Women in History

Have been reading a book I mentioned earlier called, "A Nation in God's Hands:  Ellen White and the Civil War," by Jud Lake ["Learning From The Past," March 4, 2019].  According to this book, a black man named Frederick Douglass was a longtime abolitionist and he praised the work of the female abolitionists.  He said they had deep convictions and tender feelings; and they worked hard speaking and writing, and doing other work....  Some of them were former slaves but not all of them were.  A woman named Harriet Beecher Stowe was a Yankee and the daughter of a minister.  In 1852, she published a novel called "Uncle Tom's Cabin," about some slave families; and the book became a bestseller in the northern USA.  It wasn't just for entertainment but was to make people think....  The book is still being sold and read today, which shows how significant it was....

Have also mentioned before that gay rights have been compared to the blacks overcoming slavery and getting civil rights....  It's my understanding that the special police project began discreetly in 1932 and all or most police officers were male, at the time.  They specifically wanted a female civilian to hep them....  I believe the ideas and work of people like Frederick Douglass and  Harriet Stowe may have had an influence on them....  I've also heard that a few of the female abolitionists had joined my church many years ago.  And Ellen White was a strong abolitionist, although she never joined a society for it.

Right now, I believe most of the work of the police project has been completed....  There's some lingering prejudice in our society....  It mainly remains for the involved police to go public with their work.  [It's been said the majority of the police don't know about it--only a smaller portion do.]