CELEBRATING 90 YEARS!
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viewsMy First Time Was At America's #1 Party School
By Ginger, Wednesday, August 25, 2010I remember my first pet (a Spitz named Brio). I remember my first-grade teacher (Mrs. Shydeemantle, who, to my dismay, always called me by my older brother’s name). I remember my first boyfriend (Steve Fireabomb – surely that could not have been his actual last name?). And of course, I remember my first time. (But I can’t reveal the details, in case my teenage son comes across this blog someday.) But my first vote cast in a national election?
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viewsBooth Power
By Savannahchick, Thursday, August 26, 2010I can still see him…dressed in his suit and tie, hat perched on his head, furtively looking left and right, and then, dashing into that handy telephone booth. Just before the door closes, he reaches for the knot in his tie and gives it a sideways tug. Then the door slams shut, and the rest of the scene plays out in my imagination. Of course, I knew what was going on in that booth…I’d seen it so many times before on the tiny TV screen. The excitement, wonder, exhilaration….. Exactly how he
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viewsAre you a change maker?
By gapeachelle, Thursday, August 26, 2010Today is Women's Equality Day, and it is extra special because this year marks the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment's ratification to allow women the right to vote. So go vote people!
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By The Southern Belle, Thursday, August 26, 2010Since today is the anniversary of the 19th amendment becoming a law, I was thinking about my right to vote and how it was a hard fought battle that I can call it a right. I must say that it's hard to wrap my brain around this fact. As a child of the 80s, I was raised with the notion that I could do anything. In elementary school, I was shocked to learn that there had been a time when women were told otherwise. I still sometimes think of the 50s and 60s as being so long ago. I know how great it feels to be elected as a representative for your group.
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By caitieskirt, Thursday, August 26, 2010Ever since 2006 I've been an overseas voter. Mainly I've been in the UK for local and national elections, so ballots get sent to me here in Exeter. But during the last presidential election I was in Cairo. I wrote about my experiences faxing a vote home from there in my blog titled The Central Telephone Exchange. That's the link; I've also reprinted it below. I'm proud to share this (again) today, the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. I'm grateful for
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viewsOur daughters, daughters will adore us...
By skirt.com, Thursday, August 26, 2010
Today is Woman's Equality Day and the 90th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
Ninety years ago the voices of generations of women who had been fighting for Votes for Women were heard and the Constitution was amended to include them equally under the law.
These soldiers in petticoats casted off the shackles of yesterday! We celebrate them today and sing along to one of the most famous (and catchy) suffragist songs ever written.
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viewsSkirt! Nation's voting memories include family, Nixon, Obama
By skirtLubbock.com, Thursday, August 26, 2010, 2 commentsIn honor of the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which game women the right to vote, we're sharing the voting memories of some of our skirt! Nation:
Voting at 36
I voted for the first time in 1972, in the presidential election, when I was 36. That was the year Richard Nixon was running for his second term.
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viewsIf women ruled the world ...
By Walter C. Jones , Thursday, August 26, 2010, 1 comments
Comedians and pundits sometimes muse about how different things would be if women ruled the world, but there is evidence of what the things would really be like.
Beyond jokes about outlawing raised toilet seats or instituting "makeup lanes" on highways, the best evidence of women's leadership is to look at where they already have power.
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viewsBetty Friedan
By Caroline Cox, Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 1 comments
Co-founder of the National Organization for Women and writer of the groundbreaking book The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan could be considered responsible for igniting the second wave of feminism. Along with other iconic feminists like Gloria Steinam and Shirley Chisolm, she vehemently advocated for women's rights through staging nationwide protests and forming organizations like the National Abortion Rights Action League.
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viewsBookishness and Other Womanly Principles
By Sarah Stankorb, Wednesday, August 25, 2010
My grandmother was five years old when the 19th Amendment was ratified. Growing up on a small Ohio farm, she might have seemed flung far from the epicenter of the suffrage movement. She was a headstrong, bookish kid who had already taught herself to read by studying road signs.
