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 Labor Day in the USA!

Monday, September 7, 2020, is Labor Day in the USA. We honor all those who work in our country to make it better for our citizens. People from all over the country honor all kinds of jobs. There are a lot of jobs to do too. What do you dream of doing with your future?

I always wanted to be a writer. But it took me a long time to do it. First I was a waitress, a student, a teacher, a floral designer, a business owner, then finally I started writing for newspapers and magazines and the Internet. Eventually, I authored fiction stories like mysteries and paranormal (ghosts, creatures, robots.) 

Now I am revising, updating the eBook and adding a new chapter to Girls Succeed! Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women. I am working on a new book cover too! I guess I could add publisher and book cover designer to my list of jobs now. 

I'm so excited to bring you this fresh, new look and up-to-date stories about amazing women who dreamed about the jobs they wanted to do when they grew up. They worked hard and overcame obstacles to make that dream a real job!

The Successful Women in Girls Succeed! Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women

Here are the careers in the book:

Table of Contents

Chapter 1--Horse Trainer/Competitive Dressage Rider, Pati Pierucci

True Love

Chapter 2--Bike Racer, Mackenzie Woodring

Speeding Around the Track

Chapter 3--Children’s Book Author and Illustrator, Jane Stroschin

Practice, Practice, Practice

Chapter 4--Medical Doctor, Cate Bradley

Role Models Rock

Chapter 5--Chef, Sue Chef

Cooking Up a Career

Chapter 6--Technology Expert, Diana Stoneberg

Keep Your Sense of Humor

Chapter 7--Christian Minister, Laurie Haller

Serving God

Chapter 8--Horticulturalist, Sharon Loving

Thank You Very Mulch

Chapter 9--Medical Scientist, Juanita Merchant

Confidence Counts

Chapter 10-Olympic Gold Medalist in Women’s Ice Hockey, Angela Ruggiero

Showing the Boys

Chapter 11-Semi-Truck Driver, Barbara Totten

Freedom of the Road

Chapter 12-Teacher/Coach/Athletic Director, Barbara “Chili” Chiles

Aim Higher

Chapter 13-Social Worker, Lenair Correll           

Overcoming Obstacles

Chapter 14-Entrepreneur/Product Developer, Veronica Bosgraaf

Find the Path to Success

Chapter 15-Professional Clown, Brenda Marshall

A Big Red Nose

NEW! Chapter 16--Stacy Flanery, Attorney at Law

                      

                     Helping Others

YOU will be the first to see the new book cover when it's all done and find out where to get your copy!

Women Win the Right to Vote

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of American Women Winning the Right to Vote by J.Q. Rose

Hello and welcome to the Girls Succeed! blog. We celebrate girls and women here, so we definitely have to have a party in August 2020 to commemorate women's right to vote. I know it sounds crazy that women could not vote in the US until 1920. Some states allowed it, but through the ages women did not have a say in government. That really changed after 1920. Read the article below to find out more. 

The struggle to win the right to vote for women 

became active in the mid-19th century in the USA.

The 19th amendment to the US constitution was passed by Congress on June 4 and ratified on August 18, giving American women the right to vote in the USA. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified the ratification on August 26, 1918. Although the amendment became law in the land, it did not eliminate state laws in place that kept black Americans from voting due to the requirement to pay taxes and pass literacy tests. It would take another fifty years to gain suffrage for black women.

Women began organizing, petitioning, picketing and parading in what today we would call protesting, to achieve awareness and support for laws to allow women to vote in the mid-1800s. Several Western states had passed laws by 1912 due to men's support of the suffrage movement.

Wyoming hoped to attract females to their state filled with gold miners--a ratio of six men to one female. But just as in contemporary politics, an ulterior motive played into the decision. Wyoming's political party in power allowed the vote, figuring if they gave women the right to vote in Wyoming elections, the ladies would vote for them!

According to ourdocuments.gov, " Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle; victory took decades of agitation and protest. Beginning in the mid-19th century, several generations of woman suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change of the Constitution. Few early supporters lived to see the final victory in 1920."

Voting is the way to let your leaders in government know what you want as a citizen. This is a right that not every person in the world has. We need to protect it.

Now it's time to party!! 

The photo above is courtesy of pixabat.com by artist fotshot

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Celebrate Women's History in the Month of March: Valiant Women Who Won the Vote

Hello and welcome to the Girls Succeed! Blog. March is a big month for Women.

International Women's Day

Today, March 8, is International Women's Day. 
We celebrate every year to recognize women's achievements throughout history and across nations in politics and economics and to work toward equality.

Celebrate the international community of women.

March is Women's History Month. 

From the Women's History Month website--"Each year there is a special Theme and women whose lives exemplify that theme are selected as National Honorees.

 2020 National Women’s History Alliance Honorees: Valiant Women of the Vote

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"The 2020 National Women’s History theme presents the opportunity to honor women who fought for woman’s right to vote in the United States. In recognition of the centennial of the 19th Amendment, we will honor women from the original suffrage movement as well as 20th and 21st-century women who have continued the struggle (fighting against poll taxes, literacy tests, voter roll purges, and other more contemporary forms of voter suppression) to ensure voting rights for all.."

Click here to read about the National Women's History Project honorees

Celebrate Women's History in March

Girls Succeed! is an interactive e-book featuring 15 successful women who had big dreams when they were girls. We celebrate their achievements and are inspired by their lives.

