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Today, Eagle Forum celebrates “Real Women’s Day,” a day to honor the intrinsic values of womanhood as wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters.
While we understand that “real women” are simply women and need no modifier, we have come to a point in society where the left has tried to redefine the term to include biological men. An aggressive movement has tried to co-op women’s identity, privacy, spaces, sports, and more. They have tried to erase women through terms like “birthers,” “chest feeders,” and “menstruators” all while men are donning dresses and demanding to be called “women.”
Former collegian swimmer Riley Gaines is the originator of this day to recognize and honor women. After being forced to change in a locker room with biological male Lia Thomas and compete against him, she became an outspoken advocate for women. Using her platform through The Riley Gaines Center at Leadership Institute, she explains the significance of this date:
This date, 10/10, is symbolized by the Roman numeral “XX” – signifying what it means to be a woman, something innate in our very DNA: the science that defines a real woman.
Gaines recently shared her story at Eagle Council 51 and highlighted state laws across the nation that are being passed to protect women and girls. Eagle Forum presented her with an Eagle Award to honor her courage in fighting for truth and promoting Faith, Not Fear - the theme of this year’s leadership conference.
Not only is Eagle Forum celebrating the most basic principles of science and God’s original creation, but we also want to honor the women who personify womanhood beginning with Eagle Forum’s founder Phyllis Schlafly. While raising six children and being a dedicated wife, Schlafly organized the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s and founded the modern pro-family movement. She was a lawyer, author, and appointee of President Ronald Reagan. Schlafly successfully debated the most prominent feminists of the time and was dubbed The Sweetheart of the Silent Majority.
After creating Eagle Forum, Schlafly wanted a way to formally honor women who are advocates of the family by being full-time homemakers, so she created the Homemaker of the Year Award. This year’s honoree was Katherine Ballard, wife of Tim Ballard and mother to nine children. She has stood faithfully by her husband’s side while he embarked on missions with Operation Underground Railroad to rescue trafficked children. After adopting two children from Haiti, she launched Children Need Families to assist adoptive families financially. She is a graceful example of womanhood, femininity, and the vital role full-time homemakers play not only in their families but in broader society as well.
Today, we stand alongside the women fighting for their biological rights and for their families. Phyllis Schlafly aptly said:
I believe that American women are the most fortunate who ever lived on the face of the Earth. They can do anything they make up their minds to do.
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