National Holiday In Honor of American Women

I just signed the following petition addressed to: The Presdent and the Congress of the United States of America.
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January 11, 2001


Dear American Women,
The time has long been for a day to be named
and celebrated as a legal holiday
all across the United States of America.
A country in which so many of you have contributed
and devoted your lives to help make it a great one.

No longer can the bureaucrats
of local, state and federal government
consciously ignore that there's no day of such honor
dedicated in recognition for any American woman
who has lived or died for her beloved country.
Isn't there at least one worthy
out of the many who sacrificed and gave
for the benefit of all humanity?

How great rises the national deficit
while U.S.currency bares the faces
of men and beast on one side,
and the images of statues and monuments
as sacred symbols on the other.
When will those who lead America
take grip and behold the American woman
as beautiful and precious enough to become
their bill voted and passed as
"a note legal tender for all debts, public and private?"

How can any one who loves their freedom
celebrate the birthday of a former slave master,
and disregard life of any woman
who devoted herself to help free
men, women, and children
out of the bondage of slavery?

Does America dismiss the dignity and honor
of the woman who actually lit the torch
that illuminated a passage way for every American
to have their choice of seats on our public buses?

Has America forgotten that it was a woman
who sewed its first flag with her hands,
a symbol which Americans was once proud
to defend and face while pledging allegiance
to it and their country as " one nation under God."

How many of those who preach in America
knows enough to teach about who was queen
when King James authorized his version
to be translated as The Holy Bible?
Wasn't the queen also his helpmate,
or was she only suitable to be seated
beside him in a decorated chair
which he called her throne?

How can America's political organizations
and religious groups help solve
the controversies and the issues concerning
women's rights being violated in America,
when so many politicians constantly oppose
the legitimacy of their efforts and struggles,
and while a great number of religious leaders
continue to trespass against and defile
the essence of the American woman.

Last and divinely not least
let us not forget the origin, history and future
of the Native American Woman
who was the first of women in America
to endure invasion, racism, discrimination, segregation
and denial of her right to exist freely
upon every hill and every mountain
within her native land we call "America."


Sincerely,
Kenneth W. Baldwin, Sr.
CEO/Dear American Woman Network
PO Box 17513
Sunrise, Fl 33318
(786) 439-7314