October 23, 2007

Welcome to the journal of America! Today was pretty cold in the morning, but warmed up in the afternoon. Today I am going to talk about women's history. Soon there will be a woman running for president. About one hundred eighty seven years ago, we weren't even allowed to vote, let alone run for the position. How did we come this far in our society, were all these rights just given to us, like the men? NO! We had to earn every bit of it. Let's take a look at how we came this far. . . It all started with a women names Hatshepsut. She lived in ancient Egypt. She was married to the Pharaoh until he died. Then she decided to assume his position as a woman. After a few great years ruling Egypt, the government of that time decided Egypt needed a Pharaoh. Hatshepsut didn't want to give her position up, so she put on man's clothing, and with the support of her people, became Pharaoh. She was the first woman to lead to greater society for women, proving that a woman could do a man's job, and maybe even a little bit better. Quite some time later, women's suffrage was for in the eighteen twenties. No man believed that a woman could be able to vote. So the women fought for it. After quite some time later, women won, and were now able to vote, state by state. The first state to release women's suffrage was Wyoming, the state I am proud to make my home. As you can see, women have come a long way through history. From Hatshepsut to Hillary Clinton (first woman to run for president), women have made it a long way. Proving that women could, some day, be the dominant race. If you're wondering, yes, I kind of am a feminist. So peace! Women RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!