Less than a hundred years ago … a married women couldn’t own property, had no legal claim to any money she might earn and no woman in America had the right to vote! According to History.com: “Women were expected to focus on housework and motherhood (presumably in that order) not politics.” Not until the summer of 1920, was the 19th amendment …
Gracious diplomacy wins the day
There’s a lesson to be learned from Canada’s recent elections for a new prime minister. Before his landslide win, Justin Trudeau graciously withstood the attack of the country’s conservative prime minister who portrayed him as “inexperienced. ” In his acceptance speech, Mr. Trudeau referred to his conservative colleagues across the aisle not as enemies but as neighbors and thanked the …