Belles.

There's no place for trashy women on this blog. Period.

So let's talk about some real women.

Rosalind Burns Gammon- Mother of University of Georgia fullback Von Gammon. Von was killed in a tragic accident in the game versus the University of Virginia in 1897. Mrs. Gammon petitioned Governor William Atkinson to veto a rapidly passed bill that would have banned the sport from all publicly funded schools in Georgia. Not only did she lobby her congressman and the governor, she successfully stopped the law and encouraged reforms that would make football safer for the players. This was 24 years before women could legally vote in Georgia.

Martha McChesney Berry - The founder of the Berry Schools (Berry College). She started a school for mountain children that grew into one of the finest educational institutions in the United States. She drew in donations from businessmen, presidents, celebrities and even the Queen of England so that poor children could have an opportunity to get an education they otherwise could never afford.

Harper Lee-  Born in Monroeville, Alabama (just trust me, there really is a Monroeville and no, you don't know where it is.) In 1926, she is known for writing what is quite possibly the greatest book in all of American Literature. This lady has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her book is also one of the most frequently banned books in the country - which, of course, means it is really good.

Nancy Morgan Hart - Affectionately known as "The Warwoman", this smallpox survivor was a resident of northeast Georgia during the Revolutionary War. The legend, which seems to have been since confirmed, states that she killed two British soldiers after they demanded that she prepare them a meal. She held their four companions at gunpoint until her husband and his friends arrived and hung the remaining redcoats. Many other legends about Hart are told to this day.

I could keep going, telling stories of Margaret Mitchell, Juliette Gordon Low, Emma Sansom, Helen Keller, and on and on and on. Women that write, think, act, defend, read, create, succeed, excel and provide. They do this because of something inside them. They have value that they add to the world and we are all better for it. Here's an opportunity to shine a spotlight on women and some encouragement to encourage girls to do something significant and meaningful with their life.

The magnificent thing about this is that I have only mentioned Southern women in this post. There are women like this all over this nation, even all over the world. Where is the spotlight? Where is the attention? Where are the parents pointing their daughters toward these women as role models? Where are the parents showing their sons "real women" and encouraging them to seek out these types - the women who can be meaningful mates, friends, life-long companions, mothers? Where?

I, for one, am encouraging my sons, teaching them how to recognize a lady and how to be a gentleman. My wife is right there with me. She is not only telling them but is also providing an example for them to follow.

So females, get out of the bathroom, tuck in those duck lips and quit "twerking". It isn't unique, it isn't significant and it sure isn't new. They don't call it the "world's oldest profession" for nothing. Yes, you're grown and can do what you want. I just hope that sometime soon you'll want to do something that matters.