International Women’s Day, initially proposed by German revolutionary Clara Zetkin, was initially honored on the streets of New York, March 8, 1909. It was decidedly socialist until feminists embraced it in 1968, and the United Nations joined the festivities in 1975.
This Wiki diagram shows where… hey, wait a minute — why, why, why is the United States blank? How do you celebrate International Women’s Day?…
Marie-Louise Habets went from nurse, nun, and war to fame. Here’s her story, courtesy of Belgian-British blogger Denzil Walton. He’s guested at Happiness Between Tails here and here. (He’s also a professional technical copywriter.) Among his posts about Belgium’s many wonders, he introduces us to the country’s incredible women!…
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I posted a comment with regard to the woman whose story was written as The Nun’s Story after which the movie was made, on the site to which I was directed. I loved the movie but now have all the information about the woman herself, of which I did not know. I did know it was based on a true story but did not have the details of how her life’s path turned where she still did as she believed she was called to do. Thank you for directing me to this other site.
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My pleasure, Renee — I hadn’t known either, before
Denzil’s lesson for us 🙂
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Thanks for visiting my site Renee and commenting. Glad you enjoyed the movie and now have some more background to it.
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Thank you again for a very informative post, Denzil.
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Thank you for sharing!!.. “Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with.” ( Brodi Ashton)… 🙂
Hope today and all your tomorrows are filled with peace, love and happiness and life is all that you wish for it to be!.. 🙂
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Thank you, Dutch – you too!
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