At the beginning of every month I put an article on this site’s home or landing page that is intended to inform and give readers ideas for creating content related to women’s history, the historic events of the month, and historic and archaeological events involving women. There are between 30 to 40 prompts or spin off points […]
Life Lessons from my Mother
by Melinda Taylor She was with me as I drew my first breath, and I was there when she drew her last. I miss her but a smile comes to me when I think of the way she lived her life. These are the lessons she taught us by the way she lived it. […]
Fifty Ways I Love His Mother
by Carol Cassara She was a writer. They all were — journalists, novelists, corporate writers, poets, playwrights, and pamphlet writers. The entire family loved the written word, producing it, reading it, talking about it. I fell in love with their son first, and then with all of them. They embraced me as family and we were all pleased […]
Mrs. Irene Wolfe
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 […]