Archive for politics
March 27, 2009
· Filed under Native Americans, Women's History, environment, politics, women in politics, womens issues · Tagged activist, Anishinaabe, environmental, Native American, United Nations, Winona LaDuke, women in politics, women’s issues
Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe) is an internationally respected Native American and environmental activist. She began speaking about these issues at an early age, addressing the United Nations at the age of 18, and continues to devote herself to Native and environmental concerns, as well as political and women’s issues. LaDuke also served as Ralph Nader’s vice-presidential running mate on the Green Party ticket in the 1996 and 2000 presidential elections.
Source Cited: http://www.speakoutnow.org/userdata_display.php?modin=50&uid=79
Winona LaDuke, Anishinaabe, Native American, environmental, activist, United Nations, women’s issues, women in politics,
March 18, 2009
· Filed under Women's History, politics, women in politics, womens issues · Tagged firsts, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norway, Prime Minister, WHO, women in politics, World Health Organization
Norway’s first woman prime minister, Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, a physician, was Prime Minister of Norway 1981, 1986-1989, and 1990-1996. She has worked on health and environment issues internationally, and since 1998 has been the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/brundtland/Gro_Harlem_Brundtland.htm
March 14, 2009
· Filed under Women's History, politics, women in politics, womens issues · Tagged Sirimavo Bandaranaike, socialism, Sri Lanka, womens rights
Sirimavo Bandaranaike (born 1916) became the first woman prime minister in the world when she was chosen to head the Sri Lankan Freedom Party government in 1960, following the assassination of her husband. She pursued policies of nonalignment abroad and democratic socialism at home, and was reelected three times, she served from1960-1965, 1970-1977, and 1994-2000.
Source Cited: http://www.answers.com/topic/sirimavo-bandaranaike
March 11, 2009
· Filed under Women's History, politics, women in politics · Tagged Catherine Shouse, DNC, Harvard University, National Women's Hall of Fame, Seneca Falls, women in education, Womens History Month
Catherine Filene Shouse (1896 – 1994) the first woman to receive a Masters Degree in Education from Harvard University and the first woman appointed to the Democratic National Committee in 1919 was inducted into the Women’s Hall of Fame in 2007.
The National Women’s Hall of Fame, founded in Seneca Falls in 1969, was created to recognize that “the contributions of American women deserved a permanent home.”
Every year in New York Village, NY, in the very same building where the First Women’s Rights Convention was held in July of 1848, women gather to induct honorees into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame recognizes women who have made outstanding contributions to the progress of women’s freedom and to society in general.
Source Cited: http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=224
March 10, 2009
· Filed under Women's History, politics, women in politics, womens issues · Tagged Argentina, Isabel Peron, Juan Peron, Latin America, Womens History Month, womens rights
Isabel Peron, Argentina, President, 1974-1976
Isabel Perón was born María Estela Martinez Cartas on February 4, 1931, in La Rioja, a provincial capital in the impoverished mountainous region of northwestern Argentina. Her father, a local bank manager, died when she was still a young child. By the time of her father’s death, the family had moved to Buenos Aires, where she studied piano, dance, and French, although she was not able to finish her formal education.
In 1956, while on tour with a dance troupe through Latin America, she met Juan Perón, who had recently been ousted from the Argentine presidency after roughly ten years in power.
Giving up her career as a dancer, she became Perón’s personal secretary and accompanied him into exile in Madrid, where the two were married in 1961.
Isabel Martinez de Perón (born 1931) became the first female president in Latin America when she assumed the Argentine presidency upon the death of her husband, Juan Perón. Her term in office was characterized by political violence and economic instability until she was finally overthrown by the military.
Source Cited: http://www.answers.com/topic/isabel-mart-nez-de-per-n
March 5, 2009
· Filed under Women's History, politics, womens issues · Tagged abolition, author, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Julia Ward Howe, poet, poetry, suffrage, Unitarian, women in politics, Womens History Month, womens rights
Julia Ward Howe, a noted suffragette and author of “the Battle Hymn of the Republic”, was married to Samuel Gridley Howe, educator of the blind, who was also active in abolitionism and other reforms. Julia Ward Howe published poetry, plays and travel books, as well as many articles. A Unitarian, she was part of the larger circle of Transcendentalists, though not a core member. She became active in the women’s rights movement later in life, playing a prominent role in several suffrage organizations and in women’s clubs. http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_howe_julia_ward.htm
March 4, 2009
· Filed under Women's History, general interest, politics · Tagged famous firsts, Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State, Senate, US Senate, women
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who was sworn in as the 64th United States Secretary of State in 1997 after unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate, became the first female Secretary of State and the highest ranking woman in the United States government.
Source Cited:
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=224
March 3, 2009
· Filed under Women's History, general interest, politics, sacred imagery and spirituality · Tagged Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan, women, women in politics, women world leaders, Women’s History Month
Benazir Bhutto was the Prime Minister of Pakistan- war torn nation chooses the first woman prime minister to lead them out of war.
Benazir Bhutto was born in Karachi, Pakistan on June 21, 1953 to a prominent political family. At age 16 she left her homeland to study at Harvard’s Radcliffe College. After completing her undergraduate degree at Radcliffe she studied at England’s Oxford University, where she was awarded a second degree in 1977.
She was elected co-chairwoman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) along with her mother, and when free elections were finally held in 1988, she herself became Prime Minister. At 35, she was one of the youngest chief executives in the world, and the first woman to serve as prime minister in an Islamic country from 1988-1990, and then again from 1993-1996, she was assassinated on December 27, 2007.
Source Cited:
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/printmember/bhu0bio-1
October 2, 2008
· Filed under Quote for the Day, politics · Tagged Diane Tegarden, economics, Lyndon B. Johnson, water rights
Top o the Mornin’ to ya,
I was reading about water issues, rights of way, and divers topics, when I found this attached to the bottom of the newsletter.
Don’t presidents say the darnedest things?
“Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.” — Lyndon B. Johnson
By the way, Jack and I were talking about it and have agreed that anyone can either go by the suggested theme for the day or just add any quote that has grabbed your attention recently.
IT’S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU!!!
Huggles and buggles,
Auntie Diane Tegarden
July 24, 2008
· Filed under environment, politics, renewable energy · Tagged alternative energy, Diane Tegarden, Ed Rendell, funding, Pennsylvania, renewable energy, war
I’ve been saying for awhile that the government has the money to invest in RE projects, it just takes making the monetary commitment to do something about the problem, and then we’ll see progress with the environment, as well as new business opportunities.
Here’s one example of putting our money where our mouth is:
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Pennsylvania Creates $500M Alternative Energy Fund
on 23 Jul 2008 by Alternative Energy Retailer Staff
Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell has approved a bill that establishes a $500 million fund to support alternative energy projects. Special Session House Bill 1 authorizes the Commonwealth Financing Authority to borrow $500 million, most of which will be split into six funding sources relating to energy efficiency.
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If every state invested in new RE power plants (wind power, solar power, geothermal or ocean energy, depending on their location), the we could effectively end our dependence on foreign oil.
But then, what else would the war birds choose to fight over???
What are your thoughts, do you see a connection between war and the destruction of the earth?
