Foot and Fire

Message on Women’s Month By Atty. Gerlie M. Uy PNP La Carlota City Flag Ceremony March 22, 2021 To our PNP Chief of Police, PLt Col. Jonel Vargas Guadalupe, and the uniformed women and men of PNP La Carlota City, Good Morning. Every year, we reserve the whole month of March to celebrate women. To appreciate this particular occasion, allow me the honor to lead you all in walking back through the history lane. The observation of a special day for women traces its roots in different movements in the 1900s, particularly in the US where garment workers were fighting for their economic rights and fair work hours. In 1911, the first International Women’s Day was celebrated on 19 March participated by millions of men and women. However, a tragic incident led to the changing of this date. On 25 March, 1911, 140 working women died in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City. This brought to light the unfair labor practices and inhumane working conditions that women...

  Gift from the sea  By Anne Morrow Lindbergh We are our Mother's Daughters By Cokie Roberts What I liked about the Gift From the Sea is that it is a personal conversation between Lindbergh and the women of her times but then all the women from her time up to now can truly relate to her words of wisdom. It is not instructive but it surely is reflective on many things a woman can and could face during her lifetime. It is an unassuming conversation yet it is powerful. It is indeed a gift, for women who wanted to be everything to everybody at a time but then integrally an artist by heart who celebrates solitude. This book is timeless, and has something to say to a woman in whatever stage she may be in her life. *** While reading this book, another favorite is summoned by my memory. I loved Cokie Roberts' We are our Mothers' Daughters because it is a modern run down of how women attained liberation. I can truly feel that the efforts of the women inclu...