The amazing women featured in Girls Succeed!
A diverse group with careers in medicine, science, sports, ministry, and more.

Click here to learn more at amazon about each woman in the ebook. 
Click here to download at your favorite online bookseller.

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The Girls Succeed Blog is proud to feature women in history and contemporary women who are role models for girls. Click on "Trailblazer" in the categories section of this blog to take you to their stories. Take a moment to browse through this blog to meet inspiring women.

Please, leave a comment to tell us about a woman who inspired you. 

Follow this blog by adding your email address in the box at the top of the sidebar so you won't miss a new post and updates.

Thank you.

Happy New Year 2020 from J.Q. Rose! Goals?

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020!

from J.Q.Rose

Have you figured out one big thing you want to accomplish this coming year? Run a marathon? Write a short story? Get first place in a solo competition in singing or playing your instrument?

👏👏👏🥇🥇🥇🏆🏆🏆

You can do it! Go for it, GRRL!

“What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?”

--Anonymous

Please leave a comment below 

to let us know what your goal is for the year. 

Thanks.

Gift Idea for the Holidays: Recipe for Puppy Chow

Christmas candle ring
Photo by J.Q. Rose

Hello and Welcome! Today, besides writing my blog for you, I am in the midst of planning a Christmas gift for our neighbors. Not any huge gift like a TV or cookware. No. We just exchange cookies or handmade gifts. I'm having fun putting together some treats. In fact, I had so much fun making up Puppy Chow, I decided to share the recipe with you. 

First of all, Puppy Chow is NOT for puppies. No. It's actually Puppy Chow for People. Er, no wait, that's not quite right either. It's a treat for people, but named Puppy Chow because...Hm, you know I don't really know why they call it puppy chow.

My daughters, granddaughter, and me!

My daughters and I made it when they were kids and now they make it with their kids.

Let me just give you the recipe, so you can make it. When you taste the sweetness and creamy flavor of peanut butter-chocolate, you won't care what the name is either.

Ingredients to make puppy chow for people

Puppy Chow for People

1 12 oz. box Crispix Cereal, Rice Chex, or Corn Chex

2 ½ - 3 cups of powdered sugar

12 oz. chocolate chips

1 cup creamy peanut butter

¼ c. margarine

 Melt peanut butter, margarine, and chocolate chips in a bowl in the microwave on high for one minute. Stir. Heat for 30 seconds more.

Pour mixture over cereal in a large bowl. (This is the most difficult part of the recipe. Covering all the cereal with the thick chocolate is difficult. I gave up stirring it with a spoon. Instead I buttered my fingers and tossed it together. Be careful. It is hot. Later, a friend suggested wearing gloves and spray them with oil. Either way, I think the kids would have fun trying to mix it with their hands. Of course, watch out they don’t lick the sweet chocolate off their hands while stirring!! It is tempting.)

Put powdered sugar in a paper grocery bag and add cereal mix. Shake till well coated.

You may store in a tight container or plastic bag. 

Maybe you can make this treat and give it to your family and friends for Christmas. 

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Girls Succeed! Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women

Role models who inspire girls to make their dreams come true.

This book is a treat to read. Meet successful women who have inspired girls--bike racer, medical doctor, professional clown, scientist, athletes, chef and more!

Click here to download it now from your favorite online bookseller!

Trivia Game Time: What is Author Sarah J. Hale's Connection to Thanksgiving Day?

Thanksgiving Day in the USA
November 28
Image by Sabrina Ripke from Pixabay 

The USA celebrates Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, November 28.

Our nation has celebrated this traditional event since 1863 after Abraham Lincoln signed the declaration establishing the day as a national holiday. Before this, only Washington's Birthday and Independence Day were national holidays.

I have a question for your Thanksgiving Day guests and family. Who influenced the President to consider declaring a national Thanksgiving Day? The New England states celebrated Thanksgiving, but it was not a holiday in the rest of the country.

Writer Sarah J. Hale is credited for influencing President Lincoln's decision. She was a persistent woman, writing to five presidents asking for the holiday. She began her campaign in 1846, but it wasn't until 1863 when she finally convinced Honest Abe to support legislation to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday.

The new national holiday was considered a day that could unify the nation after the horrendous Civil War had split the country. Not only achieving recognition for Thanksgiving Day, but also Sarah's legacy is seen in her support of establishing historic sites and in her belief for higher education for women, establishing a college for women, Vassar College.

The idea of educating women was not a popular idea in the mid-1850s. She also was the editor of an influential magazine, Godey's Lady's Book.

 And one more item for your trivia game on Thanksgiving Day. Sarah J. Hale wrote the nursery rhyme, "Mary's Lamb," which is now known as "Mary Had a Little Lamb."

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Can you think of more questions about Thanksgiving to ask in your Trivia game? Please share in a comment below. Thanks. Oh, and don't forget to include the answer!!

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 Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving from J.Q. Rose

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Veterans Day: Thank a Vet: U.S. Navy Pilot Captain Rosemary Mariner and U.S.Army Infantry Officer Captain Kristen Griest

Veterans Day Honoring Veterans
of the U.S. Military Services

On Veterans Day, November 11, we honor veterans who served in the U.S. Military. This date also marks the end of World War I when the armistice with Germany was signed at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.

For articles on women in the military, click on the links below:

U.S. Navy Pilot Captain Rosemary Mariner

First Female US Army Infantry Officer--Captain Kristen Griest