{"id":949,"date":"2012-03-22T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=949"},"modified":"2016-10-19T08:05:25","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T12:05:25","slug":"womens-history-forges-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2012\/03\/womens-history-forges-ahead.html","title":{"rendered":"Women’s History Forges Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the United States, the innovation, bravery, courage, and determination of women are being celebrated during March\u2019s Women’s History Month, to ensure a collective progressive attitude toward women. Circa 1792, Mary Wollstonecrafts wrote a book called, \u201cA Vindication of the Rights of Woman.\u201d It was the beginning of a long battle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 1893, New Zealand granted women suffrage on the national level. Australia followed in 1902, but American, British, and Canadian women did not win the same rights until the end of World War I.<\/p>\n

Modern women<\/a> reflect on History, for example, Linda Wilson, upstate New York resident, recalls Eleanor Roosevelt, Inez Cole, and Caperton Preston, saying, \u201cThese women don\u2019t inspire me in a specific way to \u2018do\u2019 something specific in life. Rather they inspire my realization that women can forge their own path,\u201d says Linda Wilson, who was reared during the 1940\u2019s and 50\u2019s when women were seen primarily as wives-mothers-nurses-teachers. \u201cWomen should never let a cultural norm prevent them from taking a path that runs against the cultural grain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson not only described to me the accomplishments of Roosevelt, Cole and Preston, but also added a funny side-note related to Preston, showing women are noteworthy yet practical loveable human beings.<\/p>\n

At the age of 88 years, Miss Preston had the physique and posture of a young woman. Miss Preston also taught Linda the word \u201cjackass.\u201d Linda was 5 years old at the time and during a dance class, Miss Preston protested, \u201cPoint your toe, you jackass!\u201d Linda went home delighted with the new word and called her mother a jackass. Her mother asked Linda where she learned such language. “Miss Preston,” the child answered. Linda received a spanking for lying and she began crying. When Linda\u2019s father came home, the story came out. Her dad replied, \u201cLinda isn\u2019t lying. That is how I learned that word.\u201d Linda\u2019s dad had taken ballroom dancing from Miss Preston as a teen. He accidentally tripped Caperton and she fell to the floor and said, \u201cGet me off this floor, you jackass!\u201d<\/p>\n

The mental landscape of equality still needs leveling and developing, but we can do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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