ORANGE: Today is Color the World Orange Day, a worldwide, annual event held the first Monday of November to spread awareness of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, also known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy.
In fact, in Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a proclamation naming November as CRPS/RSD Awareness Month, and today as Color the World Orange Day.
The City of Bradford has done the same.
And Smethport Borough Council has named today Color the World Orange Day.
The purpose is to let everyone impacted by the devastating pain condition join together to spread global awareness of the poorly understood condition.
The easiest way to celebrate is to wear orange — a shirt, a ribbon, a bracelet. Post a picture to social media with the hashtag #CRPSOrangeDay so all those afflicted with this disease can see your support.
At The Era, we have an orange ribbon and orange lights. One of our own is impacted by this disease — Emily Schellhammer, daughter of Associate Editor Marcie Schellhammer.
Let’s show our support by showing some orange — today and all month long.
Buildings and landmarks around the world will be lighting up orange: Emery Towers right here in Bradford, Niagara Falls, the Peace Bridge, Con Edison Clock Tower in New York City, the FDR Mid Hudson Bridge, and places in Canada and the United Kingdom.
CONGRESS: It was 100 years ago today that Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress, four years before the 19th Amendment was ratified, giving women across the nation the right to vote. She was a House member representing Montana.
Well-known for her pacifism, Jeannette made waves when she returned to Congress in the 1940s and was the only House member to vote against joining the war efforts after Pearl Harbor was bombed in World War II.
Whether you agree with her decision or not — people at the time overwhelmingly disagreed — she voted that way believing it was the right thing to do knowing this would likely mean the end of her time in Congress, according historical writings on the U.S. House website.
At the time the war resolution was passed, she stated, “As a woman I can’t go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else.”
