Mother Teresa was a member of the Catholic order of the Sisters of Loreto (1920-1948) and founded the Missionaries of Charity (1950-1997). She was Albanian and born in Skopje, in the Ottoman Empire, which is now the Republic of Macedonia. Her name was Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. Anjeze left home at 18 to become a missionary … Continue reading
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Admirable Women – Phyllis Schlafly Fights For Motherhood
Mrs. Schlafly is the mother of six children, a constitutional lawyer, founder of the Eagle Forum and a conservative activist. She was an outspoken opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U. S. Constitution during the 1970s. Phyllis testified before many U. S. Senate Commissions and Hearings on the issue. She is credited with … Continue reading
Admirable Women – I’m Looking for Admirable Women That YOU Know.
I would like to open Wednesday’s Admirable Women to others. If you know a woman you admire, please let me know. I would love to write about her. You don’t have to go into great detail – name, what you admire and a few adjectives will suffice. Or send me a link to an article … Continue reading
Admirable Women – Jackie Anderson Christensen – Reformed and Recovering Feminist
Here is a young woman who has seen the light and is now making a prodigious effort to offset the damage radical feminism has done to women and, by association, to America. To quote from her biography, “Texas PolitiChick Jackie Andersen Christensen, is a native Texan, mother of two, conservative and recovering feminist. Jackie is … Continue reading
Admirable Women – Sharon Slater – Exposes Girl Scouts Support of Abortion and Explicit Sexuality
Sharon Slater is the President of Family Watch International. Her organization was established in 1999 to “preserve and promote the family, based on marriage between a man and a woman as the societal unit that provides the best outcome for men, women and children.” Sharon’s non-profit also “provides family-based humanitarian aid to orphans and vulnerable … Continue reading
Admirable Women – Sue McDavid Collects 500 Prom Dresses for Hurricane-Ravaged Town
Sue McDavid was recognized as a gifted organizer from a young age. In 1955, as a senior at Putnam City High School, which was located near Oklahoma City, she organized her class prom. Sue has organized every class reunion since. While working on her class’s 50th reunion she was told by one of her former … Continue reading
Admirable Women – Erin Callan – Former CFO Lehman Bros. Regrets Not Having Kids
Mother’s Day was May 12th. Erin Callan, 47, a “liberated”, radical, second-wave feminist is a woman who wasted her youth working in the financial industry. She topped out as CFO of Lehman Bros. She sacrificed her personal life for her career including her first husband, whom she divorced. In 2008, Ms. Callan quit Lehman Bros., … Continue reading
Admirable Women – Anne-Marie Slaughter – Regrets Time Away from Family for Career
Anne-Marie Slaughter broke the “glass ceiling” when she was appointed, by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2009, as the first woman Director of Policy Planning at the U. S. State Department. Ms. Slaughter had spent the majority of her youth in academia. A graduate of Princeton Law School, she taught at University of Chicago, … Continue reading
Admirable Women – 15 year old Sarah Merkle Trashes Gun Control in 3 Minutes
Sarah Merkle is a 2nd amendment rights advocate. She spoke to the Maryland legislature about the pointlessness of the gun control legislation they were considering. She first shot a gun with her Dad at shooting range as an 8-year-old. Today, she is the secretary for her gun club and shoots competitively with an AR 15, … Continue reading
Admirable Women – Susan Patton Encourages College Women to Find Husbands
Susan Patton is an alumnus of Princeton and the mother of a 2 male Princeton students. She is now a world-wide celebrity! The reason? She had the unmitigated gall to write a letter-to-the-editor of The Daily Princetonian newspaper suggesting that the female students at Princeton should take advantage of the bright men at Princeton and … Continue reading