International Woman's Day March 8th

It is the 100th Anniversary of International Woman's Day.
The first year of International Women's Day they held a parade to honor and raise awareness of the plight of the women and children who die in the work place- the Triangle Fire in New York City in which the workers were unable to escape because the owner had locked them in and so 140 women and child labors died in the fire. A Nightmare. This event rallied women into action.
Today we are asking everyone to stand on a bridge anywhere and anytime on March 8th. This is to honor all the women and children killed in the wars happening in our world.
75% of the human beings killed are women and children- yes, the ones that have no protection. For details:
I urge you to go to www.womenforwomen.org
Everyone needs to be on that Bridge.

Two Women of Peace

Mairead Corrigan was born this day in 1944. Born and raised in Belfast Ireland in the Catholic faith. Ms. Corrigan is the youngest person to receive, "The Nobel Peace Prize" in 1977 at age 32.
The violence in Northern Ireland touched Mairead life when three of her sister Ann's children were it by a get away car and killed. Her sister Ann committed suicide later. Betty Williams was a witness to the tragic event.
They bonded over this event and formed, "Women for Peace". which later was named, "Community for Peace People." By the end of the month these brave women lead 35,000 people to take to the streets of Belfast protesting the violence between the Republicans and Loyalists.
"Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams,Making Peace in Northern Ireland"a book which follows their powerful lives.
Corrigan and Williams are still extremely active in promoting Peace throughout the world. Read more and be proud of these fine women. And pray for Peace- today more than ever women and children are the victims of war, violence. 75% of the victims of war are women and children.

Pen Name

Women writers in the early centuries of publishing (15th to the early part of the 20th century) most times had to conceal their sex to get their works published. And so they would create a masculine name for themselves or be annonomyous or if they were daring- "A Lady".and mail their work in and it would be judged on their talent not their sex.
Remember, women were not considered fully human in the United States until 1889! And this issue was pressed because women would be in a bad marriage and to leave would mean leaving EVERYTHING and EVERYONE. Their children. Money, land, possessions that was from their family. Their husband would become owner of all when they married and even if the marriage failed the husband took everything. Tragic. So when you think about how marriages seemed work better in the "olden days"...
Another reason women would hide the fact they were writers...it was frowned upon by society, she might be labeled a "blue nose" and then never get a husband! Oh, dear. Many thought education the female sex would ruin them and a waste of time and money.

Born this day in 1850, Mary Noailles Murfree was born. Considered one of the "first significant" fiction writers about Appalachia. Her characters were based on the post Civil War folks and captured the "local colour". Ms. Murfree wrote novels and short stories for the Atlantic Monthly. Her pen name? Mr. Charles Egbert Craddock. Ms. Murfree revealed her sex to her editor at the Atlantic Monthly five into the working relationship. My, my. Mary Murfree died July 31, 1920.

You can read her short stories and novels at e-book@ProjectGutenburg.

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