International Women's Day

March 8, 2015, is International Women's Day.  It is  day to celebrate women all over the world and recognize their achievements and growth.  No matter how small or how large our growth is, it is a step to recreating and bettering ourselves each and every day.  But how did this great day come to be?  I did a little research and found how it was started in this country:

International Women's Day first emerged from the activities of the labor movements at the turn of the twentieth century in North America and Europe.  In 1909, the first national Woman's Day was observed in the U.S.  This day was designated in honor of the 1908 garment workers strike in New York, where women protested against the working conditions.  Now most of us, if not all of us, cannot imagine working in hot, filthy conditions for pennies on the hour with no personal respect from our bosses and higher up personnel.  We should acknowledge the women of the past that helped provide us with some of the political freedoms and personal luxuries that we have today that they were never able to fully experience.

I just wanted to point out a few great women who helped pave the way;

In the U.S. in 1851, Stanton began working with Susan B. Anthony, a well-known abolitionist.  The two women worked together. Anthony handled the business affairs of the women's rights movement and Stanton did most of the writing.  Together, they edited and published a woman's newspaper called The Revolution beginning in 1868.

In Africa, the African Women's Development aims to enable women to understand and participate in public affairs and also hold those in public office accountable for their decisions and actions.

In Europe, even Joan of Arc was able to convince a whole army of men to follow her and successfully led the French army to victory.

This is just a small example of how powerful women all around the world can be.  We hold the power within ourselves to make great things happen.

Ladies, Let's Get Started

Hello, strong and beautiful ladies!

This blog is for women to feel beautiful, feel empowered, and feel inspired.  How we are and how we feel starts within ourselves.  This blog helps us deal with our fears, celebrates our joys and milestones, and helps each one of us see that our experiences can be so similar and so different at the same time.  Each of us has a unique story and the influence we have on other women around us, or even everyone altogether, is extremely profound if we stop and think about it.  Just think how the women in each of our own lives have shaped us - our mother, sisters, children, the girls at the office or job, or even a casual stranger we may meet in the street. The stories behind each face may not be what we imagine.

So, this blog will tackle some hard issues we face as women and will also make us laugh hysterically (hopefully!) as we love and learn about the journey that it is to be a woman. I would be giddy and elated to hear stories from anyone who would like to share an experience that shaped them.  Let's travel down this road together and see where we end up.

Also, just a little about me...I am in my late 40's, and after all these years, I am getting my degree in teaching English and Writing.  I will start my Bachelor's this Fall. I'm halfway there to getting my degree - time has gone fast, but yet it still seems like a ways to go yet.  I am also a playwright at Thespian Production and have had a few plays produced in NYC.  I am especially proud of my play, A Different Kind of Love, which deals with domestic violence awareness.  What I am most proud of is being a woman and the impact we can create on our families as well as other women.  As someone once told me, we should "educate, uplift, and inspire" others.