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Both trafficking and prostitution find their roots in gender inequality, which allows demand to flourish in the belief that there is no harm in purchasing the bodies of women and girls.
As a mother, a grandmother and as a woman, I'm sickened by the rape, exploitation and violence against girls and women by johns, traffickers and corporate profiteers as well as the indifference of good people that allow it to happen. Failed to report flower. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Frederick Douglass III by name, he was the great grandson and namesake of the famed abolitionist, journalist and orator. Make sure that the file is a photo. The first step to ending trafficking and prostitution is to change society's views about the value of women and girls, and to end the demand. Add to your scrapbook. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Ms. Douglass is the great-great-granddaughter of Frederick Douglass and the great-granddaughter of Booker T. Washington. Her smile was more like that of a Hollywood starlet. "Women must stand up for women. All rights reserved. Please try again later. Select a place on the map to place the pin.
Every little girl, however, is equally as precious and must be protected, if not by loving parents, by her community, her state or the laws of her nation. Soroptimist International of the Americas. It was August 1941 and the menacing shadow of World War II, which had already eclipsed much of the world, now threatened America. Try again. Before moving to the District, she worked as a social worker in Los Angeles County, Calif., for about five years. Please enter location or other information that may help the volunteer in fulfilling this request. Unfortunately, this is not a story of romantic love, but a love defined by a mother's strength. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Use the links under “See more…” to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. The second is to ensure that women and girls are educated and have choices where their own futures are concerned. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Get all the latest election results from across the country, with up-to-the-minute maps and more. Year should not be greater than current year. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. For help using the website visit our help page or contact [email protected]. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Nettie Washington Douglass. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. MyC-SPAN users can download four Congressional hearings and proceedings under four hours for free each month. "I get my name from two great American men, but I have been defined by the strong women in my life." Also an additional volunteer within fifty miles. Nettie Hancock Douglass (Washington) (1917 - 1982) - Genealogy She was also widow of Dr. Frederick Douglass III, a physician and great-grandson of Black activist and journalist Frederick Douglass who died in 1941. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN videos. Please note: You are asking volunteers to find and take a photo of the headstone. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Frederick and Nettie were married three months after they met.
Now, walking across campus, on course for what could be termed an impossibly random celestial event, he -- deep in thought, stroking his Clark Gable mustache, she -- in a hurry to connect with old friends, they -- the progeny of two of America's most influential leaders... collided. Plese check the I'm not a robot checkbox.'. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Part of HuffPost Women. You need a Find a Grave account to add things to this site. For one auspicious moment, however, on a balmy Alabama afternoon, an unanticipated light of providence shined brightly on the campus of Tuskegee Institute. She not only encouraged but she funded his escape from slavery. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Together, they all did their best to make up for that which had been lost. Please contact Find a Grave at [email protected] if you need help resetting your password.
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Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. GREAT NEWS! Gloria Allred, Discrimination Attorney, Feminist Lawyer, also adds: Advocating for the rights of women has been a focus of my career. *This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning. Citing the urgency to rid communities of human trafficking-related crimes, Ms. Douglass is challenging women everywhere to join her in an anti-trafficking revolution this fall. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. GREAT NEWS! I thought you might like to see a memorial for Nettie Hancock Washington Douglass I found on Findagrave.com. Thanks for your help! Survivors include a daughter, Nettie Douglass Morris. Verify and try again. She also raised their five children mostly on her own as her husband traveled the world with his message of abolition. We made it easy for you to exercise your right to vote! You can still file a request but no one will be notified. Hitler rolled across the whole of Europe and down into North Africa while Japan was invading China. Today is National Voter Registration Day! This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Try again later.
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And, when Nettie was three months pregnant with the couple's first and only child, Frederick took his own life, perhaps, due to the profound burden of having to earn his famous name.
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says Ms. Douglass. × Great great grandaughter on the legacy of Frederick Douglass. If a new volunteer signs up in your requested photo location, they may see your existing request and take the photo. President Obama and congressional leaders spoke at a ceremony in Emancipation Hall to commemorate the 150th anniversary…, Congressional leaders presented the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the…, Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-KS) received the Congressional Gold Medal from House and Senate leaders in…, A ceremony was held to unveil the Senate Leadership Portrait of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who was retiring…, https://images.c-span.org/Files/498/20130622205700001_hd.jpg, U.S. Capitol | Office of the Speaker of the House, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center | Emancipation Hall, © 2020 National Cable Satellite Corporation, Frederick Douglass Statue Dedication Ceremony. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. He was as handsome as he was brilliant with a pedigree to match. I recently represented a victim of sex trafficking who was a minor. ". Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. For Edits select Suggest Edits on the memorial page. He had been commissioned as a surgeon by the Veterans Administration to serve at Tuskegee during the war. It goes to show that history, in many ways, has also been defined by strong women.". We have 2 volunteers within fifty miles of your requested photo location. The child, Nettie Washington Douglass, was born fatherless but nurtured with love, devotion and determination on the part of three amazing women: her mother, her mother's mother, also named Nettie Hancock Washington, and her paternal grandmother, Fannie Howard Douglass. Start by sending me a single paragraph from you or your organization and I will assemble them so that we are all heard as one voice.". What tears at my heart is that the largest numbers of those being exploited for sex and for labor are girls and women. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request. Sign up for membership to become a founding member and help shape HuffPost's next chapter. The organization celebrates the legacies of her famous ancestors and works to end contemporary forms of human trafficking and modern-day slavery both in the United States and abroad. Sharon Fisher, President of Soroptimist International of the Americas, responded with this paragraph as a simple yet powerful first step: As an organization working for almost 90 years to improve the lives of women and girls, Soroptimist vehemently denounces the heinous crimes of sex trafficking and prostitution. Human trafficking victims deserve support and so I lend my voice to the Frederick Douglass Family Foundation and their campaign to prevent this crime. The child, Nettie Washington Douglass, was born fatherless but nurtured with love, devotion and determination on the part of three amazing women: her mother, her mother’s mother, also named Nettie Hancock Washington, and her paternal grandmother, Fannie Howard Douglass. A sense of fear and uncertainty was mounting steadily on this side of the Atlantic as well. To suggest a change to a cemetery page, visit the Cemetery Corrections forum. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. We must speak out for girls that are being broken.
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