today in women's herstory

[niyad]

January 13
This Day in Women's History

1381: St. Colette born

1559: Elizabeth Tudor crowned Queen of England (she ascended to the throne in November 1558)

1616: Antoinette Bourignon born

1810: Ernestine Rose born

1827: Ethel Lynn Beers born

1850: Charlotte Ray born

1884: Sophie Tucker born

1943: Sophie Taeuber-Arp died

1992: Japan apologizes for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/01calendar/a/0113calendar.htm

[libodem]

1. Love you, Niyad

Does your name refer to a wood nymph?

[niyad]

2. thank you, that is very sweet.

a slightly different spelling of this:


In Greek mythology, the Naiads (pron.: /ˈneɪæd/ or /ˈneɪəd/ or /ˈnaɪæd/ or /ˈnaɪəd/; Ancient Greek: Ναϊάδες, Naiades, from νάειν, "to flow", or νᾶμα, "running water&quot were a type of nymph (female spirit) who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater.

[libodem]

3. You do a nice job here

I appreciate it.

[niyad]

4. way back in the dark ages, when I was in school, my constant question was, "where are the

women?" I would go to the library, or a bookstore, and look at the history section--all war--and say, "but what about the women? other things were going on besides war"

women's studies came after I was out of school, and I am so thankful for them. so, I try to do a little bit, relying on all the women who have been doing the work of rescuing the women and their works. I became involved with the national women's history project almost from the start.