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National Themes For August 26: National WebMistress Day, National Dog Day, National Women’s Equality Day, and National Cherry Popsicle Day.

💻National WebMistress Day! A WebMistress is a woman who designs, develops, markets and maintains websites. While the term has existed since the mid-1990s, it officially entered technology’s lexicon in June of 1995 when Kat Valentine secured the domain name WebMistress.com and began web development under the job title WebMistress. The previously existing WebMaster had arrived on the scene as early as 1986 according to various classified ads. There are now thousands of women working under the job title WebMistress. WebMistress has a place not only on the résumé but is a legitimate job title in the business world. As part of National WebMistress Day, take the time to acknowledge the women in web development to promote the job title in the business and lose the stigma associated with the word.

🐕National Dog Day! This day encourages dog ownership of all breeds. Whether mixed or purebred, embrace the opportunity for all dogs to live a happy, safe and abuse-free life. Dogs give us companionship; they keep us safe, and they aid those in need. It is a goal for many on this day to find homes for all dogs in need of a loving family. The purpose of the National Dog Day Foundation is to rescue 10,000 dogs each year. When dogs find a forever home, their companionship creates lifelong benefits. They bring with them joy, loyalty, and devotion. Eventually, no matter the breed, these pets become family.

👩‍💼National Women’s Equality Day! The United States Congress passed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution granting women full and equal voting rights on this day in 1920. Every year we commemorate this right with National Women’s Equality Day. While in London at the World Anti-Slavery Convention 1840, several women were denied access to the convention floor planting the seeds for a women’s rights movement. Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Staton, along with Martha Wright, Mary Ann McClintock, and Jane Hunt, set in motion plans for the first woman’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. Held at Wesleyan Chapel on July 19-20, 1848, the conference drew 200 women the first day. On the second day, the convention opened to men, and some did attend. During the convention, leaders presented 12 resolutions. They enumerated the rights that women should be equal to men socially, economically, legally and representatively. Of the resolutions, all but the 9th were approved unanimously. The right to vote created concern and many women felt it would cause large numbers of their backers to withdraw their support. However, after much debate and the support of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the 9th resolution too passed. Woman’s suffrage began in earnest in the United States then. Another advocate, Susan B. Anthony, joined Stanton in 1869 to create the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). Through nearly ten years of persistence and lobbying, the NWSA introduced an amendment in 1878. Despite years of debate and finally to the floor of Congress in 1886, only to be defeated. Ultimately, it would take another 34 years before a new amendment made it to Congress. It required the passing of batons. New states entered the union. Their constitutions included rights for women that states before them never had – rights to vote. Civil disobedience ensued. Eventually, with women gaining equality, Congress passed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. By a joint resolution of Congress on August 26, 1971, the first Women’s Equality Day was Celebrated. Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY) sponsored the resolution and every year since each president declares this day as Women’s Equality Day commemorating the certification of the 19th Amendment to The United States Constitution.

🍒National Cherry Popsicle Day! One evening in 1905, 11-year-old Frank Epperson mixed a batch of soda on his porch and left it with the stirring stick still in it for the night. That evening in San Francisco, California the temperature dipped to record lows and the following morning, Frank discovered instead of soda pop, a frozen treat on a stick. Inspired, he created the fruit-flavored “Popsicle”. It wasn’t until years later, in 1922 during a fireman’s ball, that he introduced his frosty treat. With the Popsicle’s huge success, Epperson proceeded to make and sell his frozen sweetness at an amusement park in Alameda, California. By 1924, he applied for a patent where he called it the “Epsicle” ice pop. He later renamed it “Popsicle”. One of the summertime’s favorite treats, National Cherry Popsicle Day honors one of the top flavors!

Whether they work under the job title WebMistress or WebMaster theses individuals come up with unique designs for all their clients. Keep up the good work. All dogs should have their day every day. All pets should! Cherry popsicles are not my favorite but they are still yummy. Our temperature is barely hitting the 80'sF. Which is 10° below where we should be. It's making for nice days. However Monday were to have thunderstorms off and on.

Warm hugs!🐶💕🌥