Today marks the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution. In 1848, a group of people came together in Seneca Falls, NY and wrote the Declaration of Sentiments. First on the list was the right to vote. Four years later, in 1852, Susan B. Anthony proclaimed the right to vote [...]
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Heroes for My Daughter: Mara Abbott
Last Sunday was a quiet day for sports in most US homes. Some people were watching golf or World Cup. Maybe even a few were watching the Tour de France. It was tough watching Lance go down and get back up, only to finish the day too far behind to catch up. While all that [...]
Heroes for my Daughter: Atticus Finch
For Father’s Day I went with my own personal parenting hero. I don’t think I can add anything else, except to say (re)read the book, and (re)watch the movie. “Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. It’s knowing you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it [...]
Heroes for my Daughter: The Black Panther Party
Founded in 1966 by Huey Newton, and Texan Bobby Seale, in Oakland, California, the Black Panther Party (BPP) represented an angry voice calling for an end to police brutality in communities of color, particularly African-American communities. Eventually, the BPP rejected black nationalism in favor of racially inclusive socialism targeting poverty and its institutional causes. Admittedly, [...]
Heroes for my Daughter: Dolores Huerta
Born in New Mexico in 1930, Dolores Huerta’s parents divorced when she was 3 years old. Her mother moved the family to Stockton, California. There Dolores and her two brothers were raised by their grandfather, and mother who worked several jobs to support the family. Huerta originally taught elementary school, but became frustrated by the [...]
