The Vote that Could be heard around the World!

Women have endured persecution and overcome great challenges to be able to vote. 

Around the World, Women have been given the Vote at different milestones throughout History. 

• 1893 New Zealand
• 1902 Australia
• 1906 Finland
• 1913 Norway
• 1915 Denmark
• 1917 Canada
• 1918 Austria, Germany, Poland, Russia
• 1919 Netherlands
• 1920 United States (19th U.S. Constitutional Amendment)
• 1921 Sweden
• 1928 Britain, Ireland
• 1931 Spain
• 1934 Turkey
• 1944 France
• 1945 Italy, Bosnia, Indonesia, Senegal
• 1947 Argentina, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan
• 1949 China, Syria
• 1950 India
• 1954 Colombia
• 1956 Comoros, Egypt, Mali, Mauritania, Somalia
• 1957 Malaysia, Zimbabwe
• 1962 Algeria
• 1963 Iran, Morocco
• 1964 Libya, Sudan
• 1967 Ecuador
• 1971 Switzerland
• 1972 Bangladesh
• 1974 Jordan
• 1976 Portugal
• 1984 Liechtenstein
• 1989 Namibia
• 1990 Western Samoa
• 1993 Kazakhstan, Moldova
• 1994 South Africa, Oman
• 2005 Kuwait
• 2006 United Arab Emirates
• 2015 Saudi Arabia Source

Countries that are ruled by Dictators, such as Brunei and United Arab Emirates, have limited voting rights for both men and women. Only 2 Countries that use an electoral system in government, currently do not allow women to vote:

❖Saudi Arabia ~ When this article was originally written, Women in Saudi Arabia could not vote. In 2011, King Abdullah granted Saudi Women the right to vote starting with the 2015 elections.

❖Vatican City ~ The smallest country in the World with almost 800 inhabitants. The Pope is elected by the College of Cardinals. Women cannot be cardinals, therefore cannot vote.

Interesting Note: Liechtenstein was the last country in Europe to grant women's voting rights in 1984.

✑Exercise your Rights, Women worked hard to get them for you!

updated 3/23/19

RESPECT!

So often these days, I see young women that have no respect for themselves. They degrade themselves in public, claiming shock value or independence. It seems the mentality of many women, that if they degrade or victimize themselves before anyone else can - that somehow gives them power.

In actuality, it just gives away pieces of yourself and grants others the permission to treat you with less respect than you deserve. This leads to poor and unhealthy relationships, self worth issues and re-victimization.



If you don't respect yourself, how do you expect anyone else to.

Self worth is something that is not gained from other people or outside sources, rather it is cultivated from within. True self empowerment never comes from self deprecation.

Believe in your own Self Worth! 

•º•COMMAND RESPECT FROM YOURSELF
                    DEMAND RESPECT FROM OTHERSº•º

Rage Against the Machine

We are a fast food society in a diet pill world, waiting for the big payout. 

People pass each other on the street with no regard for the person that they see, no greetings, or even acknowledgement of each other as a fellow human being. 

We have become self consumed, self absorbed, and self indulgent. 

We are distracted and consumed by modern technology and conveniences and it has made this a faceless world where there is little respect and accountability to the way that we treat each other. 

slow down, look around, 

& pay attention - 

you are missing so much. 

Human relationship is the only way to healing. How we relate to, speak to, and treat each other makes the difference between a cruel and hardened world and an engaged and compassionate one. 

Only when we go back to treating each other like humans, will we ever be able to overcome the many societal challenges that plague this modern day culture ~ racism, classism, sexism. 

∞It is your WORLD - make it a wonderful one!∞

Try Not to Get Cut

You can't break through a Glass Ceiling without getting a little cut up.

Any person who has been the first at anything - first woman to join the Citadel, the first African American to go to a Desegregated School in the south, the first Man on the Moon; has had to face many challenges and obstacles that probably seemed insurmountable at the time. They may have not even enjoy their victory because of all of the turmoil but THEY WERE THE FIRST. Someone always has to be and it clears the way, free of as much glass hopefully, for others to follow.

Some people may be better at breaking glass, they may learn to take precautions before breaking it or even safer ways to break through the glass; but even the most skilled person is going to get a few scratches.

So if you have gotten cut up a bit by being one of the firsts in a social changing situation; wear your scars with pride. 

Remember -- You Made History and We ALL are forever grateful to you for it.

Originally Posted 2/12

Gossip Girls Gone Wild

Gossiping  

An American Tradition among Women

In the early days of this country; especially on the frontier, there were no formal modes of communication. 

                               
Women would gather during quilting bees, jelly making, and barn raisings; they would talk of all that was happening in the community and develop friendships. Newspapers were a city amenity. Even in the urban areas most people still conveyed news of marriages, childbirths, and deaths by word of mouth. 

Today with news streaming on a continual basis; gossip has moved from a way to convey important events to a way to slander others. 

Gossip is very addicting and we all fall prey to it; but it is also very damaging, especially to female friendships. It serves as another form of division among us that should be eradicated if strengthening the bonds of the community is the goal.

♥Let's Keep it to a Minimum Ladies♥  

Love Yourself First

Often during the whirlwind of the season of Love, we forget about one of the most important Loves of All ~

Loving Yourself

We must first love ourselves with all of our flaws and shortcomings before anyone else can truly love us. 

• Tell yourself every morning how marvelous you are.
• Do something nice for yourself on a regular basis. 
• Don't talk bad about yourself, even to yourself.
• Don't sell yourself short.  
• Be kind to yourself.
• Forgive yourself.

Loving yourself is the foundation of a stable, happy, well adapted individual who can then form meaningful, healthy, and loving relationships with others. 

¡Happiness is within!