Women Who Changed a Nation - my photo essay

[KyndCulture]

Women who changed a nation:

Susan B. Anthony


Harriet Tubman


Alice Paul


Rosa Parks


Cindy Sheehan



Please feel free to add to this... I'm very proud to be an American Woman and a Mother today!!! History will remember Cindy!

[understandinglife]

1. Here's one who very much enabled the infrastructure we are now ....

.... using to try to save our Constitution and stop the killing.



Admiral Grace Murray Hopper - Pioneer Computer Scientist


Peace.

www.missionnotaccomplished.us - How ever long it takes, the day must come when tens of millions of caring individuals peacefully but persistently defy the dictator, deny the corporatists their cash flow, and halt the evil being done in Iraq and in all the other places the Bu$h neoconster regime is destroying civilization and the environment in the name of "America."

[RubyDuby in GA]

2. Margaret Sanger

[booksenkatz]

14. A second here for Margaret S.

My life would have been entirely different if I would have had a dozen children, rather than the one child I CHOSE to have. No other invention in my household impacts my life as does safe, reliable birth control!

[etherealtruth]

17. I immediately thought of her n/t

[Terran]

3. Gloria Steinem

Did you see that HBO movie about Alice Paul, by the way? Can't recall the title now, but it was great. Some of the Suffragettes went through some very serious abuse at the hands of the system, which really surprised and horrified me.

edit: typo

[KyndCulture]

4. Iron Jawed Angels

and yes I cried my eyes out at that movie, my boyfriend too - we were in shock for hours after we watched that.

[Terran]

13. That's it!

A truly great film, something everyone needs to see. Most people, to the extent they even remember the Suffragist Movement, think of it as quaint; a bunch of upper middle class ladies out for an afternoon protest and then tea. It was nothing of the sort.

I cried at the end too. It was so well done.

[no_to_war_economy]

5. Amelia Earhart

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Cindy told me that it's going to be up to the women of this nation to put

an end to this war.

[KyndCulture]

8. I think it's up to us too.... that's why I posted this...

so we can be inspired and remember it only takes one voice to start change.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. And we are so many more than just 1 voice!

[Generic Other]

7. Great post!!

So inspiring.

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Very nice!

Gotta love it!

[BillZBubb]

11. What no Laura Bush????? Why do you hate America!

Isn't she supposed to be America's finest? :sarcasm:

[KyndCulture]

12. hahaha yeah how WILL history remember pickles? I wonder.

[Stuckinthebush]

38. Kind of like white rice

She added a nice but rather unnoticeable side to the main course.

Filler, really.

[Siena]

15. Great post!

And here is my contribution. Jeannette Rankin - first woman elected to Congress and tirelessly fought for women's rights.

[Sapphire Blue]

16. Five plus 1000 women...

Sojourner Truth




Elizabeth Cady Stanton (seated) and Susan B. Anthony




Mary McLeod Bethune




Sandra Day O'Connor




1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005

[phusion]

18. Eleanor Roosevelt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt



Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American human rights activist, diplomat and as the wife of President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, the longest serving First Lady of the United States from 1933-1945. An active First Lady, she traveled around the United States promoting the New Deal and visited troops at the frontlines during World War II. She was a first-wave Feminist and an active supporter of the American Civil Rights Movement.

Mrs. Roosevelt was active in the formations of numerous institutions most notably the United Nations, United Nations Association and Freedom House. She chaired the committee that drafted and approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President Harry S. Truman called her the First Lady of the World, in honor of her extensive travels to promote human rights.

[huskerlaw]

20. God yes, I second that.

Absolutely MUST include Eleanor Roosevelt.

[spuddonna]

33. Eleanor was an amazing person! Some of my fav quotes...

A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Smart, funny, awesome woman...

[xxqqqzme]

19. don't have pictures but I'd add

Barbara Jordon & Eleanor Roosevelt.

[mogster]

21. I have 'met' many strong American women since 'coming over' here

In cyberspace ;-)
You rock! :toast:

And good luck to Cindy Sheehan :yourock:

[txindy]

22. This isn't a good thing and I won't add a picture, but

There's no doubt she's had an impact on the world. A very bad, ongoing impact.

Barbara Pierce B*sh. Bleah. :banghead:

[ClayZ]

23. Julia Ward Howe

Best known as the author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic, written at the beginning of the Civil War, Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)




"Arise all women who have hearts, say firmly: Our sons shall not be taken
from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity,
mercy and patience. We women of one country will be too tender of those of
another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. In the
name of womanhood and of humanity; take counsel with each other as the means
whereby the great human family can live in peace..." ~ Julia Ward Howe*
(1870)

[KyndCulture]

24. I've never read that quote before.... that's amazing...

and exactly how I feel right this minute....

[ClayZ]

27. Pete Seger told us a.... long time ago!

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE
words and music by Pete Seeger


Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone?
Taken husbands every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone for soldiers every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Covered with flowers every one
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?

[lostnfound]

28. She was the originator of Mother's Day, and I believe that was the first

Mother's Day proclamation. Mother's Day isn't about Hallmark cards. It's about Cindy Sheehan ...and the millions more who have suffered the same agony.

[Sapphire Blue]

31. The Original Mothers Day Proclamation...

http://www.quaker.org/chestnuthill/motherdy.htm

[Binka]

25. All The Women On DU

Love to you Kynd!

[KyndCulture]

26. Backatcha Binka!!

[ray of light]

29. would make a great photo t'shirt!

very nice post.

[GreenPartyVoter]

30. Another woman poised to help make a change.. Sibel Edmonds

[cascadiance]

32. I believe so too!

:thumbsup:

[proud patriot]

34. Betty Friedan

[katinmn]

35. Just think if Shirley Chisholm were just coming on the scene now

and running for president in 08?!?


Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress, was a passionate and effective advocate for the needs of minorities, women and children and has changed the nation's perception about the capabilities of women and African-Americans.

[OKNancy]

36. Barbara Jordan - first woman to give a keynote speech

at the Democratic Convention




Barbara Jordan
Democratic Convention Keynote Address
Who Then Will Speak for the Common Good?
New York, New York, July 12, 1976
One hundred and fourty-four years ago, members of the Democratic Party first net in convention to select a Presidential candidate. Since that time, Democrats have continued to convene once every four years and draft a party platform and nominate a Presidential candidate. And our meeting this week is a continuation of that tradition.

But there is something different about tonight. There is something special about tonight. What is different? What is Special? I, Barbara Jordan, am a keynote speaker.

A lot of years passed since 1832, and during that time it would have been most unusual for any national political party to ask that a Barbara Jordan deliver a keynote address...but tonight here I am. An I feel that notwithstanding the past that my presence here is one additional bit of evidence that the American Dream need not forever be deferred.

Now that I have this grand distinction what in the world am I supposed to say?

I could easily spend this time praising the accomplishments of this party and attacking the Republicans but I don't choose to do that.

I could list the many problems which Americans have. I could list the problems which cause people to feel cynical, angry, frustrated: problems which include lack of integrity in government; the feeling that the individual no longer counts; the reality of material and spiritual poverty; the feeling that the grand American experiment is failing or has failed. I could recite these problems and then I could sit down and offer no solutions. But I don't choose to do that either.

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.

------------------ the rest can be found here: http://www.elf.net/bjordan/keynote.html

[Gelliebeans]

37. I too am proud

to be a woman today. She (Cindy) has more courage then the whole bush administration in her little finger alone.

I am so thankful for these women, ALL OF THEM.