March is Women's History Month

rgp said:
Oh, so now we all get our own history month ??



What ever happened to just history ..... and take your place in it ?
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Pinky said:
In Junior High, I wanted to take Shop class, rather than Home Economics, but was denied. I've always scored high in Mechanical Ability tests. Great that your teacher supported you.
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How sad that you were denied classes that held your interest!

I wasn't the best in class, but I did well enough that the teacher would ask me to demonstrate at times. My grades were good enough to earn me resentment from some of the guys in the class.

My auto teacher
 
Yaaay WOMEN!! This is from the Bing search engine 3/1/22

Women's History Month​

To celebrate the start of Women's History Month, our homepage photo features a candid shot of members of the US Army Nurse Corps in 1944. The women are shown in between training exercises while they await deployment to the South Pacific near the end of World War II. At the time, all who served in the Army Nurse Corps were women, and the units were all segregated. And though the need for nurses was urgent, the army had set a quota for just 160 Black nurses. By the end of the war, that number had increased to nearly 500.

Women's History Month offers an opportunity to study and celebrate women's vital role in history and their essential contributions to society today. The theme for the observance in 2022 is 'Women providing healing, promoting hope'—which seems like a good fit for our photo. How will you celebrate Women's History Month?

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I've always admired this woman:
Amelia Earheart

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Here is something about her:

Amelia on Wikipedia

Amelia on History.com

Amelia Earhart was an American aviator who set many flying records and championed the advancement of women in aviation. She became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first person ever to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland. During a flight to circumnavigate the globe, Earhart disappeared somewhere over the Pacific in July 1937. Her plane wreckage was never found, and she was officially declared lost at sea. Her disappearance remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century.

Amelia Mary Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897. She defied traditional gender roles from a young age. Earhart played basketball, took an auto repair course and briefly attended college.

During World War I, she served as a Red Cross nurse’s aid in Toronto, Canada. Earhart began to spend time watching pilots in the Royal Flying Corps train at a local airfield while in Toronto.

After the war, she returned to the United States and enrolled at Columbia University in New York as a pre-med student. Earhart took her first airplane ride in California in December 1920 with famed World War I pilot Frank Hawks—and was forever hooked.

I used to want to be a pilot when I was much younger and I believe I was inspired by Amelia.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Yaaay WOMEN!! This is from the Bing search engine 3/1/22

Women's History Month​

To celebrate the start of Women's History Month, our homepage photo features a candid shot of members of the US Army Nurse Corps in 1944. The women are shown in between training exercises while they await deployment to the South Pacific near the end of World War II. At the time, all who served in the Army Nurse Corps were women, and the units were all segregated. And though the need for nurses was urgent, the army had set a quota for just 160 Black nurses. By the end of the war, that number had increased to nearly 500.

Women's History Month offers an opportunity to study and celebrate women's vital role in history and their essential contributions to society today. The theme for the observance in 2022 is 'Women providing healing, promoting hope'—which seems like a good fit for our photo. How will you celebrate Women's History Month?

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Yes, Yay Women!! We've come a long way baby. Remember those cigarette commercials that used to say that? :LOL: :giggle:
 
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ohioboy said:
In the National Archives in Washington, D.C. they have the original Arrest Warrant for Susan B. Anthony for attempting to vote when Women were not legally permitted to do so.
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It seems so strange now that at one time women couldn't vote. I guess it's all a part of "keep em barefoot and pregnant" mentality.
 
Ruthanne said:
It seems so strange now that at one time women couldn't vote. I guess it's all a part of "keep em barefoot and pregnant" mentality.
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Nor walk in to "the long room" at Lords cricket ground in London, (that last bastion of male privilege has only fallen more recently!), and in western countries until well after WWII women couldn't serve in our armed forces doing front line fighting, though oddly enough women could rule as queen for millennia!
 
grahamg said:
Nor walk in to "the long room" at Lords cricket ground in London, (that last bastion of male privilege has only fallen more recently!), and in western countries until well after WWII women couldn't serve in our armed forces doing front line fighting, though oddly enough women could rule as queen for millennia!
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What on Earth 🌍?
 
RadishRose said:
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What Did Hedy Lamarr Invent?​


Until recently, actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr’s legacy was nothing short of shallow. She was just one of the many beautiful actresses that graced the screen during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Yet, in reality, historians should write Lamarr into history books as one of the most influential figures in the field of modern technology. Her invention, frequency hopping—a type of wireless technology—led to the advent of WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS.

Redesigning Faster Airplanes During WWIl​

On the eve of the U.S.’s involvement in WWII, one of Lamarr’s boyfriends, aviation tycoon Howard Hughes, took note of her brilliance. His new partner’s creativity and intelligence astounded him, causing the businessman to introduce her to his aerodynamics team so she could help advance the planes.

In 1997, she and her co-inventor of frequency hopping, Antheil, won the Pioneer Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). In addition to this, the film Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017) drew attention to her significant contributions to modern technology. Since then, articles from Forbes, the Smithsonian, Biography, PBS, and The New York Times have all helped reshape what people choose to remember and honor about Lamarr.
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I never knew this! So she was not just another pretty face!
 
grahamg said:
I can understand you being unable to understand the first line of my post, (though a quick internet search would provide your answer, do you need me to do this for you?), but the rest of it was a serious contribution to your thread you've chosen to ignore! :rolleyes::whistle:
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I didn't ignore any of it graham. My reply was meant to be my honest response to your entire post. I was aghast and at a loss for more words at this time but if more comes to mind later I will surely post it to you. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding.
 
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