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The Compass Monday, March 26, 2001 3 EorroRiAL Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’s Woman Stacy Brock b_stacy@mailexcite.com She is a collaboration of what was, what is and what is to come. All over the world, women are being celebrated this month for their courage, vision, contributions and their significance-to mankind. A century ago, women were defined only as helpmates and nurturers. Taking care of the home front was all women were considered capable and worthy of doing. And such duties were viewed as necessary but not as significant and honorable, at least not by men. But, women began to challenge themselves and the patriarchy structure that existed. Though many of them risked their lives, yesterday's women demonstrated that their capabilities stretched father than maintaining simply the household. Shortly following the Russian revolution in the early 1900's, when women held a protest against food shortages and the world war, which forced Czar Nicholas II, a Russian ruler, to abdicate, American women were demanding the right to vote and were granted the right to do so when the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was passed. As a result of both endeavors and achievements by all women, women of that time discovered that their voices were powerful and that they were capable of even performmg tasks that required intellectual acumen the same as men. Their achievements became monumental in changing their role and how a woman was to be defined. Today, as a result of the legacy of yesterday's women, we know the power of our worth and potential. We know that what was once taken lightly, our femi nism, is the very thing that makes us unique. Thus, we've attained a greater respect for our ability to bring life into the world. And we are no longer just homemakers; we are homeowners. We are no longer inferiors; we are superior, both in our households and in the workplace. And we have proven that we are competent; we can handle the rigors of today's workplace where we maintain full-time jobs while also taking care of our families. Tomorrow is not promised, but should it present itself, it will arrive with us present, and if need be we will again change our role as women and how we are defined. Yesterday's woman certainly exposed barriers that prohibited us from discovering who we were and what we could be, today's woman, in many cases around the world, have confronted and challenged those barriers and tommarrow's woman will eliminate them for good. / \ The Compass The Compass is published by Elizabeth City State University students under the direction of the Department of Language, Literature and Communication, Dr. Velma Blackmon, chairperson. Editor Stacy Brock Assistant Editor Amanda Parker Copy Editor Inger Parker Arts & Entertainment Editor. Michael Fournier Sports Writers Derek Lyons, Shannon Penn Photograhers Staff Office lUlanager Detra Stith Advertising iVlanager Brian Gray Layout Designers Stacy Brock, Amanda Parker Staff writers Antonio Barrow, Abrian Carter, Sharon Gorgani, ElizabethMartins Chi’Mur Knight Heather Malone, James Polk, Chrishanda Rodgers LaQuisha Tisdal Advisor Dr. Ngwainmbi The Compass welcomes letters to the editor. Letters should be sent to ECSU Box 815, Elizabeth City, NC 27909. All letters must be signed and include the writer's address and telephone number. They may be edited for length, clarity, and taste as well as accuracy and grammar. Because of limited space, not all letters can be published. Twenty-two hundred copies of this publication were printed on recycled paper at a cost of 45c each. > Elizabeth City State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges cind Schools to award baccalaureate degrees. Poetry Corner EIect Ljxdy I AM yovR eIect Lxdy rh/iT sTANds ovT From aU rhe rest. A WOMAN rhAT WAS chosEN by Cod TO bs yOUR loVER, Lxdy ANd fRIENd. ChoSEN TO loVE yov foR rhE bEAVTlfvl PERSON yov ARE. ChoSEN TO bE SENSITIVE TO aU yOVR NEEds NO MATTER whAT ThEy ARE. ChoSEN TO lisTEN TO yOVR ThovqbTS ANd idEAS. ChoSEN TO SpEAk SoFt SWEET NOTblNqS IN yOVR EAR. I AM youR eIect Udy who can FeeI hER man's pain ChosEN TO hold yov, carress yov ANd to wipE yOVR TEARS AWAy. ChoSEN TO ACCEpT yOVR WEaUnESSES ANd AckNOwlEdqE yOVR STRENqhTS. ChosEN TO bE ThE eIect Udy who Unows how TO UFt hER MAN Vp whEN hs IS FEEllNq weaU. ChoSEN TO bE A bold WOMAN ANd TO SpEAk Vp whsN yov ARE WRONq. ChosEN TO COME TO yov ANd Ask For FoRqivENESs whEN I am WRONq. ChoSEN TO IeARN yOVR PAST ANd whAT MAkES yov who yov are. ChosEN to never look doWN ON yov bECAVSE oF whERE yov'vE bsEN OR whAT yov'vE doNE. ChosEN TO hElp yov bE rhE man Cod MAdE yov TO bE. I AM yovR eIect Udy yovR Fvtvre wiFe to bE. I AM yOVR eIeCT Udy, I STANd OVT AMONq rhE REST. For bAby, I was chosEN to Fit into yOVR pVRpOSE AS yOVR WiFe, loVER ANd FRIENd. By: Katrevia Rodgers My Cod BUsssd Prince My MAN is A pRINCe A prince bECAVSE ThAT's whAT Cod ORdAINEd hlM to bE, My MAN is Cod FsARiNq, Not bECAVSE hE chosE to bE, Bvt siMply bECAVSE Cod chosE ANd ANNOiNTEd hiM TO bE. ISoThiNq Iess ThAN RiqhrEovs, My MAN loVES ME wiTh ThE loVE iNSTillEd iN hiM From Cod, My MAN is blEsssd, He is My sovImate, My bEST FRiENd, In OThER woRds, we connect He sAys I'm his pRiNCESs FilUd wiTh Inner bEAVTy ANd Iove, He SAys ThAT hE's bsEN blESSEid TO hAVE ME, ANd rhAT I'm so bsAVTiFvl as a dovs, We Iove EAch oThER wiTh ovr hEARTS ANd MiNds, Not ovr bodiEs yET, Becavse Cod hASN'T iNTENdEd For vs to do ThAT yET Bvt aFter MARRiAqE By: Shatrina Nicole McCoy CPlease send your poetry. Dear Vike questions and Letters to the Editor today to The Compass, Campus Box 815 or bring to Room 111 in Johnson Hail.
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