Well, here we are: November 2014.
Coming off the mid-term elections, we women did not fare very well AT ALL! But, let’s find the good. Alma Adams, a Democrat from North Carolina, becomes the 100th woman to serve in the Congress. Yay. But that’s all I got….
I am heartbroken to report that we had the lowest voter turnout in 72 years.This is tragic. As your resident Cultural Herstorian, I cannot help but think about another tragic November event. Back on November 15, 1917, Super Suffragist and all around Fabulous Female Alice Paul was arrested with a bunch of her sister suffragists for peacefully picketing in front of the White House for the right to vote. They were charged with obstructing sidewalk traffic and physically – literally – thrown into jail. It was called the Night Of Terror. And it was.