Hear the call of courage …

“Courage calls to courage everywhere, 

and its voice cannot be denied.”

Millicent Fawcett

a little history about Millicent thanks to wikipedia:

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett GBE (née Garrett; 11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929) was an English political activist and writer. She campaigned for women's suffrage by legal change and in 1897–1919 led Britain's largest women's rights association, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS),^[1] explaining, "I cannot say I became a suffragist. I always was one, from the time I was old enough to think at all about the principles of Representative Government."^[2] She tried to broaden women's chances of higher education, as a governor of Bedford College, London (now Royal Holloway) and co-founding Newnham College, Cambridge in 1875.^[3] In 2018, a century after the Representation of the People Act, she was the first woman honoured by a statue in Parliament Square.^[4][5][6]

Let's start being courageous!!!

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Anais Nin

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womenwonder: Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett GBE

On August 18, 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified here the United States, giving women the right to vote, to add their opinion, voice and wisdom to our country's democratic process.  There were many brave women here and in Britain that fought for this right and as it is the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote and the year of a most crucial presidential election I intend to highlight many of these #womenwonders this month.  

"Courage calls to courage everywhere, and

 its voice cannot be denied."

Millicent Fawcett

As the United States entered World War I in 1917, the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) encouraged its supporters to join in the war effort. The organization argued women deserved the vote because they were patriots, caregivers, and mothers. Women’s expertise in maintaining the home and family would improve politics and society.

The Nineteenth Amendment states: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” Congress passed the amendment in June 1919. The NAWSA and NWP suffragists lobbied local and state representatives to ensure its subsequent ratification by the states.

After the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 18, 1920, female activists continued to use politics to reform society. NAWSA became the League of Women Voters.

http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/19-amendment

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett GBE** (11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929) was an English political leader, activist, writer and feminist icon. Known as a campaigner for women's suffrage via legislative change, from 1897 until 1919 she led Britain's largest women's rights organisation, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).[1] She would write: "I cannot say I became a suffragist. I always was one, from the time I was old enough to think at all about the principles of Representative Government."[2] Fawcett also tried to improve women's chances of higher education, serving as a governor of Bedford College, London (now Royal Holloway), and a co-founder of Newnham College, Cambridge, in 1875.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millicent_Fawcett

** The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service

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May this dress remind us to care for our small and fragile planet ... happy earth day!

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova 

(born 6 March 1937) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut, engineer, and current member of the Russian State Duma. She is the first woman to have flown in space with a solo mission on the Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. Tereshkova also became the first civilian to fly in space as she was only honorarily inducted into the Soviet Air Force in order to join the Cosmonaut Corps.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova

Once you've been in space, 

you appreciate how small and fragile 

the Earth is. 

Valentina Tereshkova

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Today let us celebrate new beginnings .... Happy Easter

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Mary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, often known as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, travel writer, and editor of the works of her husband, Romantic poet, and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. She was the daughter of the political philosopher William Godwin and the writer, philosopher, and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11139.Mary_Wollstonecraft_Shelley

“The beginning is always today.” 

Mary Shelley

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May this dress give us the courage to change what we can not accept ...

a short bio and link to read more about:

Angela Yvonne Davis: 

American communist, political activist, academic, and writer who advocates for the oppressed

Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944)  emerged as a prominent counterculture activist in the 1960s working with the Communist Party USA, of which she was a member until 1991, and was briefly involved in the Black Panther Party during the Civil Rights Movement.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davis

“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. 

I am changing the things I cannot accept.” 

Angela Y. Davis

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today, let us be courageous ...

"Courage is resistance to fear, 

mastery of fear, 

not absence of fear."

Mark Twain

love, mom

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may this dress bring us all courage to face what we need to face!

Courage is nothing less than the power

To overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice,

While continuing to affirm inwardly

That life with all its sorrows is good;

That everything is meaningful even if in a sense

Beyond our understanding;

And there is always tomorrow. 

Dorothy Thompson 

(9 July 1893 – 30 January 1961)

was an American journalist and radio broadcaster, who in 1939 was recognized by Time magazine as the second most influential woman in America next to Eleanor Roosevelt.[1] She is notable as the first American journalist to be expelled from Nazi Germany in 1934 and as one of the few women news commentators on radio during the 1930s.[2] She is regarded by some as the "First Lady of American Journalism."[3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Thompson

love, mom

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day36: be courageous

One isn't necessarily born with courage, 

but one is born with potential. 

Without courage, we cannot practice 

any other virtue with consistency. 

We can't be kind, true, merciful, 

generous, or honest.

Maya Angelou

Courage is an interesting concept as it affects so many aspects of our lives.  I think when people first think of courage they think of a warrior or the cowardly lion, however, you need courage to do everything that you do in this lifetime.  If you are not challenging yourself then most likely you are not growing, and growing is good. 

It takes courage to be the first person to speak up in class, 

be that person.  

It takes courage to go home 

when everyone else wants to continue the party. 

It takes courage to say no 

when everyone else wants to hear yes! 

It take courage to speak your mind, 

especially if it not the accepted position. 

It takes courage to know when to ask for help.  

It takes courage to follow your dream 

and to live your truth.  

Be courageous and watch what happens.  love, mom

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Day 6: be curious and courageous

“life shrinks or expands in 

proportion to one’s courage.” 

anais nin

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may this dress bring us the courage to follow our own heart!!!!

Your time is limited; don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drown your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition; they somehow already know what you truly want to become. 

Everything else is secondary.

- Steve Jobs

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May this dress dress bring us courage ...

'lilith contemplates her fears ....'

"We do not fear the unknown. 

We fear what we think we know about the unknown." 

Teal Swan

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today, let us have courage as we face the coming week ...

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. 

Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. 

We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

Maya Angelou

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May this dress bring us courage to follow our dreams !!!

'hot rocks ... ' #dailydressseries, Dover, MA

“If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. 

Gather courage to believe that you can succeed

and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.” 

Roopleen Prasad

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may this dress give us (me) courage and resolve to tackle what we/i need to tackle TODAY!!!!

'sky warrior II . . . ' now on view in Hopkinson, MA
at the Art on the Trail exhibit, across from Hopkinton Lumber.

there are a few items that have been living on my to-do list 

that I have been blatantly ignoring 

which MUST be done!!! 

and when I quiet myself and when I am curious about 

why I am staging such an avoidance ... 

the answer feels like fear. 

So today I face these fears 

and know good will come from doing my tasks!!! 

namaste!!

Above all, don't fear difficult moments.

The best comes from them.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

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may this dress dress bring us courage!!! oh so much courage!!!!

“My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.” 

maya angelou

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may this dress bring us single-mindedness and determination . . .

Just go out there and do 

what you have to do.

Martina Navratilova

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May this dress bring us more courage . . . .

'jolly . . . ' 26jan15, 14F, 9:30AM, #dailydressseries

There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. 

The more courageous we are, 

the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

Maya Angelou ‪#‎amazingmayamondays‬

another classes dress project story:

my baby is getting braces today so she wanted some to-be 'verboten' candy - her favorite flavor is watermelon so we were counting how many she got in her variety pack and once I saw al the different piles of colors I knew what I needed to do . . . ‪#‎makeadress‬

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may this dress bring us courage!!

My great hope is to laugh

as much as I cry;

to get my work done and

try to love somebody and

have the courage to accept

the love in return.

 Maya Angelou

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