STRONG WOMEN

[bertha katzenengel]

Maya Angelou

Laura "Mrs. Grumpy"

Both my sisters

and . . .

[RainDog]

1. Wilma Mankiller n/t

[RetroLounge]

2. several

Ann Richards

Molly Ivans

Eleanor Roosevelt

RL

[Frosty1]

3. Me

[RetroLounge]

4. I like your attitude!

RL

[Frosty1]

5. Thank You

[NewJeffCT]

6. my wife

my mom

Elizabeth Edwards

Oprah

[lizziegrace]

7. I agree - MrsGrumpy

Reyd Reid Reed

auntAgonist

my grandmothers

[auntAgonist]

21. oh my ..

that's a lot to live up to.

thank you.



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[bertha katzenengel]

8. Mrs. Venation and her Mom

[fizzgig]

9. my mother

and toni morrison

[RadiationTherapy]

10. Tori Amos nt

[Drum]

11. Jodie Foster

(Just discovered that we were born 5 days apart!)

[Captain Hilts]

23. Kathy Hepburn and her mother, who hung out with Emma Goldman, Margaret Sanger and Alice Paul.

[Flaxbee]

12. those already mentioned, and my sister, for finishing

her doctoral dissertation while in the middle of radiation treatment, after having had 3 months of chemo and a double mastectomy.

[lost-in-nj]

13. wow

yeah, your sister......

CONGRATS to her......

how is she doing???




lost

[Flaxbee]

26. thanks for asking, lost ...

she's pretty elated that she finished the dissertation (all but a few final tweaks, but the major big deal work is behind her). And doing OK with the radiation, though she's 7/8 done with the treatment so right now just feels like she's got a horrible sunburn over her torso.

I hope you have a lovely holiday, lost! right back at you!

[bertha katzenengel]

15. whoa...

:amazed:

Your sister is amazing indeed

And how about you as a strong woman - because i know you've stood by her all along

[Flaxbee]

27. oh, thank you so much, bertha

I went out there for three weeks pre-and-post surgery to help her, and it was just so hard to think of what was happening to her, emotionally and physically. But then again, it was the first time in decades I'd gotten to spend that much time with her, so while I'd do anything to make the cancer 'un-happen', so to speak, the time I spent there with her was great. When I wasn't crying, that is.

Here's to ALL of us women - including you, dear bertha - who stand by our families! and very happy holidays to you, Mrs. V., your kitties and extended family.

[Solon]

14. My Mom, Sister, and one of my Aunts, oh yeah, and My Grandmother...

Who did an unpopular thing back when its was popular to support segregation, and helped at least one city in the St. Louis area to pass desegregation legislation. Oh, and my great-great grandmother, one of the first graduates of Sanford-Brown. OK, and also my Great-Grandmother, who had to raise 5 kids on her own, including my Grandmother, when her husband died when my Grandmother was only 4.

[intaglio]

16. My Maternal Grandmother

Welsh, poor family of 13 (hill farmers), became a cook then nurse married a sea captain from an old family, was disowned when he dies, brought up my mother had her educated well

Also a woman I would have been proud to call my Great grandmother - Mary Seacole http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Seacole

[knitter4democracy]

17. My best friend from growing up.

She went to law school on the weekend and over the summers while teaching full-time while her hubby got depressed and couldn't find work after finishing his master's. The law school was almost two hours away, and she made it work. I'm still really impressed with her.

[Turbineguy]

18. My Daughter

[Frosty1]

19. Beautiful daughter

[auntAgonist]

20. bertha katzenengel...

I think you've exhibited great strength in dealing with so much this past year.

to you my friend.

Merry Christmas to both of you, may the coming year be the best ever.


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kesha

[Captain Hilts]

22. Women who wear hose and women's shoes ALL day. nt

[edbermac]

24. Sigourney Weaver.

She kicks alien ass!

[Taverner]

25. All the women in my family

The men (yours truly included) are lazy asses.

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. Cindy Sheehan