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History Between Harvest and Hunter's Moon
Welcome to the witchy, bitchy month of October! Witchy? Yes. In the U.S., the lead-up to Halloween is huge business-wise and excitement-wise for the young and young at heart. But witches are often considered to be female and bad. This “women = X is bad” must be rejected. There is so much women’s history and […]
July Legacy Prompts
The Women’s Legacy Project publishes a monthly post with prompts intended to help chroniclers of all sorts consider events, topics, and people related to the month at hand. The post contains between 30 and 50 prompts. Monthly Musings July 1, 2016 is the 100th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme, one […]
June Writing Prompts
WLP is in a bit of a summertime slump. We are based in Tucson and when it is over 110° F the Editor/Publisher goes into siesta mode! But never fear, we are here. Just really behind. Let us start with the basics, what the florists and jewelers are hawking this month! Birthstones of June If you are […]
May Writing Prompts
In the Merry Merry Month of May (1) (The phrase above is a prompt and prompts are counted inside parentheses.) I have always loved the month May. In the area of the U.S. in which I grew up May was filled with blossoms. Probably due to being a May baby, the lilac blossoms, peony blossoms, trillium, lily […]
Abruptly April & A to Z of Legacy
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 […]