrace all that is beautiful,

all that is passion

all that is worthy of your time.

"Only 95 years ago on Nov. 15, 1917, Our Grandmothers & their Mothers Picketed the White House & CONSERVATIVES to get the right to vote!

33 innocent women were wrongly convicted of 'obstructing sidewalk traffic.' 40 prison guards wielding clubs & their warden's blessing went on a rampage against the women who were defenseless. By the end of the night, they were beaten until they were barely aliv...e. Some were chained to the cell bars, hands above head & left hanging for the night, bleeding & gasping for air. Additional affidavits describe the guards dragging, beating, choking, slamming, grabbing & kicking the women.

For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their food-all of it colorless slop, was infested with worms.

One of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, so they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat & poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press. They tried to persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane, for fighting to give women the right to vote, but failed.
All of Us, & especially women, need to make sure that they get out & vote, remembering these very courageous women, who fought the Conservatives with their lives, so that women would be allowed to vote today...

Alice Paul

"When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the row. "

From those brave early days

and

the women

since the beginning of time,

I tip my hat

and

say

"thank YOU'

We've come a long way baby,

and

we've only begun!

Yes it is

Women's Month,

it is the time

for

women to be heard,

and

I do believe that more women, grand dames, 

are letting the world know

they have beauty, grace, elegance,style

and

a voice that has power.

Women know the ropes

the hoops,

hell women created them!

“A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.”  Mae West

Yes,

Women are remarkable,

“After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.”  ~ Ann Richards ~

Wishing you a day

to

"roar"

a day that is filled with all that you dare to dream.

When you see a woman out there,

remind her to stand up for all women,

in her walk, her talk, her actions.

Remind that man how lucky he is

to have had a Mom, a sister, a daughter, a friend.

Celebrate each day

with

"awe"

in your freedoms and rights and choices.

Walk in Beauty,

DRSES

keepin it real

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