Women’s Equality Day - August 26, 2022

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Celebrate Women's Equality Day

Women’s Equality Day commemorates 26th August 1920 when votes to women officially became part of the US constitution. This day marks a turning point in the history of the struggle for equal treatment of women and women’s rights.

Learn about National Women’s Equality Day

National Women’s Equality Day has been designed to commemorate the Nineteenth Amendment being adopted in the 1920s in the United States. This act stopped the federal government and states from preventing people the right to vote based on their sex.

History of National Women’s Equality Day

National Women’s Equality Day has been celebrated for many years. It was direst celebrated in 1973. Since then, the United States President has proclaimed the date. The date has been selected to commemorate the day in the 1920s when Bainbridge Colby, who was the Secretary of State at the time, signed the proclamation that gave women in the United States the constitutional right to vote.

In 1920, the day stood for the result of 72 years of campaigning by a huge civil rights movement for women. Prior to movements like these, even respected thinkers such as Rousseau and Kant believed that woman’s inferior status in society was completely logical and reasonable; women were ‘beautiful’ and ‘not fit for serious employment’.

Over the last century, great women have proved these views wrong as the world has witnessed just what women are capable of achieving, from the likes of Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt fighting for civil rights and equality to great scientists such as Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin and Jane Goodall. The last century has shown more than ever what both women and men are capable of achieving, given the opportunity.

Today, women’s equality has grown to mean much more than just sharing the right to the vote. Organizations such as Equality Now and Womankind Worldwide continue to work to provide women across the globe with equal opportunities to education and employment, pushing against suppression and violence towards women and against the discrimination and stereotyping which still occur in every society.

Every year, the president reads a proclamation, noting the amazing work of trailblazers in this movement. In 2016, President Barack Obama said the following:

“Today, as we celebrate the anniversary of this hard-won achievement and pay tribute to the trailblazers and suffragists who moved us closer to a more just and prosperous future, we resolve to protect this constitutional right and pledge to continue fighting for equality for women and girls”.

thanks, 'Summer Cakes' pics, Michele, Picture Coordinator

JOKE OF THE DAY

thanks, Michele

WORD OF THE DAY

Godzilla

MEANING:

noun:
1. Someone or something of enormous size.
2. Someone or something fierce, frightening, monstrous, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:

After the 1954 Japanese film Gojira released in the US in 1956 as Godzilla. The film features an enormous dinosaur-like monster. Earliest documented use: 1965.

USAGE:

“She’d had too much to drink. ... She’d known she would wake up with a Godzilla of a hangover.”
Candace Bushnell; Lipstick Jungle; Hyperion; 2008.

TODAY'S ARTIST 

thanks, Natalie

Avigdor Arikha (April 28, 1929 – April 29, 2010) 

was a Romanian-born French–Israeli artist, printmaker and art historian.

IDIOM OF THE DAY

What does 'blood is thicker than water' mean?

Meaning: This idiom means that family relationships are stronger than others.

thanks, Patsy

(Not So) TOTALLY USELESS FACTS OF THE DAY

Only female mosquitoes bite.

A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.

The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times.

YOUR CALL by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent

Interesting from both an historical and genealogical point of view

I am a real mix, mostly through my mother's mother's line going back - I am also distantly related to Kanye West and Michelle Obama through some black ancestors I didn't know I had (I am possibly, technically an octoroon, by my 12% African genetic makeup). What kills me is some of these people are traced back hundreds of years through extant records.

PATTERN BOOK FRIDAY

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COFFEE

thanks, Ella

PICTURES OF THE DAY

The Prothonotary Warbler is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. It breeds in hardwood swamps in southern Canada and the eastern United States, nesting in a cavity. The male often builds several incomplete unused nests in his territory; the female builds the real nest. It winters in the West Indies, Central America and northern South America. This bird was named after officials in the Roman Catholic Church known as the protonotarii, who wore golden robes.

Southern France

Riders practice kitesurfing and windsurfing in Marignane

I just need the watering can.... I have shells & fishing line :o)))

knit
thanks, Emma

Cable Beach Jumper

knit
thanks, Stella

Striped Stockinette Snake

knit

Jacket with pleats, sleeves with pleats

knit

Fairy Leaves Dress

knit

For a Brioche

You just KNOW she's going to jump right in!!!

