This month commemorates many firsts and notables in history for women such as the first woman elected to US Congress Jeannette Rankin, first American woman in space Dr. Sally Ride a physicist and pilot, Sally Jan Pries and was ordained as the first woman rabbi in the US, pioneering feminist Susan B Anthony was arrested for voting in a presidential election (which did not become legal until August 1920), the composer of the melody “Happy Birthday to You” Mildred J. Hill was born, as was Harriett Beecher Stowe who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, photojournalist Margaret Burke-White who became the first accredited war correspondent in World War II and American author Pearl Buck who wrote The Good Earth and won a Pulitzer Prize for her many books.
These are but a few who laid a path before us that lends toward our having a “chosen” profession that we can appreciate and grow as a result of “their” accomplishments.
As most of you know, I have a passion for reading and am in a book group that meets monthly. As luck would have it when we made our 2009 reading selections our June book review was I’m Proud of You by Tim Madigan which chronicles the friendship between the author and Fred Rogers. Yes, “THE” Mr. Rogers, in the same month as Father’s Day. Mr. Rogers was a welcome addition to our TV family time and right on cue with many of the topics that my sons and I had the need to discuss. What could be more appropriate leisure reading this month? I highly recommend that you create the time to read this wonderful book.
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