You never cease to amaze! Thank you for this post.
I joined the Society of Women Engineers in 1978 because a good friend of mine, Mary Lacey, said that they welcomed all, even men. A few years later I went to a SWE annual awards conference to see Mary get their highest award. Mary went on to become the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for all Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation (DASN RDT&E). She was a constant reminder of how our nation looses out if we cannot access the talent and abilities of all of our people, not just some of our men.
I look forward to witnessing the ERA become an amendment as well as all the other Constitutional amendments we must have to tell the SCOTUS what we, the people, think of their hijacking of our justice system.
Don't ever keep your opinions to yourself, dear Gloria. Your opinion matters. You speak the truth. Those pioneer women should inspire all women. May we make their spirits proud. May all American women join us in the fight of our lives!!
Ha! Same … except for the past few years (living in a super majority red state, in the age of RAGE, with open carry laws) I’ve tended to not poke the bear… but still get spicy when I see women mistreated and disrespected.
The supreme court (sic) has shown us that we owe it to our brothers and sisters to ensure that all the teeth and tools of enforcement of every provision of the Voting Rights Act are reintroduced and passed. If need be, we should introduce an Amendment which requires a super majority of 2/3 of both Houses to pass. Keep that last fact in mind come November 5 and vote accordingly. No citizen should be deprived of the right to vote unmolested and be able to do so without intimidation.
All of the people instrumental in my elementary, secondary, and university education as well as those assisting me in developing and advancing my professional career were women.
Women are always behind the scenes. Lysistrata to now. Sacrifices seen , but hardly recognized. Stand up. Rosie Riveter build your legacy. Time is now. Sorority, unity.
That family, the Hornbeins, were quite accomplished. Both of her daughters got them. And her brother, my great uncle, was a union lawyer who ran the Colorado Democratic Party for the first half of the last century, and did a lot of litigation against the Klan. Alas, my grandmother came down with MS at some point, which ultimately flattened her. As a little girl, my mother tried to make a deal with God--take me by next thursday, and give my mother back her life, or something like that. When next Thursday came and went, and nothing happened, my mother, then 9, realized she couldn't save her mother. And my mother, as well as one of her sister's kids, ended up with MS. My mother was lucky to have an absolutely devoted husband (my father) and a lot of friends in the Boston area where they lived--many of whom they'd met in graduate school.
Thank you for being appreciative! There's another Hornbein, Thomas Hornbein, who, on the American expedition of 1963, was one of the first two people to reach the summit of Everest via the West Ridge. The Hornbein Couloir on Everest is named for him. Later, he was head of anaesthesiology at the University of Washington.
I'd never been interested in mountain climbing, but in the winter of '22-'23, I decided that since I had this eminent second and third cousin, I should read his book and a few others, so I could ask intelligent questions. In early May of '23, one morning I felt I was just about ready--I'd look through Into Thin Air, by Jon Kraukauer one more time. Impulsively, I googled Tom. Up came some obituaries. He'd died a few days earlier of leukemia, at 92. https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/remembering-tom-hornbein-everest-pioneer/
I had not expected him to die. One Hornbein, a woman, had made it to 104, and had been an important person in the Jewish community in Buffalo, where she settled as a young adult. My brother had visited Colorado and hiked with Tom about a decade ago, and despite being 20 years younger and reasonably fit, had had trouble keeping up with him.
And then there's my mother, and her sister, Rose Dobrof.
Read up on Matilda Joslyn Gage. She was the third author, with Stanton and Anthony, of the first volumes of the History of Woman Suffrage. She also wrote WOMAN, CHURCH & STATE, a critique of patriarchal religion. She was an intersectional feminist a century before there was a word for such a thing, which IMO is a big reason that she was largely erased from the record by those who were less visionary.
Gage's longtime home in upstate New York is a museum and study center dedicated to her life and work. I *am* going to get there in person one of these days, but here's the link: https://matildajoslyngage.org/
The audacity of some of the older women in retrumplican Bannon world working for decades to turn back the clock of voting rights to benefit a personal agenda. SILENT NO MORE.
