Celebrating International Women's Day (and Mothers) - and 17

Today, the 67th day of 2018, is International Women's Day.  And I spent a lot of the day on 3/8/2018 reflecting on all of the strong women in my life.  I am not surprised that I have often had strong women bosses, I enjoy being married to a strong woman and, with her raising two strong young women.  And why?  Because I was raised by many strong women, not the least of whom was my mom!  I used the Helen Reddy song for 1/20 and the Women's Marches, so I will use the Beatles Classic to honor mothers out there and their knowledge.  Thank you, mom, for all you have done for me and (with dad) for raising me (and my sister, another strong woman) to enjoy being around strong women.  And, for our number of the day, we will pick 17 - the number of women as heads of government and elected heads of state as of 2017. It's up from eight in 2005, though down slightly from a peak of 19 in 2015. Women hold the highest office in Bangladesh, Chile, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Liberia, Lithuania, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Namibia, Nepal, Norway, Poland, South Korea, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom (yes, I did Internet research).  I am a strong believer that the more women we have in leadership, the better our world will be.

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