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Celebrate Being a Woman of Today! Today is the National Women's Equality Day ... and while I don't think in terms of being a feminist, nor do I feel the need to declare myself a feminist in the way it was originally fought for back in the 70's - it was a time period in my life when I was becoming aware of the shifts and changes that were occurring as I was coming to understand my life's many purposes. (...and no, I did NOT burn my bra, as I really preferred having one!) As a little girl, I played with my dolls every day, day in and day out. I played "I'm the mommy," "Let's get married and play house," and I played "tea party" with anyone I could drag to the table ... I also played "stage production!" Even though my folks couldn't afford to take me to ballet lessons, I pretended I was a ballerina - dancing, dancing, dancing - as if I were famous. I pretended to be a movie star. I also had a heart and voice for singing, so every day after I practiced my piano lessons, I would run downstairs to the basement where I could shut out the world, and I'd start singing and dancing to Nat King Cole's vinyl record and other song artists of the time. There was one long wall in our basement that had nothing on it that I performed in front of. I pretended that WALL was my audience. This particular "wall" became very important for me several decades later when I became a professional speaker. There were just some days when the audience I was speaking to was as non-responsive as that wall! So, I was never flustered by the degree to which my audiences appeared to be responding - or not - thanks to the daily performances I gave to that basement wall at home day after day, year after year. On this very special day, I celebrate all the things I pretended to be as a little girl, and I celebrate just enJoying being a Woman Of Today. I've been a girl, a teenager, a woman, a ... pianist, artist, knitter, sewer, wife, mother, friend, teacher, cheerleader, coach, nurse to my kids, friends and husband, home renovator, long-haul 18-wheeler truck driver, football nut, a corporate consultant, professional speaker, author, a movie maker and now a grandma! WOW... what a full life we all get to live. I've also lived through the death of a child and life's opportunities and challenges, but through it all I am so grateful for the freedoms I enjoy today as a financially free and successful entrepreneur in charge of my life and livelihood. It is my hope that you will enjoy our feel-good movie for women - and for men - because when it all comes down to it, we all enJoy the female population, and we certainly all participate in watching women! Women who watch women are checking out what they are wearing, possibly thinking, "What was she thinking?!!?" And men who watch women are possibly thinking .......ah ... well... maybe I better write about that in another newsletter, eh?! We hope you enJoy this movie today and will share it with those who will appreciate receiving acknowledgement from you. This movie is for every woman who is stepping more fully into her greatness and making a world of difference because of it.
the History of Women's Equality Day Aug. 26, 1970, marked the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which granted full women's suffrage. On that anniversary, the National Organization for Women (NOW) called upon women to demonstrate for equal rights in a nationwide "strike for equality." Several demonstrators hung two 40-foot banners from the crown of the Statue of Liberty, while others drew attention to the strike by stopping the ticker at the American Stock Exchange. More than 100,000 other women participated in demonstrations and rallies in more than 90 major cities and towns across the country, making the strike the largest gender-equality protest in the history of the United States. In New York City 50,000 women marched down Fifth Avenue in support of the women's movement and equal rights; former NOW president Betty Friedan, feminist author Gloria Steinem, and U.S. Rep. Bella Abzug addressed the crowd. The women demanded equal opportunities in both education and employment, as well as access to 24-hour child-care centers. Although the strike did not bring about immediate change, it was extraordinarily successful in demonstrating the breadth of support for women's rights, and the press coverage it received drew significant attention to the feminist movement. For example, the New York Times' coverage of the strike marked the publication's first article about the movement. The strike also helped to secure passage of the Equal Rights Amendment by Congress in 1971–72; the amendment subsequently failed to be ratified by the required three-fourths of the state legislatures, however. In 1971 Congress officially recognized August 26 as Women's Equality Day, which not only commemorates the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment but also highlights the continued efforts of women to achieve full equality. Reaching out to make a difference as a woman of today... |
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