Friday Frivolity - Amazing Women Edition

It's time for this week's edition of Friday Frivolity - the blog party for all things fun, funny, hopeful & happy!

Just wait until you see what we dug up for this week's theme...




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At last week's party, we had fun celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday.

This week, we're focusing on the gals in honor of International Women's Day this past week.


Initially, I'd planned to bring you all sorts of wacky women memes to start your weekend off with a laugh.

But when I sat down to actually type, I was inspired to present you with a list of some of the most amazing and influential women from history.

Some you'll know, but there might just be one or two that you'll meet for the first time...
Harriet Tubman: Escaped slave who helped 70 families reach freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Clara Barton: Pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross. (Since I read about a zillion nurse books as a kid, I pretty much devoured anything having to do with Clara Barton that I came across.)
Marie Curie: Besides being the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, she's still the only one to have won it in two different sciences!
Hedy Lamarr: This glamorous movie star actually invented a jamming-resistant radio guidance system for use in Allied torpedoes in her spare time!   

Joan Ganz Cooney: American television producer who co-created Sesame Street.

Astronaut Sally Ride and Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova: First American woman in space and first woman in space, respectively. (You can't get much cooler than orbiting the Earth!)



Now time for the new stuff!


The Hosts:



Host, Lisa, Friday Frivolity Superbowl / Football Memes Edition! (Sort of, Not Really...  ;P) Plus the Friday Frivolity LINKY PARTY - the blog link-up for all things Fun, Funny, Happy, and Hopeful!

  Lisa is an awesomely hilarious and authentic writer who marches to her own drum on her blog Syncopated Mama, providing an "un-labelly spot" for all the happily off-beat folks out there who have been wishing to find kindred spirits. She shares her adventures building a natural home, teaching her adorbs daughter, establishing and refining positive communication skills, camping, creating, cooking, and so much more! Lisa recently wrote about her leggings experience in Have You Roe'd Yet?...you've gotta check it out!



Host, Audrey, Friday Frivolity Superbowl / Football Memes Edition! (Sort of, Not Really...  ;P) Plus the Friday Frivolity LINKY PARTY - the blog link-up for all things Fun, Funny, Happy, and Hopeful!
Audrey is a wonderfully eclectic blogger, who not only can cook up a storm over on That Recipe, but also writes at Munofore - "MUsings NOt FOod RElated." Munofore touches on humor, parenting, crafting, holiday ideas, tutorials, and more! Audrey recently shared 5 Easy Ways Women Can Help Each Other -- no matter what your political views are, these are encouraging tips!



Jessica is an amazingly funny and smart blogger from Wales who writes at Babi a Fi on a whole range of topics -- from entertaining vintage nostalgia, to technology tutorials, to book reviews, to raising her adorable munchkin, and so much more! She recently shared her fun answers over at her 40 question post!


Guest Co-Host for March: 
Amethyst is a fantastically encouraging and thoughtful blogger, who shares new-mama adventures, self-care advice, book and product reviews and so much more over at One Sage Mama. Her most recent post, in honor of Multicultural Children's Book Day, is a review of a heartwarming story entitled Yumi's Extraordinary Collection.  



Calling all bloggers looking for an upbeat and supportive group of pals to join in hosting the weekly #FridayFrivolity par-tay!  We are hoping to add to our ranks of dedicated hosts and co-hosts, and would love for you to consider joining the fun!  Co-Hosts are welcome on a temporary basis (usually a month), while Hosts make a more ongoing commitment.  :)  Swing by here to express interest and ask any questions! 


Featured Post from Last Week:

In a fun twist, since we have multiple hosts and co-hosts we will also have multiple features.... but you will have to go check out the other blogs to see if you were featured there!  ;)    

     


The featured post for Syncopated Mama this week is........



Addressing the LARGE Elephants in the Room

I actually read this post when I came across it on another link party earlier in the week and not only was it hilarious, but I found it incredibly interesting, as well.

You might be totally familiar with the subject of boob jobs, but it was all new to me! (Click over to read about the air pockets on planes, if nothing else!)


Now, the new stuff! 


This a link-up for all things funny, fun, encouraging, hopeful, and happy. That includes free printables, giveaways, and other fun stuff to make us SMILE and start the weekend off on the right foot. If you're here in search of fun and uplifting reading materials, skip the rules and just start clickin'! Bloggy buddies, thanks for coming to par-tay! You are welcome to link up to 3 posts, and old posts are always welcome! 






We're so happy you're here! Let's have some fun!



What fun do you have planned for the weekend?  I'd love to hear!  Either leave a comment below or email me at lisahealy (at) outlook (dot) com.

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