Michelle Obama vs. 1 Direction
Trade out Michelle Obama with 1 Direction, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams, Drake or even Justin Bieber and the long distance family members are sure to get kicked to the curb. […]
History
Rewriting History: Freeing Stagecoach Mary
Mary’s story could be told in her photo. From the beginning, I just couldn’t reconcile the heartbreak in her face with the story posted, nor did it fit with the way women or African-Americans were treated in the lat 1800s. […]
Christmas Quotes from GIRLFRIENDS Past and Present
“In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.” – Saint Therese of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church, speaking about Mother Mary. Our hearts grow […]
A Letter to America’s Girls and their Moms
Dear Future Women Leaders: In 1940, a young boy named Birch Bayh sat at the breakfast table with his little sister listening to his father tell about his forthcoming congressional testimony. Their father was an […]
Do You Think Slutty Wednesday Will Catch On?
“We work our asses off here, and school is about learning. Clothing is not important,” said ninth-grader Lucy Greider, who said she has been sent to the office 10 times this school year for showing […]
Keeping Women in Line: Time Cover of Breastfeeding Mom Meant to Humiliate Women
Time magazine has the world’s largest weekly circulation with 20 million U.S. subscribers. It is synonymous with hard-hitting news and exclusive interviews with world leaders. In 1927, they launched “Time’s MAN of the Year,” […]
Afghanistan Needs a Woman Warrior
It was Friedrich Nietzsche that said, “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” I’m not surprised it was a man, because it seems the correct adage for a woman would be “That which […]
Happy Thanksgiving thanks to a Woman!
Most people don’t know the history of Thanksgiving beyond the story of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians sitting down as friends to celebrate the harvest of 1621 after a long, difficult winter. [As an […]
1950 – 3.7 kids vs. 1980 – 1.8 kids – Did Birth Control Kill a Generation or Create a Stronger One
My grandmother, God rest her soul, had 11 children. She was pregnant for 12 years straight. When I was pregnant, I gained 80 pounds! Yes, I know. I was swollen, it was uncomfortable and it […]
Wear White Now and Forever. Amen.
In 1882, Peter J. McGuire, vice president of the American Federation of Labor proposed “Labor Day,” and a resolution was set forth in 1884 by A.C. Cameron, “Resolved that the first Monday in September of […]
GIRLFRIEND OF THE WEEK: Keiko Fukuda 98 YRS YOUNG – Awarded 10th-degree black belt
Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful a film by Yuriko Gamo Romer “[Keiko Fukuda] was recently videotaped getting out of her wheelchair to demonstrate a move meant to flip an opponent on his back.” source: […]
U.S. Women to Church Leaders – Count Me Out
No population group among the sixty segments examined has gone through more spiritual changes in the past two decades than women. – The Barna Group An excerpt from Dorothy Richardson’s Pilgrimage, Vol. II (1938) reads, […]
“Women discovered in uniform will be dismissed from the field.”
There is something so…ridiculous about this story that it’s almost hard to even explain. First, let’s start with the re-enactments of the Civil War battles. We, in the South, continue to re-enact the battles, perhaps […]
An Original Earth Mother: Rachel Carson and the Men Who Hated her for Not Being Married
“Why is a spinster with no children so concerned about genetics?” – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson speaking about author Rachel Carson. Rachel Carson was not only a brilliant scientist, she was a gifted […]