"Woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own."
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Georgia Ann Mullen on August 21, 2010 |
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In 1920 it took only 39 words to give U.S. women the right to vote. In 1971 192 words were deemed necessary to proclaim Aug. 26 Women’s Equality Day. But, hey, we’re happy to have both.
In July 1848, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton stood up in the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls and...
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Georgia Ann Mullen on August 21, 2010 |
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Georgia Ann Mullen will discuss her books and how they complement the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment at the League of Women Voters luncheon Monday, Aug. 23, in Wilmington, NC. Her address will take place at 11:30 a.m. at McAlister’s Deli on College Road, across from the UNCW campus. The...
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Georgia Ann Mullen on August 13, 2010 |
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As I wrote in A Shocking & Unnatural Incident, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was no fan of organized religion. She felt all religions held women down. She even took apart the Bible explaining how many passages were demeaning to women and attempted to justify unfair and often brutal treatment of...
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Georgia Ann Mullen on August 5, 2010 |
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I was blown away by the creativity and energy put into my latest book signing by friends Diane and Vicki. They took their theme from the Black Pole Tavern in Wixumlee Is My Salvation and ran with it.
When I walked into Diane’s home it smelled like my grandma’s house–and...
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Georgia Ann Mullen on March 2, 2010 |
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“There a pecking order in this world, honey, just like in the chicken yard. Today, white man the top rooster. White woman his favorite hen. The slaves, they the chicks scrapping around for crumbs. If slavery outlawed, white man still be king rooster. White woman still get her pick of the corn....
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Georgia Ann Mullen on February 13, 2010 |
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The League of Women Voters has always been a shady entity to me, stuck in a category of leagues I’ve heard about but paid little attention to—like the Junior League.
But when Google told me the League of Women Voters turns 90 years old on Valentine’s Day, I read the alert because it...
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Georgia Ann Mullen on February 3, 2010 |
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Jimmy’s on our side. My friend Azariah sent this article written by former President Jimmy Carter last summer. The first sentence could have been written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who expresses similar sentiments in my first book, A Shocking & Unnatural Incident.
Although I write...
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Georgia Ann Mullen on January 31, 2010 |
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Ellenville, NY, is more than 200 miles from Seneca Falls, the heart of the women’s rights movement, and both are on the New York State Women’s Heritage Trail.
Ellenville residents call their deteriorating Hunt Memorial Building the “heart of the village” and point to its historical...
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Georgia Ann Mullen on January 31, 2010 |
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In 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and several friends wondered who would chair their First Woman’s Rights Convention. Lucretia recalled that “when the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society held its first meeting a few years ago, we asked a colored man to conduct it. Since...
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