KNIT PATTERNS OF THE DAY

thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent

Garter Tab Cast on Shawl

Cozy Cables Throw

getting too old to chase the dandelions

 

crochet
thanks, Lois

Easy Crochet Dinosaur Backpack

crochet
thanks, Rose

Dream Shawl

crochet

Blue elephant with balloon

crochet

Samanhekling…

crochet

Sherbert Stripes Sampler Baby Blanket

you really need this basket for your fruit???

RECIPE

thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent

Smoked Almond Pesto Spaghetti

he sure is a great passenger

PANTRY RECIPE

thanks, Debbie

1 10 3/4 ounce can condensed cream of celery soup
1/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups diced cooked potatoes or two 16-ounce cans potatoes, drained and diced
1/2 pound frankfurters, bias-sliced into 1-inch pieces

In medium skillet combine soup, milk, relish, vinegar, onion, salt and dash pepper; cook and stir till boiling. Stir in potatoes and frankfurters; heat. Top with snipped parsley, if desired. Serves 4 to 5.

CROCKPOT RECIPE

thanks, Shelley

Slow Cooker Shredded Mexican Chicken

a tad too much of a nautical theme here????

VEGAN/ VEGETARIAN RECIPE

Both vegetarian and vegan diets may provide health benefits, including reduced body weight, lower cholesterol levels, and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, it is important for vegetarians and vegans to ensure that they are meeting all of their nutritional requirements.

thanks, Alice

Vegan Gluten Free Wedding Cake

heads up & eyes forward when walking on the trails...

COPYCAT RECIPE 

thanks, Valerie

Xian Famous Foods' Copycat Cumin Lamb Biang Biang Noodles

teach them young on how to show their love

RETRO RECIPE

thanks, Ann

Horseradish Crusted Roast Beef

In this 1956 episode of "I Love Lucy," Lucy admires the style of a Paris model. Ricky, not so much. The model's name is Georgia Holt, and she was Cher's mother.

SWEETS RECIPE

thanks, Sandy

Taylor Swift Flag Cake

what we need thanks to the deer

ICE POP

thanks, Michelle

Homemade Kiwi Sorbet Recipe

someone should have built this to last.... glad it's not ours!!!

COOKBOOK FRIDAY

DoubleTree by Hilton Mission: Cookie

ADULT COLORING

FUN

A 10 foot rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the bottom rung on the surface of the water. The rungs are one foot apart, and the tide goes up at the rate of 6 inches per hour. How long will it be until three rungs are covered?

Answer:

Never. The boat rises as the tide goes up.

sitting pretty as a picture

CRAFTS

thanks, Hazel

Doodling Aluminum Notebook Covers

this monarch sure made this little gal happy

CHILDREN'S CORNER

thanks, Maria

To Make Geometric Shape
Each ornament (lets call them that for now as I don’t know the correct geometric name). Requires 5 drinking straws and about two yards of fine gage wire. Do yourself a favor and get some fine gage wire (mine here is a 28) you’ll thank me for that one.

let them enjoy the feel of, the smell of, the joy of the flowers

PUZZLE

Budgerigar Box Jigsaw Puzzle

good morning to my flower eaters!

WORD SEARCH

absolve acute banter barely capsize dote envious equity

fiber gentle gutter heart heavy iodine island

learn length mire nail navy normal nucleus other

raven reason sense sewer simply spray table trifle typewriter

umiak upset warden warehouse wedge will yellow

did someone say BBQ????

SUDOKU .. medium

solution:

his new toy releases food 'if' and 'as' he plays!

ICE BREAKER

thanks, Kris

You can use 'ice breaker questions' to build a rapport, enabling strangers to engage in back and forth conversion. With a little practice and possibly a beer or two, you’ll be breaking more ice than the Titanic. 

What’s The Most Spontaneous Thing You’ve Ever Done?

QUOTE

thanks, Joan

thanks for the pic, Heide

CLEVER 

thanks, Nancy

Avocado Hacks

EYE OPENER 

thanks, Miriam

Explore stunning photos of lighthouses in the US.

USA Stars and Lights Collection

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

In the new version of the law of supply and demand, jobs are so cheap -- as measured by the pay -- that a worker is encouraged to take on as many of them as she possibly can. -Barbara Ehrenreich, journalist and author (b. 26 Aug 1941)

OPTICAL ILLUSION

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