Suffragette Day 8 – Honoring Women in Military #HopeForOurDaughters

Suffragette Day 8 – Honoring Women in Military

It’s Veteran’s Day in the US and today is a day to pay tribute to those that served their country. I want to particularly touch on the women who served in the military and to share with you a couple of clips from the upcoming film Suffragette.

Women have had to fight for equal rights for decades and even today we still see women continue to fight for things like equal pay, paid maternity leave, and job advancement. Suffragette is an inspirational film that reminds us of the battles women have fought in the pass. I know what it’s like to be pass over in a job for a position or a raise because I was a female. Theses are things I hope my own daughter never have to experience. In this clip Suffragette looks at the injustices we still have to over come. It’s called #HopeForOurDaughters

To celebrate Veteran’s Day here are some facts about women in the military.

WOMEN’S FIRSTS IN THE ARMED FORCES

1985 – Penny Harrington was appointed as Chief of Police of the Portland Police Bureau, making her the first woman to lead a major–city police department.
1991 – Congress authorizes women to fly in combat missions.
1993 – Congress authorizes women to serve on combat ships.
2000 – Kathleen McGrath became the first woman to command a warship at sea.
2004 – Colonel Linda McTague becomes the first woman commander of a fighter squadron in U.S. Air Force history.
2008 – Ann E. Dunwoody is the first female four–star general in the U.S. Army.
2014 – Michelle J. Howard began her assignment as the U.S. Navy’s first female and first female African–American four–star admiral on July 1, 2014.
2015 – Capt. Kristen Griest and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver are the first female soldiers to graduate from the school for the Army Rangers.

Show your support for #HopeForOurDaughters and share one of the four images below with the hashtag #HopeForOurDaughters and $1 will be donated to Equality Now.

About Suffragette:

Academy Award nominees Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter, and three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, lead the cast of a powerful drama about the women who were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality in early-20^th-century Britain. The stirring story centers on Maud (played by Carey Mulligan), a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.’s growing Suffragette movement. Galvanized by the outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst (Meryl Streep), Maud becomes an activist for the cause alongside women from all walks of life. When increasingly aggressive police action forces Maud and her dedicated fellow Suffragettes underground, they engage in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with the authorities, who are shocked as the women’s civil disobedience escalates and sparks debate across the nation. Inspired by true events, Suffragette is a moving drama exploring the passion and heartbreak of those who risked all they had for women’s right to vote – their jobs, their homes, their children, and even their lives. Produced by Academy Award nominee Alison Owen and Golden Globe Award nominee Faye Ward, Suffragette is directed by BAFTA Award winner Sarah Gavron from an original screenplay by Emmy Award winner Abi Morgan.

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