"Harriet Tubman, the legendary conductor of the Underground Railroad. This fierce, unbreakable woman, who faced the horrors of slavery head-on and never wavered, understood that the battle for women's rights was inextricably linked to the battle for racial equality. Tubman lent her voice and her indomitable spirit to the cause . . ."
Harriet Tubman is a towering GIANT in American History.
On 14 November 1917, 14 brave Suffragists were pushed into the Occoquan Workhouse, where the repulsive, cowardly Superintendent, Raymond Whittaker, tasked his sadistic prison guards to beat the women, some suffragists suffering heart attacks, others beat into coma, in a torture that is remembered forever in infamy.
One can get the passion of the time in the contemporaneous affidavits filed by the suffragists:
I was just on YouTube and thought I would watch this old Diane Keaton film because I have always liked her as a bit of escape. I noticed that the only black people in the film were playing the roles of servants. I am a white woman who well remembers the day that MLK was murdered and I cried endlessly for days. I had 2 babies then and now they are in their late 50's and I am a year away from 80 and this hatred is still with us. It is still breaking my heart. I have been an activist ever since and this hatred is still with us.
Amen! Such a powerful sermon illuminating and highlighting key women in the fight for equality, liberation, and freedom. I will add a few more if I may.
-Remember Abigail Adams who pushed her husband to "remember the ladies" as he helped to engineer the revolution creating the United States of America: — "I long to hear that you have declared an independancy—and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors." (31 March 1776)
-Angelina (1805–1879) and Sarah Grimké ((1792–1873)- left South Carolina where they were born and raised on a plantation, joined the Quaker church, and eventually lived in New England where they lectured about abolition and women's rights. Sarah Grimke's pamphlet, The Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women, represents the first serious discussion of woman's rights by an American woman. (Lerner, Gerda (October 1963). "The Grimke Sisters and the Struggle Against Race Prejudice". Journal of Negro History. 48 (4): 277–291.)
Wyoming Territorial Assembly (1869) - passed the Women's Suffrage Act granting women the right to vote and hold public office in the territory, putting them on equal footing with men. When Wyoming became a state in 1890, this right was written into Article 6 of the new constitution ensuring universal suffrage. (Check out https://gowyld.libguides.com/wyomingwomenssuffrage for all of the firsts).
Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927)- "The first woman to run for president and the first female stock broker on Wall Street, Victoria Woodhull achieved remarkable success in finance, journalism, and politics. A spiritualist, suffragist, and free love advocate, Woodhull was an iconoclast who fought for her beliefs no matter how controversial they were at the time." (https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/victoria-woodhull)
Jeannette Rankin - Was the first woman to be elected to the House of Representatives. SHe served the state of Montana. Interesting fact. She voted against entering World War One, and was the only House member to vote against entering World War Two.
Alice Paul (Part 2) - Following the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, Paul pushed for a new constitutional amendment which read: “Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.” First introduced in 1923, the ERA was rewritten in 1943 and dubbed the “Alice Paul Amendment.” Although it passed Congress in 1972, it was never ratified.
Gloria,
You never cease to amaze! Thank you for this post.
I joined the Society of Women Engineers in 1978 because a good friend of mine, Mary Lacey, said that they welcomed all, even men. A few years later I went to a SWE annual awards conference to see Mary get their highest award. Mary went on to become the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for all Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation (DASN RDT&E). She was a constant reminder of how our nation looses out if we cannot access the talent and abilities of all of our people, not just some of our men.
I look forward to witnessing the ERA become an amendment as well as all the other Constitutional amendments we must have to tell the SCOTUS what we, the people, think of their hijacking of our justice system.
All the best,
David
You are the epitome of the “good men” I included. Thank you, David.
I second that.
Our country has a deplorable record on women's rights. Men should be humbled about this.
I've been fortunate in being around strong women all my life, but not everyone has.
Our grandmothers fought for us, 1965 voting rights act when LBJ was President was his victory and legacy. Keep the fight going ….
I won't be remembered as a woman who keeps her mouth shut. I'm ok with that.
Well behaved women seldomly make history!
👏👏👏
Don't ever keep your opinions to yourself, dear Gloria. Your opinion matters. You speak the truth. Those pioneer women should inspire all women. May we make their spirits proud. May all American women join us in the fight of our lives!!
