by Merna Zimmerman I was a very dissatisfied teen ager when I became a senior in High School. I had always been a well behaved daughter, but I had begun to notice that compared to many of my school mates, I had almost no freedoms. Some of them had jobs and even their own car. […]
7 Things Your Mother Needs To Hear You Say
by Cheryl Nicholl When I was a child, my mother was the center of my universe. She seemed to alight from high, and softly land in all the right places. She never raised her voice, and never ever raised her hand. All she had to do was look at me and say, ‘Cheryl Aaaann’. Oh oh… […]
Simply Lucia
by Carol Graham I have been thinking of women in general and all the contributions to various aspects of society by influential women around the world. I thought about women who had made an impact on my life; as a child, a young woman and midlife. I realized I needed to focus on one woman […]
Crossing Paths with a Remarkable Woman
by Joyce Hanson How do you know if you have crossed paths with a remarkable woman? If her reputation proceeds her, then it is certain. But, what if you had no knowledge at the time, and it would be almost a half-century later before you came to that realization? All you have is this memory of a […]
Creating, and Breaking, Life Patterns
by Su Swanne A few years back, as I was growing up emotionally, I read the book Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman. This book provided so much understanding about how my mother was shaped by the lack of a mother, and therefore, how my own life was influenced by her losses. March 2016 is Women’s […]
Elaine Danforth Harmon, WWII pilot
During World War II, the United States relied heavily on air support for military operations around the world. These operations included not only overseas fighting missions, but also domestic operations like ferrying planes from factories to bases, testing new planes, training other pilots, moving cargo around the nation, and towing targets for ground anti-aircraft fire […]