Anytime in the World History?

[kitkatz]

Nah, get a grip Mimi.  People are just being people. Ya know!

[paddbear0000]

Hey, if someone doesn't resent something you say, you aren't really a member here! It happens to everyone. Remember, we're grouchy, tired people! 

[aharris2]

past history has often been a very uncomfortable place for women...

I find AlohaBeth's answer intriguing... how did women fare in America before Europeans arrived?

Sorry if my post was not clear, Paris. I was trying to offer another path (a path to peace, perhaps) instead of the path I knew the thread would take.
Maybe this will help:

I find AlohaBeth's answer (the one dated 4/8/08 - "I would love to experience America before Europeans arriving") intriguing (especially in light of glitter's response quoted above)... how did women fare in America before Europeans arrived?

I am drawn to the tragedy of this country and how it came to pass. I get lost in looking for maps showing the progressive loss of territory and displacement of Native American people. I find it mind boggling that we drove the buffalo into extinction just to destroy another culture's way of life. And ultimately, tragedy is not the word. It is an abomination, a crime against humanity -The near total destruction of (Native American) people and culture because of greed. Our legacy.

While I would not like to go back in time (because I am not willing to give up the progress that women have made), I would like to have a "super spyglass" that could peer back in time so that I could come to understand particular histories.

Back to my post... So, AlohaBeth (or anyone else who cares to comment), how did women fare in America before the arrival of Europeans?

Alene

[AlohaBeth]

I only mean that when the Europeans arrived in America, the land and people were changed forever.  I would love to see what the culture was like for Native American's before we arrived, I would like to see what forrests and oceans and mountains looked like before they were changed forever.

I am sure it would be tough for a woman, but I'm up for a challenge
But I also look at the other times in history I posted and none of those were great times for women either, Victorian, Rennaisance - none of these were easy for women, but I would still like to see what life was like -- their lives and hardships paved the way for us and our journey. 

But I am also with Rerun, Maybe if I can bring my laptop and iPod

[Bajanne]

Working at the cruiseship dock yesterday, I met a gentleman visiting from Chicago.  He is german and has this website - www.coldwarhistory.us.
Well I don't know how the conversation came around, but he started talking about how the Europeans totally wiped out the blacks and natives from Argentina as they 'cleansed' the country.  It made me very sad.

[annabanana]

I believe this has happened with other countries, as well.
re: Native American women...I know the Cherokee tribe was and still is a matriarchal system. Women are honored in ways not found in a patriarchal system.
I, too, would love to go back to pre-European North Carolina/Tennessee.

[Sunny]

Women in history were generally treated poorly, that's why I would also change my gender.

[vandie]

Well it never fails.  Someone always resents what I post.  Guess I better quit posting on this board.

This forum is loaded with opinion.  That's what makes it so great.  Lighten up.

[Bill Peckham]

Can we go forward? I'd like to see 2063 when I blow out 100 candles, before dying in a flying car accident on my way home from the casino on the moon.

[boxman55]

Thanks for bringing this back to the topic, Bill

Boxman,Moderator

[Chris]

Can we go forward? I'd like to see 2063 when I blow out 100 candles, before dying in a flying car accident on my way home from the casino on the moon.

 

[thegrammalady]

yes, i too think i would rather go forward. i want to see my great and great great grandchildren.

[aharris2]

yes, i too think i would rather go forward. i want to see my great and great great grandchildren.

...and a time where the planet was respected and all of its people were treated right.

...and a time when kidney function could be restored!

But, going back, I would like to see the plains dark with herds of buffalo as far as the eye could see.

[okarol]

It would be interesting to time travel and see what it was like when women were admired for their Rubenesque figures.

[mikey07840]

I would like to hang out with Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Adams and Mr. Franklin and see how they got the Declaration of Independence passed.
  Mikey

[kitkatz]

It would be interesting to time travel and see what it was like when women were admired for their Rubenesque figures.

Says the lady who lost twenty pounds in the past year.... I found those pounds...Want them back?

[okarol]

It would be interesting to time travel and see what it was like when women were admired for their Rubenesque figures.

Says the lady who lost twenty pounds in the past year.... I found those pounds...Want them back?

No, thanks!

[Romona]

I'd like to go back to a time when "ladies" got dressed up with gloves and little handbags. I wouldn't want to stay long. I like wearing my jeans and sweatshirts when I'm cold.