Ha! Same … except for the past few years (living in a super majority red state, in the age of RAGE, with open carry laws) I’ve tended to not poke the bear… but still get spicy when I see women mistreated and disrespected.
If you’re feeling isolated in a red state, check out Jess Piper’s Substack. Jess offers hope and humor with extraordinary courage.
Gloria, Thank you for this reminder…
‘We Will Not Go Back!’
The supreme court (sic) has shown us that we owe it to our brothers and sisters to ensure that all the teeth and tools of enforcement of every provision of the Voting Rights Act are reintroduced and passed. If need be, we should introduce an Amendment which requires a super majority of 2/3 of both Houses to pass. Keep that last fact in mind come November 5 and vote accordingly. No citizen should be deprived of the right to vote unmolested and be able to do so without intimidation.
Absolutely what we must do.
All of the people instrumental in my elementary, secondary, and university education as well as those assisting me in developing and advancing my professional career were women.
They are the guardians.
Guardians, yes, and some were truly asskickers!
Women are always behind the scenes. Lysistrata to now. Sacrifices seen , but hardly recognized. Stand up. Rosie Riveter build your legacy. Time is now. Sorority, unity.
I remembered who I am and the game changed.
My maternal grandmother earned her PhD in 1915, six years before she got the right to vote. I'm sure the country is far better off with women voting.
That was an unheard of accomplishment in 1915. What a glorious woman.
That family, the Hornbeins, were quite accomplished. Both of her daughters got them. And her brother, my great uncle, was a union lawyer who ran the Colorado Democratic Party for the first half of the last century, and did a lot of litigation against the Klan. Alas, my grandmother came down with MS at some point, which ultimately flattened her. As a little girl, my mother tried to make a deal with God--take me by next thursday, and give my mother back her life, or something like that. When next Thursday came and went, and nothing happened, my mother, then 9, realized she couldn't save her mother. And my mother, as well as one of her sister's kids, ended up with MS. My mother was lucky to have an absolutely devoted husband (my father) and a lot of friends in the Boston area where they lived--many of whom they'd met in graduate school.
Your family history is amazing. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Thank you for being appreciative! There's another Hornbein, Thomas Hornbein, who, on the American expedition of 1963, was one of the first two people to reach the summit of Everest via the West Ridge. The Hornbein Couloir on Everest is named for him. Later, he was head of anaesthesiology at the University of Washington.
I'd never been interested in mountain climbing, but in the winter of '22-'23, I decided that since I had this eminent second and third cousin, I should read his book and a few others, so I could ask intelligent questions. In early May of '23, one morning I felt I was just about ready--I'd look through Into Thin Air, by Jon Kraukauer one more time. Impulsively, I googled Tom. Up came some obituaries. He'd died a few days earlier of leukemia, at 92. https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/remembering-tom-hornbein-everest-pioneer/
I had not expected him to die. One Hornbein, a woman, had made it to 104, and had been an important person in the Jewish community in Buffalo, where she settled as a young adult. My brother had visited Colorado and hiked with Tom about a decade ago, and despite being 20 years younger and reasonably fit, had had trouble keeping up with him.
And then there's my mother, and her sister, Rose Dobrof.
Read up on Matilda Joslyn Gage. She was the third author, with Stanton and Anthony, of the first volumes of the History of Woman Suffrage. She also wrote WOMAN, CHURCH & STATE, a critique of patriarchal religion. She was an intersectional feminist a century before there was a word for such a thing, which IMO is a big reason that she was largely erased from the record by those who were less visionary.
I will. Thank you so much for taking the time to share these books with me.
Gage's longtime home in upstate New York is a museum and study center dedicated to her life and work. I *am* going to get there in person one of these days, but here's the link: https://matildajoslyngage.org/
Just added to my bucket list. Thanks!
Thanks for the share @Susanna J. Sturgis
Wow… really well written; I’m touched, moved and inspired.
Thank you. Please pass it along.
The audacity of some of the older women in retrumplican Bannon world working for decades to turn back the clock of voting rights to benefit a personal agenda. SILENT NO MORE.
