I can’t be a rose in any man’s lapel.
– Margaret Trudeau
March – Women’s History Month
We at GlobalGranary.Org would like to pay homage to all women. And as such, we will be featuring a woman for each day of the week.
If you have any suggestion, please let us know and we will feature your choice if it meets our criteria. Your choice doesn’t have to be a ‘celebrity’. It could be anybody. But we would of course need that the candidate merits some iconic status.
Women, though still downtrodden in some societies are fast becoming more of a force to be reckoned with. Standing shoulder to shoulder with the male kind.
Just a few days ago, I heard that Iranian women are more emancipated. They are educated and hold prestigious jobs and are now more choosy of their partners.
The Philippines, where I came from, is a really a matriarchal society. Women are very strong. They look after the family and hold jobs as well. And they would not have second thoughts of getting a job abroad to become OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) if it meant a better life and offer good education for her children.
Maggie Kuhn
Our first Female icon is the Grey Pantheress, herself, Maggie Kuhn.
Maggie Kuhn when forced to retire at the age of 65 from her job with the Presbyterian Church, Maggie did not take the decision lying down. Instead with her indomitable strength of character she founded the Grey Panther with other retirees and work on civil rights, ageism, poverty and opposing the war against Vietnam.
Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.
– Maggie Kuhn
Ailie MacAdam is the most influential British female engineer!
“In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an ‘Annus Horribilis’. I suspect that I am not alone in thinking it so. Indeed, I suspect that there are very few people or institutions unaffected by these last months of worldwide turmoil and uncertainty.”
The Queen
24 Nov 1992
Despite having an annus horribilis in 1992, The Queen remained regal, strong and dignified at all times.
It is these qualities which keep the Monarchy popular not only in the UK and her commonwealth but also to many other people from around the world.
GOD BLESS THE QUEEN
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage’s early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. Her notes on the engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine. Because of this, she is often regarded as the first computer programmer.
She was the daughter of the iconic Lord Byron.