Comments on: The Friday Fierceness: Nice Girls Don’t Join the DAR Edition

By: Patti

Patti — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:21:20 +0000

Ok Plumcake you have skyrocketed into the stratosphere of love and diviness in my opinion. If I’m not telling my age too much I had the privilege to see MS Anderson when I was a child of 9 or 11 (I don’t remember the date) at the Lyric Opera house in Baltimore. She made chills run up my spine her singing was so beautiful. The fact that you would take the time to spotlight her works on this wonderful blog makes me have faith in human nature and the beauty of people in general, even right now when I’m sitting amongst backstabbers and mean spiritied folks here at work. Thank you for remininding me of many wonderful things. You are to be lauded to the heights!!!!!!!!!

By: class factotum

class factotum — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:28:37 +0000

So it is now OK to join?

By: Plumcake

Plumcake — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:38:21 +0000

Class Factotum, no, the DAR is integrated as far as I know.

By: class factotum

class factotum — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:21:12 +0000

Does the DAR still have this practice?

By: Jennie

Jennie — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:50:22 +0000

Thanks for sharing this. I am putting this on my Facebook page! Happy Independence Day to all US residents and have a fun Saturday the 4th to everyone else!

By: Twistie

Twistie — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:44:34 +0000

When I grow up, I want to be as strong and as wise as and even a quarter as generous as Marian Anderson.

If I recall correctly, she was also the first woman of color to sing on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera, thus helping to pave the way for another diva I adore, Leontyne Price…as well as a great many other talented singers.

By: abdabs

abdabs — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:14:22 +0000

What a grand story!

And I have lived in ignorance to this day that “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” is exactly the same tune as “God Save the Queen” (or King, as needs be).

By: Whitney

Whitney — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:53:44 +0000

Way back in the day (right about the time Michael Jackson traded in his first nose) I was invited by the DAR via my history teacher to take the exam for their history scholarship. At the time I was desperately trying to scrounge money to get into Georgetown, and I was pretty much guaranteed being the winner for the local chapter…but I just couldn’t do it. I passed along my regrets, though, and rather than bring up Marian Anderson I put down my reluctance to the fact that they probably wouldn’t appreciate giving the money to someone who is the Daughter-of-Fought-on-the-Wrong-Side (Many-Times-Great-Grandpa was a Hessian).

By: gemdiva

gemdiva — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:35:07 +0000

Now that’s what I call a double dose of fierceness…the fiercely gifted Marian Anderson and the fiercely strong willed Eleanor Roosevelt. God Bless ‘em both!

By: Margo

Margo — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:24:18 +0000

Stunning.Thanks Plumcake. Marian Anderson reminded me that I haven’t got one plinkin’ reason to feel sorry for myself.