The Hall of Femme

June 12th, 2006

woolf.jpgWelcome to the Uppity Rib Hall of Femme.

Below in (mostly) alphabetical order are a few of my heroes. We would not be where we are today without these women; my gratitude knows no bounds.

Eve, Lillith, & Mary Magdalene, orignal Uppity Ribs
Margaret Atwood for a much-needed wake-up call
Susie Bright for, er, exposing the prudes
Margaret Cho for being “who she thinks she is”
Kate Chopin for Awakening us
Mary Daly for taking on Academentia
Elizabeth I for sticking to her guns
Riane Eisler for the revelation
Betty Freidan for her Mystique
Margaret Mead for expose before it was cool
Cathryn Michon for reminding us that Genius is in every Grrl
Inga Muscio for her magnificent Cunt
Rosa Parks for sitting down to stand up against the good ol’ boys
Susan Powter for the Politics
Marion Woodman for conscious femininity
Virginia Woolf for helping us all find rooms of our own
Gloria Steinem, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, & Susan B. Anthony …for everything.

Do you know of a Righteous Rib who deserves to be in the Hall of Femme? Email me!

“As a woman I have no country.
As a woman my country is the whole world.”
- Virginia Woolf

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3 Responses to “The Hall of Femme”

  1. Lachlan on June 13, 2006 3:46 pm

    Quite a list. I will have to think about it and get back to you. :)

  2. My So-Called Blog » Blog Archive » Fun With Search Terms on June 14, 2006 9:50 am

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  3. Matt Langdon on January 21, 2008 2:25 pm

    What about Aung San Suu Kyi, Andree de Jongh, or Irena Sendler? I write a blog and run a program about heroes. You can find more there.

    Celebrating female heroes is important as so man of them were ignored during their lives.

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