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[IceWizard]

26 Aug 2017


National WebMistress Day

”Behind every great site is a webmistress rolling her eyes.”
~ Jim Carrey (Sort of)

We often hear a lot of talk about webmasters, those fantastic men who work really hard developing the internet every day. Without them, the digital world wouldn’t be as incredible as it is. Or would it? You see, not all of those architects of the internet were men. Webmistress Day celebrates these women and the role they play, giving them the equal time and attention they deserve. How many webmistresses do you know?

History of Webmistress Day

Alright, just in case you missed the point, let’s talk about what a webmistress is. They are women who develop and maintain websites, as well as developing and marketing them to the digital marketplace. The origin of the term webmistress, on one hand, is simply an extension of webmaster, but Kat Valentine made it official when she purchased webmistress.com and started working under that title. Thousands of women all over the world are now working under the title of WebMistress, yet people still quirk a brow when they hear it.

Webmistress Day stresses that this is a legitimate job title used by thousands of skilled professionals all over the world. The stigma associated with it must be lifted so that women can be recognized as a valid and important part of developing the digital world. Whenever you visit a website, you should stop and take a moment to figure out whether or not the person responsible for that site is a webmistress. You’d be surprised just how often your favorite sites will turn out to have been designed by one, and maybe that’s part of the problem.

It’s time to stop being surprised, and know that webmistresses are here to stay, once and for all.



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Women's Equality Day



Women’s Equality Day commemorates 26th August 1920 when votes to women officially became part of the US constitution. This day marks a turning point in the history of the struggle for equal treatment of women and women’s rights.

In 1920, the day stood for the result of 72 years of campaigning by a huge civil rights movement for women. Prior to movements like these, even respected thinkers such as Rousseau and Kant believed that woman’s inferior status in society was completely logical and reasonable; women were ‘beautiful’ and ‘not fit for serious employment’.

Over the last century, great women have proved these views wrong as the world has witnessed just what women are capable of achieving, from the likes of Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt fighting for civil rights and equality to great scientists such as Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin and Jane Goodall. The last century has shown more than ever what both women and men are capable of achieving, given the opportunity.

Today, women’s equality has grown to mean much more than just sharing the right to the vote. Organisations such as Equality Now and Womankind Worldwide continue to work to provide women across the globe with equal opportunities to education and employment, pushing against suppression and violence towards women and against the discrimination and stereotyping which still occur in every society.

So on Women’s Equality Day, let the men do the dishes and the women do the DIY, think about supporting women’s empowerment projects in developing countries, stop thinking about men and women as separate beings with separate roles and start thinking about treating people as equals.

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August 26 Birthdays




Melissa McCarthy - 47




Macaulay Culkin - 37




Mother Teresa - (1910 - 1997) (87)




Sal Valentinetti - 22










August 26th


1995: Ozzy Osbourne kicked off his Retirement Sucks tour in Monterey, Mexico which was Osbourne’s first tour of Latin & South America & Osbourne’s first tour in three years.

1991: Kiss drummer Peter Criss filed a libel lawsuit in Los Angeles against The Star for publishing a story which claimed he was a homeless alcoholic living on the streets of Santa Monica. They would reach an out of court settlement in April of 1993.

1990: Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble performed their last show at Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI. During their encore, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy & Jimmy Vaughan joined them onstage for a jam.

1980: Cheap Trick announced the departure of bassist Tom Petersson, citing personal & musical differences as the reasons for his departure. He rejoined Cheap Trick in 1988.

1979: At the Reading Festival in England, Phil Collins joined his former Genesis bandmate Peter Gabriel onstage for a rendition of “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”.

1978: The first Canada Jam took place at Mosport Park in Bowmanville, ON before a crowd of 80,000. The acts on the bill included The Doobie Brothers, Kansas, Dave Mason, The Commodores and Village People.

1978: The World Series of Rock took place at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium with Fleetwood Mac headlining. Other acts on the bill included Todd Rundgren, The Cars and Eddie Money.

1970: The Isle of Wight Festival kicked off in England. Acts who appeared included Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Jethro Tull, Chicago & Free.

1970: After an all-night jam session, Duane Allman asked Eric Clapton if he would attend the recording sessions for his new group Derek and the Dominoes. Clapton agreed to it, only on the condition that Allman also played on the sessions.



Birthdays:

Chris Curtis - Drummer for The Searchers born in 1941