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!

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Enjoy!

Bad Girls: Elizabeth Blackwell

Did you know that February 1st is considered 

National Spunky Old Broads Day?

A lot of people have been offended by the term, 

Broad, but I have always found it to be a great 

descriptor for those women who were 

classy AND strong. 

They didn't back down from a fight and 

they did it with dignity!

I wrote about a journal my husband 

bought me a few years back and

there are AMAZING Broads in there.

 Meet Elizabeth Blackwell.

In just 2 short days

it will be her 200th

birthday and if only

she could see how

women have thrived 

under her early example!

First woman to be

 awarded a medical

degree in the United States.

First woman to have her

name entered into the 

British General Medical

Council's medical register.

The statement below spoke to me as 

someone who finds her wrist to be 

of utmost importance

considering the work I do:

“The beauty of the tendons and exquisite 

arrangements of this part of the body struck 

my artistic sense, and appealed to the 

sentiment of reverence with which this 

anatomical branch of study was ever 

afterwards invested in my mind.” 

In 1871 she founded the 

National Health Society.

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!

Other ways to celebrate 

Spunky Old Broads day:

Spunky Old Broads Day | Holiday Smart

For Spunky Old Broads Day, 10 quotes from great older women (chron.com)

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!