Archive for the ‘Women’s History Month’ Category

Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum

Just in time for Women’s History Month celebrations, a brave group of female veterans of WW  II are finally being honored.  Following on last year’s award by Congress of the Congressional Gold Medal (the highest civilian award)  the WASPs (Women AirForce Service Pilots) received their award this week.

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As a nation, we are approaching that egalitarian ideal when there will be no reason to differentiate milestones and accomplishments by gender.  But even as we get nearer to that time, I kinda like having a time set aside to help women’s history-changing accomplishments break through the media clutter.   Thank God today little girls do not have to go through the same struggles that girls and women before them had to go through. 

I admit, I have an affinity for Women’s History Month which we as Nation celebrate every March.   I like being reminded that women who were just like our moms, sisters, aunts, cousins and daughters braved the establishment and blazed trails so that little girls born in America today can, without a second thought, truly live out their dreams.  !

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Call me sentimental but as I mused about Valentine’s Day and true sacrificial love, I pulled out one of my favorite NestLearning Animated Hero Classics DVDs is about one such heroic woman, Marie Curie. She had a devoted husband who loved her and did his best to give her the honor that she deserved, even when it meant risking his standing in the educational, business and intellectual community. 

As I watched the film, I couldn’t help but think how blessed my daughters are to have been born in a different time than she.  Marie was Polish in Russian-occupied Poland in the late 1800s.  She overcame poverty and significant ethnic and gender discrimination to become one of the most influential people of all time.  She is credited with discovering radium and polonium (which she named after her homeland.) Marie Curie was one accomplished lady. 

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A couple of years ago, a new photo of 8-year old Helen Keller with her teacher, Anne Sullivan taken in July 1888. Apparently it had been in the private family collection of a gentleman for many years and was recently acquired by the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Helen’s wonderful story of personal perseverance and triumph is inspirational. As an adult, Helen was a pioneer for the rights of the less fortunate and oppressed. The American Federation for the Blind has an on-line Helen Keller Kids Museum that is pretty cool.

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