23 5 / 2013
"If you see that some aspect of your society is bad, and you want to improve it, there is only one way to do so: you have to improve people. And in order to improve people, you begin with only one thing: you can become better yourself."
23 5 / 2013
Born May 23, 1810: MARGARET FULLER (1810–1850), distinguished woman of letters, teacher, literary critic, journalist, Transcendentalist, brilliant conversationalist, critic, activist, the nation’s first feminist, and one of the intellectual prime movers of her day.
15 5 / 2013
Happy Birthday, Madeleine Albright!!!
Watch the first female U.S. Secretary of State talk about how she learned speak up as the US Ambassador to the UN.
(Source: makers.com)
15 5 / 2013
A tiny, beautiful thing.
Found primarily in Central America (Mexico through Panama), the glasswinged butterfly’s name in Spanish is Espejitos which translates as little mirrors. In certain lights, the translucent wing parts have a glossy, almost reflective quality to them that makes their Spanish name effectively accurate. Whether they’re seen as glass or mirrors, though, there’s something absolutely fascinating about the way these butterflies’ wings offer a surreal look at the environment around the insect. It’s like they’re tiny ornaments designed to draw the eye to the scenic appeal of nature.
13 5 / 2013
Representative Yvonne Brathwaite Burke leaves Queen of Angels hospital with her 6-day-old daughter Autumn Roxann. Yvonne was the first member of Congress to give birth while in office.
13 5 / 2013
Born May 13, 1850: Ellen Spencer Mussey. Law schools wouldn’t accept her because she had lady parts, so she passed the bar exam without having attended law school. And then, in addition to practicing law, created a law school that accepted women.
07 5 / 2013
Born May 7, 1868: Gail Laughlin (1868–1952), first woman lawyer in Maine and long-time public servant
07 5 / 2013
A suffragist and a minister, Rev. Phebe A. Coffin Hanaford (1829–1921) believed that scripture “retarded the progress of woman for centuries, but not for all time.”
