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Post by gailkate on Mar 9, 2009 9:34:20 GMT -5
...was yesterday. But we're light on participation on Sundays, so I'm bringing it up now.
Who are the women you would salute?
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Post by sailor on Mar 9, 2009 17:11:19 GMT -5
Emi My Mother Evelyn and my two sisters Dawnelle and Kristen Eleanor Roosevelt Barbara Bush Kate Smith Rosa Parks Agatha Christie Julia Child
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Post by doctork on Mar 9, 2009 18:15:03 GMT -5
Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor in the US, and a graduate of Geneva Medical College, the predecessor of my alma mater. This was back in the day when women couldn't go to medical school because they would take the place of a man who needed a job.
I also admire Margaret Mead, the famous anthropologist.
My mother and my two grandmothers are also worthy of salute.
Probably a few more if I think about it some.
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Post by gailkate on Mar 10, 2009 18:13:55 GMT -5
As we talked about it, Jerry and I came up with some names we learned in school. It's pretty slim. Mme. Curie Golda Meier Mother Theresa Clara Barton Florence Nightingale Amelia Earhart Harriet Beecher Stowe Susan B. Anthony Pocohantas Sacajewea Martha Thatcher (Jerry said this knowing I'd punch him) Then we noted our mothers. Isn't that disturbing? I mean I know we could all come up with more, but this paucity of names says something about the history of male dominance. I don't mean to be bitter; it was what it was. But we have a long way to go, and most of us probably don't think of it much. There are only 17 women in the Senate, out of 100. But more staggering is that there have been only 38 since the first was elected in 1922. Many of those were appointed to fill their dead husband's term or to fill in briefly for another senator who died. Two were for the same dead guy in 1954 and one served only 24 hours! I love research, but sometimes it's a bummer. Good stuff here: www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/women_senators.htm
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Post by ozski on Mar 11, 2009 11:55:51 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300][glow=red,2,300]Mom Laura Ingalls Wilder Betty Smith Harriet Tubman Mother Theresa Corrie Ten-Boom All my Grandmothers Mary Magdeline Calamity Jane[/glow][/glow]
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Post by gailkate on Mar 11, 2009 14:17:41 GMT -5
Hey, oz! Some good additions there!
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Post by doctork on Mar 13, 2009 13:35:51 GMT -5
Definitely Harriet Tubman is a solid addition.
I ponder adding Hillary Clinton - even though I don't care for her, she did blaze a trail. The fact that she rose into serious political contention by riding her husband's coattails is all too typical of early successful female politicians.
And whether you agree with her very liberal politics or not (after all, she does represent San Francisco), Nancy Pelosi has accomplished a lot by becoming the first female Speaker of the House, second in line to presidential succession. She is also a mother of five children - no small accomplishment along with her political career.
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