Guess Republican Women Don’t Make History
If it weren’t for the banners hanging from street lamps along Santa Monica Boulevard in the People’s Socialist Politically Correct Republic of West Hollywood, I wouldn’t know it’s Women’s History Month. And these banners featured images of a lot of interesting ladies, like Billie Jean King, Zelda Gilroy, Susan Sarandon, Hillary Clinton and Betty Friedan. Now, I did see a banner of Betty Ford, but given the residents of this town, I would dare say she was probably up there for her clinic as much as her stint as First Lady (to a Republican President), but, well, there just weren’t any other identifiable conservatives or Republicans.
You know, like, well, the first (and so far only) female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the current Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, the first female Ambassador the United Nations, the first African-American woman Secretary of State, the first woman Governor of Alaska or the woman who led a successful grassroots movement to prevent the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Guess none of them accomplished nearly as much as did Susan Sarandon.
Now, I only paid attention to the banners twice (once heading west and the other time heading east) as I drove by today, so may have missed these great women. If you live in in West Hollywood, please let me know if you can find any right-of-center women honored on our city’s main thoroughfare.
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…or women that actually accomplished something:
Madame Marie Curie
Admiral Grace Hopper
Lady Ada Lovelace
Justice Sandra O’Connor
Rep. Barbara Jordan
Colleen Barrett, former president, Southwest Airlines
…just to name a few off the top of my head.
And then there are moms.
Comment by SoCalRobert — March 12, 2010 @ 9:22 pm - March 12, 2010
Yes yes, I’ll get totally roasted for asking about this. Here it goes anyway . . . .
I was way too young to understand the fury around the ERA (as in not yet born). So why is opposition to the ERA a worthy accomplishment? Dan, I know you’re no fan of use of the word ‘equality’. But I imagine you must be opposed to the ERA on some principled grounds. Would you enlighten me, please? And perhaps explain how those principles mesh with conservatism in general?
I am trying to be as genuine as possible in asking this, because it really makes little sense to me. Then again, neither does the idea that women don’t have the same rights. This leaves me puzzled.
As for Susan Sarandon, I would still have to agree with your point.
Comment by DRH — March 12, 2010 @ 9:47 pm - March 12, 2010
Interesting that in “women’s history month” you only saw banners for living women. I wonder if that was a conscious choice.
I’m partial to Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (except the teetotaling) but I don’t hear much about them anymore. I’ve assumed it’s because they disapproved of abortion, or maybe because Anthony voted Republican…but she was arrested for it, so wouldn’t that be a “lesson” people in West Hollywould would want to teach?
Comment by HeatherRadish — March 12, 2010 @ 9:50 pm - March 12, 2010
perhaps phyllis schlafly was too busy trying to have her son arrested for crimes against humanity to pose for the photograph.
Comment by buckeyenutlover — March 12, 2010 @ 9:51 pm - March 12, 2010
I kinda agree, I don’t see why Phyllis Schlafly would be need to be up there. But its all a matter of perspective, and sure an argument can be made for it.
Comment by Darkeyedresolve — March 12, 2010 @ 9:59 pm - March 12, 2010
I put Mrs. Schlafly on the list because many of the ladies featured were left-wing activists. Mrs. Schlafly is a right-wing activist who has gained quite a following with conservative women and, in defiance of the MSM, created a grassroots movement that accomplished its goal.
People may not like what she did, but she is an accomplished women.
Heather, I thought the same thing myself–only living women–no great women pioneers, no great female naval captains (Artemisia, perhaps the only able commander on the Persian side at the Battle of Salamis), no Hatshepsut, no Elizabeth I, no Queen Christina.
Combined with honoring left-wing activists, this makes me think that this is not about history, but about politics.
Comment by B. Daniel Blatt — March 12, 2010 @ 10:17 pm - March 12, 2010
I made the comment to the roommate that during black history month, we hear more about the Tuskegee experiment than the Tuskegee Airmen. I think it’s the same reason for Maggie Thatcher. That bit of women’s history doesn’t fit the narritave.
Comment by The_Livewire — March 12, 2010 @ 10:26 pm - March 12, 2010
Heather, you really got me thinking. I may take a break from my dissertation research tomorrow to walk the stretch of road where they have the banners and see if I can find any woman there represented who flourished before the 20th century.
Comment by B. Daniel Blatt — March 12, 2010 @ 11:08 pm - March 12, 2010
Susan Sarandon????
What the hell did she do that made history? First woman to get vomited on in public by a transexual and pretend to like it???
