Today for Women’s History Month, I offer you the official honorees of 2015. Today in women’s history March 12 1637: Anne Hyde born: first wife of King James II of Great Britain, […]
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I have an adult daughter I adore. I have a B.A. in social justice issues along with a Women's Studies concentration and a philosophy minor. I love spoken word poetry, reading, writing, crochet, baking sweets, and genealogy.
For Women’s History Month – five women who influenced the science of evolution
Next up, I offer some women of science. Rosalind Franklin: Rosalind Franklin was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA […]
For Women’s History Month – women heads of state in the 20th century
Today for Women’s History Month, I offer a list of women heads of state in the 20th century. The link I’ve provided has further links to biographical sketches of each head of state. […]
For women’s history month, women you’ve probably never heard of – Dominique Christina
It is Women’s History Month and my goal is to post about a different woman every day for the rest of March. Dominique Christina is a poet, artist, activist, educator, author and self-described […]
Women you’ve probably never heard of – Pulitzer winner Susan Glaspell
This is the beginning of the Wikipedia article on Susan Glaspell: Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 27, 1948) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, actress, novelist, and journalist.
What would it take to get American men into the streets to protest rape? It has happened in other countries.
(TRIGGER WARNING: sexual assault) A little over two years ago, a young couple in India went to see a movie. They were celebrating the young woman’s completion of her exams to get […]
Child abuse: For S. – “I never liked her. She was always such an overtly sexual child.”
Yes, that’s actually what my mother said. S’s mother and my mother were very close friends going back to their high school days, so S. and I grew up together, ultimately losing […]
Went climbing my family tree, found the patriarchy
I have been passionately researching my family history for over twenty years. The first issue a genealogist will notice is the difficulty in tracing matrilineal lines. Records on women simply were not […]
Patriarchy in the news – January 25, 2015
(warning: graphic content) patriarchal principle: Men are entitled to take up space “Manspreading” refers to men sitting in public spaces with their legs spread wide apart. Anyone – and especially a woman […]
Hysterectomy – who needs one anyway?
Warning, ladies – you probably don’t! Wait, gentlemen, please don’t run away! Yes, I am about to start throwing around words like uterus, ovaries, vagina, clitoris, nipples, orgasm, and hysterectomy. Here under […]
