Today, March 8, 2012 is International Women’s Day and is the 55th that I’ve been around to observe, though I may not have understood the first 12 or 13 occurrences. The history of the day can be found in the 19th century suffrage movements. And here we are in 2012 and in the United States we continue to have political debate on the rights of women; we have talk show hosts who take scholarly debate and debase the intellect of the individual, by attacking the personal character vice the merits of the discussion. This whole scenario caused me to reflect on my own mother.
My mother was as good as any individual, regardless of gender.