Comment by American Elephant — March 12, 2010 @ 11:25 pm - March 12, 2010
This fits in nicely with a great post from over at Hot Air.
It’s very important for liberals to deflect those suspicions onto a designated, culturally approved target. Sarah Palin is a convenient hate fetish for increasingly nervous and confused Left, because she embodies the qualities of the red-state America they loathe… and serves as a voodoo doll for uncomfortable criticisms of Obama, which they project onto her. As events continue to demonstrate those criticisms were far more important than any of the superficial or imaginary reasons they voted for him, they’ll jab pins into that voodoo doll with increasing fury, even though the object of their anger now spends her days working for a news network none of them would be caught dead watching.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — March 13, 2010 @ 12:12 am - March 13, 2010
That would suggest that Hillary, Sarandon etc. had nothing better to do with their time, wouldn’t it?
On the flip side, if it were banners of notable gays, it’d probably consist of only or mostly dead ones.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — March 13, 2010 @ 4:06 am - March 13, 2010
Dan, with all due respect, I don’t understand what the fuss is about. I am a moderate, but on some issues, I am definitely right-of-center. But even I know that West Hollywood is a politically liberal city, and the residents of West Hollywood (and much of LA’s Westside) vote overwhelmingly for the Democratic Party. This is not anything new, and I’m sure you know this too.
So it’s not surprising that many of the women they feature in West Hollywood, are probably liberal-leaning. But are there conservative women who have made a difference in our society? You bet.
But it’s a little silly to be surprised that a liberal-leaning city (or a really liberal one such as West Hollywood) isn’t parading around posters of conservatives.
Applying the same standard, shouldn’t liberals in Orange County, Bakersfield, Fresno, or other more conservative-leaning areas, be upset whenever “left-of-center” activists are not being praised or being honored, in conservative or majority Republican-voting areas?
A lot of gay conservatives say that “conservatives treat gay people better than gay people treat conservatives.” If that’s the case, then wouldn’t it be better to live amongst a conservative, overwhelmingly Republican community, rather than a majority gay (and liberal) one?
I don’t mean to be rude or offend, but why be miserable in West Hollywood, when you can move to a more conservative area, such as Santa Clarita, or better yet, Orange County and be much happier there?
Comment by James — March 13, 2010 @ 5:33 am - March 13, 2010
What the heck is Women’s History Month supposed to be about? Any time you set out to make a list of who is coming to the party, you are also engaged in deciding who isn’t coming to the party. What I want to know is what is party all about?
Considering the impact of the Sluts of Hollywood on the culture, I would be interested hearing the musings of Perez Hilton on Women’s History Month. Maybe the ladies of The View could write the preamble. Is there room for a Women’s Liberation Theology seminar? Could we discuss why Amelia Earhart had a male co-pilot? What effects did burning the bra have on geo-political diplomacy, the oil crisis and Islamic fundamentalism?
Comment by heliotrope — March 13, 2010 @ 10:51 am - March 13, 2010
You know, like, well, the first (and so far only) female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the current Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany,
Why would pictures of foreign women be posted in the United States?
the first female Ambassador the United Nations,
don’t know who that is….
the first African-American woman Secretary of State,
Condi is a joke – a propagandist and part of an administration of war criminals. When I think of they types of women I would like to celebrate, renowned torturers don’t really come to mind.
the first woman Governor of Alaska
You’ve got to be kidding.
or the woman who led a successful grassroots movement to prevent the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Meh. Do people really wake up and think to themselves every morning, “Thank god the ERA wasn’t passed!” I don’t think so…
Comment by Levi — March 13, 2010 @ 11:47 am - March 13, 2010
James, of course I’m not surprised, actually more amused than anything, but recall how lefties have pointed out for years how we’ve excluded gays and women from history, so now I’m just turning their accusations on their head!
Comment by B. Daniel Blatt — March 13, 2010 @ 1:31 pm - March 13, 2010
First, great post! Second, it is not a surprise because the crowd in WeHo does not think anyone but their pets have accomplished anything. Third, this is for Levi. Try Jeanne Kirkpatrick as the first woman UN ambassador from the USA. And, YES I DO THINK THAT IT IS A GOOD THING THAT THE ERA WAS NEVER ADDED TO THE CONSTITUTION!
Comment by Mark J. Goluskin — March 13, 2010 @ 1:37 pm - March 13, 2010
Zelda Gilroy? From Dobie Gillis?
Comment by The_Livewire — March 13, 2010 @ 2:29 pm - March 13, 2010
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