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My Grandmother, The Suffragette

Honoring my grandmother, Amelia Loving, has tuned me in to the inequities that women still face here in America.

The Hillary Clinton Campaign for President has underscored the prejudice that women must live with everyday in a supposed free country.
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Honoring My Grandmother: Amelia Loving

  1. Honoring My Grandmother
  2. History Of The Women's Movement
  3. Media Bias Promoted Hatred Of Women
  4. Bella Abzug Promotes Perseverance!!!
  5. What Are YOUR Grandmother Stories?
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Honoring My Grandmother

That's Me: Speaking Out Just Like My Grandmother!!

My grandmother was a suffragette. And today is her birthday.

She'd be 115 today.

Her name was Amelia Loving.

I honor her memory this election season by raising my own
consciousness regarding sexism in our society, especially
rearing up now in the Clinton/Obama battle for the
Presidency.

The term women's suffrage refers to the economic and
political reform movement aimed at extending suffrage - the right to
vote - to women. The movement's origins are usually traced
to the United States in the 1820s.

Women received the right to vote a full 100 years after the
Black Man, in 1920.

The answer to which country was the first to give women
the right to vote in national elections is usually credited to New
Zealand.

Today women's suffrage is considered a right (under the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women), although a few countries, mainly in the Middle East,
continue to deny voting rights to women.

Women in New Zealand were inspired to fight for their
voting rights by the equal-rights philosopher John Stuart Mill and the
activism of British feminists. In addition, the missionary efforts of the
American-based Women's Christian Temperance Union gave them the
motivation to fight.

There were, in fact, a few male politicians that supported
women's rights, such as John Hall, Robert Stout, Julius Vogel and
William Fox. In 1878, 1879, and 1887 amendments extending the vote to
women failed by a hair each time.

In 1893, New Zealand became the first major self-governing
country in the world to give women the vote.

Although the Liberal government which passed the bill
generally advocated social and political reform, the electoral bill
was only passed because of a combination of personality issues and
political accident. The bill granted the vote to women of all races.
New Zealand women were not given the right to stand for parliament,
however, until 1918.

In 2005, almost a third of the Members of Parliament
elected were female. Women recently are also in prestigious positions
such as prime minister, Governor-General and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and chief justice.

In sharp contrast to New Zealand, the United States has
only recently elected a woman Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, who
oddly, from my point of view, does not support Hillary Clinton for
President.

History Of The Women's Movement

As Hillary Clinton moves to secure the popular vote, with
the help of her loyal supporters, including myself, we all have had to
look at the ugly reality of hatred towards women in our American Society.

A You Tube Video, depicting Hillary as a witch, a *itch,
showing the likes of Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews spewing hateful,
sexist slurs that honestly hurt all women, and these examples were
representative of many months of such bashing: Sent me directly to my
local NBC affiliate to protest media bias, and to say that I was boycotting
the station.

I held a sign that said on one side: Stop Media Bias!!

On the other side of the sign: Media Bias Suppresses Votes!!

Also, my companion wore a white plastic bag that said:
Count Every Vote!!

Several days later, the folks in Florida sued the DNC
(Democratic National Committee) for not settling this problem of vote suppression long before this.

It took a few days to organize the protest, and one other
lovely woman was there, as well. Several newscasters came out and got a
statement, but I don't know if it was aired or not, since I no longer watch the
station!

It was raining, and it was a cold rain.

People passing in their cars beeped their horns in
sympathy to the cause. One elderly gentleman bought us a cup of coffee and
cookies. He said, "Thank you for what you are doing!!"

Hillary has stood up for Women's rights for 40 years, long
before she ever met her husband, our former President, Bill Clinton. And
now, she has opened a dialogue whereby a National Gender Re-education is
taking place.

And she is not going to give up. Her supporters continue
to give her money. We continue to protest Locally and Nationally for equal
representation for every man, woman and child.

We will carry her all the way to the convention, just as a
person is carried after she wins a major seemingly insurmountable challenge.

My grandmother nods approvingly.

But this fight does not end here.

Kate Loving Shenk

http://www.katelovingshenk.com/nursingcareertransformation
http://www.nursehealers.typepad.com

Media Bias Promoted Hatred Of Women

And Yes, Promotes Hate Crimes

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Bella Abzug Promotes Perseverance!!!

A Feminist heroine!!!

We Have A Legacy To Uphold!!

Women like Bella and Amelia Loving have made it possible for us to have Hillary running for President at this time in history.

"Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over" - Bella Abzug

What Are YOUR Grandmother Stories?

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    JaguarJulie Jun 3, 2009 @ 6:41 am | delete
    Isn't it amazing how important a part our grandmothers have played in our lives. I thank God for grandmothers!
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    KarenKay Aug 8, 2008 @ 9:43 am | delete
    Wow, Moo! This stuff makes me so angry! There is so much truth to it though. I am humming...hummmmmm

    Ok calmer. Going to wms media center now.

    Thanks my friend1
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    OhMe Aug 5, 2008 @ 9:23 am | delete
    A wonderful tribute to your grandmother. 5*
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    eccles1 Jul 5, 2008 @ 2:02 am | delete
    I think you are right what they been doing to women even now it happens alot but we can't let them do it to us anymore its our responsibility to do all we can!! Thank you
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    Sue RW Jun 3, 2008 @ 3:51 pm | delete
    This primary campaign has raised my awareness that "sexism" still exists on at a national level in the United States. I grew up in a family where boys and girls were encouraged to achieve and to compete in both school and sports. It never occurred to me that I could not pursue whatever career my skills, hard work and determination led me to pursue. By working and with help from a scholarship and from my parents, I was able to study business administration. I chose to enlist in the Air Force served as an admin. officer for a missile squadron After the Air Force, I entered business where I became a computer operations manager of a department comprised of approximately 300 employees. I now have my own business. Not experiencing discrimination, I had paid little attention and more or less thought we were past all that. How wrong I've been has become obvious during this campaign. The old stereotype of the "little woman" whose place is in the home is, unfortunately, alive and well.
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