AMEN SISTER!!!!!!
My Grandmother as the first in-line to sign up to VOTE!!!!
Your grandmother
YEAH!
I strongly agree with Bob that our country has a terrible record on women’s rights. I too have been around dynamic women all my life.
Thank you, Lan
I am a woman
I'm a lover, I'm a giver
And I have sisters
I am not a piece of property
That you can or can't afford.
I am not your traders favorite stock
But I'm not to be ignored.
So beautiful, Malcolm. ❤️
Gloria Horton-Young: Thank you, thank you, thank you!
"Harriet Tubman, the legendary conductor of the Underground Railroad. This fierce, unbreakable woman, who faced the horrors of slavery head-on and never wavered, understood that the battle for women's rights was inextricably linked to the battle for racial equality. Tubman lent her voice and her indomitable spirit to the cause . . ."
Harriet Tubman is a towering GIANT in American History.
On 14 November 1917, 14 brave Suffragists were pushed into the Occoquan Workhouse, where the repulsive, cowardly Superintendent, Raymond Whittaker, tasked his sadistic prison guards to beat the women, some suffragists suffering heart attacks, others beat into coma, in a torture that is remembered forever in infamy.
One can get the passion of the time in the contemporaneous affidavits filed by the suffragists:
https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/women-fight-for-the-vote/about-this-exhibition/confrontations-sacrifice-and-the-struggle-for-democracy-1916-1917/suffrage-and-world-war-i/night-of-terror/
Armand, what a gift! Thank you. 🙏
If we stifle history, we will repeat it's atrocities!
El Lund: Well said!
I was just on YouTube and thought I would watch this old Diane Keaton film because I have always liked her as a bit of escape. I noticed that the only black people in the film were playing the roles of servants. I am a white woman who well remembers the day that MLK was murdered and I cried endlessly for days. I had 2 babies then and now they are in their late 50's and I am a year away from 80 and this hatred is still with us. It is still breaking my heart. I have been an activist ever since and this hatred is still with us.
It won’t go away until we end it.
What an eloquent argument for the continuing fight for equality and fairness and the right to vote! Thank you!!!
Amen! Such a powerful sermon illuminating and highlighting key women in the fight for equality, liberation, and freedom. I will add a few more if I may.
-Remember Abigail Adams who pushed her husband to "remember the ladies" as he helped to engineer the revolution creating the United States of America: — "I long to hear that you have declared an independancy—and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors." (31 March 1776)
-Angelina (1805–1879) and Sarah Grimké ((1792–1873)- left South Carolina where they were born and raised on a plantation, joined the Quaker church, and eventually lived in New England where they lectured about abolition and women's rights. Sarah Grimke's pamphlet, The Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women, represents the first serious discussion of woman's rights by an American woman. (Lerner, Gerda (October 1963). "The Grimke Sisters and the Struggle Against Race Prejudice". Journal of Negro History. 48 (4): 277–291.)
Wyoming Territorial Assembly (1869) - passed the Women's Suffrage Act granting women the right to vote and hold public office in the territory, putting them on equal footing with men. When Wyoming became a state in 1890, this right was written into Article 6 of the new constitution ensuring universal suffrage. (Check out https://gowyld.libguides.com/wyomingwomenssuffrage for all of the firsts).
Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927)- "The first woman to run for president and the first female stock broker on Wall Street, Victoria Woodhull achieved remarkable success in finance, journalism, and politics. A spiritualist, suffragist, and free love advocate, Woodhull was an iconoclast who fought for her beliefs no matter how controversial they were at the time." (https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/victoria-woodhull)
Jeannette Rankin - Was the first woman to be elected to the House of Representatives. SHe served the state of Montana. Interesting fact. She voted against entering World War One, and was the only House member to vote against entering World War Two.
Alice Paul (Part 2) - Following the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, Paul pushed for a new constitutional amendment which read: “Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.” First introduced in 1923, the ERA was rewritten in 1943 and dubbed the “Alice Paul Amendment.” Although it passed Congress in 1972, it was never ratified.
Loved reading your additions.
All women to be amazed at.
Woodhall, She knew how to live!