Bad Girls: Aung San Suu Kyi

 With the Chinese lunar new year

having recently passed I had

decided to write about an

Asian woman who had 

challenged and won against

the status quo of her day.

I started to write about

an icon from ancient
Chinese history and
as I read her story,
extraordinary as it is, there
are many moments of 
cruelty perpetrated by her
as was the case with any
reign of the time.
I will revisit her amazing
story but today I choose 
to focus on peaceful power.

 So, with the events 

happening in Myanmar, 

let's visit someone who

has fought her entire life

and is still fighting for 

democracy.

 Meet Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung won the 

Nobel Peace Prize

in 1991 for her 

non-violent struggle

for democracy and 

human rights. 

Her sons accepted

on her behalf as she 

was under house arrest

after winning a 

democratic election

in 1990 where the military

junta refused to hand

over power.

What did she do with 

her prize money of 

$1.3 million US dollars??

It was used to establish

 a health and education 

trust for the Burmese people.

In the recent news we

see that Myanmar is 

again fighting for 

its democratic future.

She has also had many awards

revoked over her refusal to speak out 

against the crimes committed 

against the Rohingya. 

Unfortunately many

despicable things are

done on both sides of any

fight and one hopes that 

someone who fought, peacefully,

for her own people would never

turn their back on the struggle 

of another but we are all human.

 

Aung's fight for her

country's future is 

ongoing and she 

remains a hero 

to many including

all the young women of 

that nation.

To read more about her amazing 

life and the years of her

accomplishments, go HERE

Every day should be an opportunity

to set an amazing example for

those who will come after so 

they will read our story and

realize how BAD we were!

THANK YOU, Ann Shen!

To read about other BAD girls,

type in bad girls to the search bar

in the upper left corner of the 

blog page.

Enjoy!

BAD GIRLS!

Every year I get myself a fun 

new day planner.

This past year I was having 

trouble finding one and so

my husband bought me this.

 I will admit in my younger 

days I really wanted to be a bad girl.

They looked cool and people moved

aside for them.

(Think I watched too much Grease

and Grease 2:)

Now I want to be BAD as in setting

an amazing example of strength

and grace for my girls and 

other women around me.

I still don't have it all figured out

but we are all a work in progress, yes?

 Ann Shen has some lovely

 illustrations in this day planner.

Her website (click on her name above)

is full of more wonderful illustrations 

and quotes to make you go, "Ahhh".

The write ups for each lady

aren't just handed to you either. 

You have to look these women

up because there are quite a few

I didn't recognize.

Meet Anna May Wong, born in 1905 in 

California and considered the first 

Chinese-American movie star with 

the highlight of her career being in 

Shanghai Express (1932) with Marlene Dietrich.

In that day and time she would be 

'BAD' going against all norms 

for women and Chinese citizens.

There are, of course, many names

you will recognize as strong 

women who have challenged the

status quo and gone on 

to be extraordinary leaders of their day!

Oprah

Dolly Parton

Susan B. Anthony

Valentina Terashkova

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Eleanor Roosevelt

just to name a few.

THANK YOU, ANN SHEN

for opening my eyes to Amazing 'Bad Girls'!