The Nineteenth

Design is frequently about creating a space, image, culture, impact, or impression that changes a person's day. It defines what people experience. Huge developments, widespread distributions, down to the smallest impacts. Betty Willis designed a sign that has stood for 60 years, welcoming and initiating an experience for all in Las Vegas. Nevada is the 28th state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment on February 7, 1920. “It’s a powerful combination of symbolism, kitsch and mythology,” said Hal Rothman, a history professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. “It embodies the casual hipness of Las Vegas, nostalgia for the Rat Pack minus Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop.” “It’s a call to arms for our city because ‘fabulous’ is what we do best,” said Richard Hooker, the city’s senior cultural specialist. “Classic neon artists like Betty are the design heroes of the city, giving the place an image in the public mind. Their signs are like music to the eyes.” The neon lights were t

Mother to one of our current Associate Justice of the Peace, Anne Gorsuch Burford was the first Woman Administrator to the Environmental Protection Agency. Unfortunately and regardless of being a leader to a lot of similarities to what we are experiencing right now, she was a pioneer. Wyoming is the 27th state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment on January 27, 1920. In 1981, Ronald Reagan appointed Ms. Gorsuch Burford to Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She moved through school quickly, graduating University of Colorado Boulder at 19 and receiving her Juris Doctor (law) degree at 22. She received a Fulbright Scholarship to study criminal law in Jaipur, India for one year with her husband David Gorsuch. She served most of her representation in Colorado before joining Reagan’s transition team. Her nomination was unanimously agreed upon in 1981. Her “New Federalist” approach to the EPA pushed to downsize federal agencies to the states and cut the budget of

Breaking of the half way point of the blog (!!! I know right?!?!), I bring a singer that brought R&B, soul, and gospel music to the masses. The "Black Butterfly" Deniece Williams. Indiana was the 26th state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment on January 16, 1920. Ms. Williams came to a career in music, leaving her goals of being a nurse, showing that the schooling was not her strength. Her career soared quickly resulting in being called many things including “one of the great soul voices” and “the Black Butterfly” to name a few. Through her life she has received four Grammy’s and twelve nominations. Her R&B and soul music includes partnerships in the early 1970s with industry leaders including back up singer for Stevie Wonder Streeta Wright, Minnie Riperton, and Roberta Flack. Signing with Columbia Records in 1975, she began her streak of seventeen albums. By 1986, she was able to turn her soul music to her true life passion of Gospel. Instead of limiting to o

I found this webpage that documents a lot about women's rights in countries around the world. Where we have advanced over the past 100 years, there are still countries all over that struggle for the bare essential rights we have already started to take for granted. We need to remember that the fight is not over for the world. Vatican City Vatican City is the only remaining country that women cannot vote. And, at this trajectory, never will. As the centre of the Roman Catholic Church, the only people that can vote at all are the cardinals, operating on a religious doctrine. There is a story, fact or fable, that a woman was once about to be ordained as Pope when she delivered a baby on her way. Yet to be confirmed ... or debunked. Afghanistan Ruled by Shi’a Family Law, since 2009, women are not permitted to leave the home. In 2014, women did turn out in record numbers to vote and run for office. Through protests and threats of exile and persecution, they stood together to mak