President Obama will pay homage to women's equality Tuesday, designating the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, a historic house in the District that has housed the National Woman's Party since 1929, as a national monument.

The site, to be named the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument, honors both Alva Belmont, the National Woman's Party benefactor, and Alice Paul, who founded the party and served as its chief strategist.

As always, our president did a classy job. Thanks, Obama.

End the patriarchy!

I am partial to Alice Paul;
Alice Paul (1885 – 1977): Social Worker, Militant Activist and Suffragette
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But both these women are fascinating and heroic.
According to biography.com...even though Belmont worked hard to help women achieve the right to vote, she herself " reportedly refused to vote until a woman candidate was in the running for president. "
She might achieve that dream if she were alive today! Too bad it is taking this long....

The longest serving female in the Senate:

Barbara Mikulski, the Maryland Democrat who has served in Congress for nearly 40 years, will retire from her current position as U.S. Senator at the end of her term in 2016. Mikulski, 78, was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1977 before moving to the Senate in 1987. She was the first woman to chair the influential Appropriations Committee, a coveted position given the committee’s oversight over hundreds of billions of dollars of discretionary spending.
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"Maybe it's because she's a social worker, maybe because she's a woman - she understands relationships are everything," said Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.). "She helps you see areas of common interest so you can find solutions."
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Full Definition of heroine
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a : a mythological or legendary woman having the qualities of a hero
b : a woman admired and emulated for her achievements and qualities
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Batgirl PSA 1973 (link...)