Don’t call me a lady. I know I’ll get push back from this, but I hate being called a lady. I really don’t think I am a lady, at least I hope not. So, could we find another way of addressing a group of women other than “Welcome, ladies!” I just cringe when I hear that, very much as I did when as a woman in my 20’s, 30’s, 40’s someone referred to me as a girl.  That doesn’t happen very often any longer, so our next task is to eliminate the salutation “ladies.”  What could we use instead? Please respond and give us some ideas.

Why do I hate this so much? I have an image of a “lady” that shows her as being fragile, dainty, probably wanting assistance quite a bit of the time even though she doesn’t actually need it. I know I’m greatly influenced by the phrase Laurel Thatcher Ulrich coined in the 1970’s, "Well-behaved women seldom make history.”

Prime Spark women, we’re making history! Right?