I celebrated my friend’s 40th birthday yesterday. He, his wife and I have all been friends since college and it has been a long time since we’ve seen each other. In the morning, I looked up what happened on this day in history. I do this often and it is something fun to see who he shared his birthday with (We thought it was cool that his birthday was shared with Thomas Magnum!) and other historical events. I also decided to do this again this morning.
On my search today, August 5, there was a significant birth and death, but I’m sure that few people even know these ladies. It was the birth of Mary Ritter Beard and the death of Millicent Garrett Fawcett. Both ladies were part of the women’s suffrage. Ms. Beard in both the United States and Great Britain, and Ms. Fawcett in Great Britain. I read about what these ladies did. And as I read, I realized that these ladies were extremely liberal for the time that they lived. They did things that were not the “norm” of that time and wanted massive change!
For the most part, people think that because I am married to a soldier that I am very conservative. But if you get to know me, you will realize that I am one that is not easily labeled. It has been often said that I am too liberal to be a republican, but to conservative to be a democrat. I’m rather stuck in the middle.
So the next time that someone scoffs at a liberal idea, remind them that some liberal ideas are not all bad. If they were, women may still not have the right to vote or own property!!!
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