oh wednesday, how i love thee. let me count the ways:
wed-nes-day is fun to say.
wed-nes-day is hump day.
not that way, perv-ay.
there's more where that came from but you'll have to purchase my book to appreciate the fullness of love for wed-nes-day.
i'm thankful today that it's "women's equality day", the unofficial bad girl™ holiday. as you know, well-behaved women rarely make history and this day in 1920 was no exception. for those in the dark (or who were absent this day in history 101, repeatedly ...), on august 18, 1920, the 19th mendment of the u.s. constitution was ratified. that 19TH AMENDMENT granted women the right to vote & in some people's minds supposedly granted them the right to be uppity. my vote (since i can exercise it now properly) is that uppitiness is an acquired taste, like fine wine or aged cigars.
in august 1920, my grandmother had just turned 11 years old. i imagine, being a small-town rural girl, that she had little interest in such an amendment or the ramifications thereof, but i still wish i had discussed that with her before her death in 2002. i have no doubt she exercised her right to vote as she grew older. she also owned land on her own before marriage (sacrilege!). in her own right she was a quiet but determined lady.
1920 was only 84 years ago. in less than 100 years, women in america have been empowered in a million ways with voting, more career recognition, & reiteration of feminine allure as a natural part of a woman's mystique. & yet women in our generation still seem dissatisifed & discontent with life.
i think God must often look down upon us, amused, yet desiring us to find our true character as women in His roles for us rather than attempting to suffocate ourselves to meet the world's unreliable & changing expectations. i'd rather be a woman of substance with an uppity outlook than a woman of mishmash.
wed-nes-day is fun to say.
wed-nes-day is hump day.
not that way, perv-ay.
there's more where that came from but you'll have to purchase my book to appreciate the fullness of love for wed-nes-day.
i'm thankful today that it's "women's equality day", the unofficial bad girl™ holiday. as you know, well-behaved women rarely make history and this day in 1920 was no exception. for those in the dark (or who were absent this day in history 101, repeatedly ...), on august 18, 1920, the 19th mendment of the u.s. constitution was ratified. that 19TH AMENDMENT granted women the right to vote & in some people's minds supposedly granted them the right to be uppity. my vote (since i can exercise it now properly) is that uppitiness is an acquired taste, like fine wine or aged cigars.
in august 1920, my grandmother had just turned 11 years old. i imagine, being a small-town rural girl, that she had little interest in such an amendment or the ramifications thereof, but i still wish i had discussed that with her before her death in 2002. i have no doubt she exercised her right to vote as she grew older. she also owned land on her own before marriage (sacrilege!). in her own right she was a quiet but determined lady.
1920 was only 84 years ago. in less than 100 years, women in america have been empowered in a million ways with voting, more career recognition, & reiteration of feminine allure as a natural part of a woman's mystique. & yet women in our generation still seem dissatisifed & discontent with life.
i think God must often look down upon us, amused, yet desiring us to find our true character as women in His roles for us rather than attempting to suffocate ourselves to meet the world's unreliable & changing expectations. i'd rather be a woman of substance with an uppity outlook than a woman of mishmash.
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Isn't the 26th the day this is actually celebrated? Not that I'm planning anything...
perhaps. it was ratified on 8/18/1920 by 3/4ths of the states (making it legit) but the ratification was certified 8/26/1920, making it really legit.
kinda like closing a coffin & then placing nails in that coffin. 'twas legit at first & double legit after the final step.
so technically we're both right. cheers!
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