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“Thelma & Louise”

The description of the movie Thelma & Louise states “An Arkansas waitress and a housewife shoot a rapist and take off in a ’66 Thunderbird.” As last week closed on International Women’s Day I watched the 1991 movie starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis. I was thinking about the irony of its then message as […]

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Celebrate Women

March is International Women’s Month. The beginnings of this human rights celebration and advancement of women goes back to March 19, 1911 when the first International Women’s Day took place.  In 1913 the day changed to March 8th and in 1975 The United Nations recognized International Women’s Day. Today it is considered a national holiday […]