Since 1987, the month of March is considered National Women’s Month here in the United States, but truth be told May is a far better choice. Mother’s Day is in May, and Catholics celebrate the crowning of the holy Mother Mary in May. It’s spring time! A time of birth; only a woman can take a seed and grow a human life, without test tubes. And we all know that it wasn’t a woman who designated Women’s Month in the windy month of March.
The United Nations has sponsored International Women’s Day since 1975. Nationally, In 1980, Jimmy Carter gave us a week (the week of March 8th). From there it took six years for the National Women’s History Project to persuade Congress to expand the day throughout the month.
It seems to me that the scales are still tipped towards masculinity in the U.S. There are 535 people in Congress; one hundred of those make up the senate. Currently in the 115th Congress there are 21 female senators, that’s 21% of the senate, and that’s an all time high.
A far cry from equality, because we are not represented! We only have a 21% say in how this country conducts itself. Currently, there is no love in the national collectiveness. We are a far cry from being at peace with each other, let alone the rest of the world.
Sisters, we have got to step up! We are the caregivers, the givers of life, the love makers, peacekeepers and the nurturers. We are spring; we are May flowers and the time has come to sprout and unleash our power upon the world. Don’t be small and still—be royal!
According to WIKIPEDIA there have been a total of 50 women who has served as senators, since 1789.
The first woman senator was Rebecca Felton, in 1922. She was a senator for one day.
The first woman elected to the Senate was Hattie Caraway, in 1932.
14 of the women who served were appointed; seven of those were appointed to succeed their deceased husbands.
Since 1978 there has been at least one woman in the Senate.
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