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From GRAZIA Middle East, October 17, 2019 by Zahara Kahn Though Greta Thunberg has undoubtedly been the most uttered name in the realm of activism making her a leading contender for the Nobel Peace Prize, two high-achieving Muslim women are hot on her heels. Last week, Libyan law student and activist, Hajer Sharief, and Somali human rights activist, Ilwad Elman, made their nominations public. Having both been a part of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s initiative 'Extremely Together', which cultivates the abilities and potentials of 10 young activists from across the globe, both women are now known for being important catalysts for peacebuilding and combatting violent extremism in th

A headline about a mother daughter duo caught my eye, and I knew I had to find out more about this family and share what I found. Hope you enjoy. There are more than 40,000 flights per day in the U.S., but the chances of seeing a female pilot are less than 1 in 10. Only 7% of U.S. carrier pilots are women, according to 2017 data from the Federal Aviation Administration. The first woman to fly a commercial airliner in 1934 was Helen Richey, but she quit that job after ten months because the all-male pilot's union would not admit her and she rarely got to fly, and it is still, pretty much, a male dominated field. But that is slowly changing. Unreasonably but also unsurprisingly, there are som

Photo Credit: Library of Congress She has been called the Joan of Arc of the suffrage movement and often seen astride a white horse in photographs while leading more than 8,000 marchers at the head of the March 3, 1913, suffrage parade held the day before Woodrow Wilson's presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. She was an activist and social reformer and a woman willing to champion the causes of anyone—women, laborers, children or the poor—who found themselves disenfranchised. Dedicated to social equity regardless of class or gender, she advocated and demonstrated alongside other great social reformers in campaigns of letter writing, speeches and rallies. Inez Milholland was born on A

Excerpted from the L.A. Times, October 7, 2019 By Terry Tempest Williams This essay, “The Liturgy of Home,” is an excerpt from “Erosion,” a new collection by Terry Tempest Williams. Her previous works include “The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks” (2016) and “When Women Were Birds” (2014). Williams received the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes’ 2018 Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement, which recognizes a writer whose work focuses on the American West. “The plain fact is that the planet does not need more successful people,” David Orr writes. “But it does desperately need more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of every kind. It need

The 100th anniversary of women attaining the vote is near. What a struggle it was to gain a right that was already theirs. We may forget how hard women fought for this right. I keep thinking that we may take it for granted and some may not even chose to exercise this right today. Women, know your place…everywhere a voice is to be heard! Get out and vote. I would like to highlight some of the little known women involved in this battle-and it was a full fledged battle. Let's not forget. Hallie Quinn Brown was the daughter of former slaves, Frances Jane Scroggins and Thomas Arthur Brown, whose Ohio home was a stop on the Underground Railroad escape route for slaves. Her father, who bought

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Much of this information contained here was gathered by Laura Erlich and appeared in the BU Arts and Sciences Magazine in 2018. Photographs by Abie Livesay. Thanks to my sweet friend, Karen C., for sharing the love and passion of women's history and Fran, with me! Yesterday, I met a truly amazing and lovely woman, Fran Pearlmutter. She lives in my own little town. She traveled from her nearby home to the Library, where I was working, to meet me. Fran is 95 years young and as a companion describes her, “she is a kick ass lady.” After meeting her, I would have to say It it true. She really is. Fran is retired now, still living a moderately active life, but nothing like her earlier life. You

This week posting has been a challenge between computer updates that did not allow me access to my computer, and internet issues that also prohibited computer activities. Hopefully, regular Sunday and Thursday posting will resume! Photo courtesy of National Park Service I noticed this obscure post in a headline somewhere and was really impressed. I did a little more research and am excited to share it with you here. Enjoy. Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming is the oldest national park. Yellowstone was the first National Park to be designated in 1872. It remains one of the most popular parks in the country, seeing over 4 million visitors in 2018. In it’s147 years has been overseen by many

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"It's hard to describe the emotion I felt when I sat in the National Concert Hall and listened to the RTE National Symphony Orchestra play on my songs. It was as if my life's work made total sense in that joyous moment and I felt proud and honoured." Mary Black Long, one of my favorites, I recently listened again to Mary and Emmylou Harris sing A Mothers Heart. As always, goose bumps and tears flowed. I want to share this amazing talent who sings like an angel and writes magnificently in my opinion. I have only seen her once live, in the Opera House in Troy New York, thanks to my middle son, David back in the 90’s. She electrified me that night. Her music is available and I highly recom

Little is known of the first three years in the life of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper who was born in Baltimore, Maryland the only child of free parents, on September 24, 1825. The names of her parents are not know but they both died in 1828 leaving Frances an orphan. Her maternal aunt and uncle, Hernietta and the Rev. William Watkins raised her. William was the minister at the Sharp Street African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). Frances was educated at the Watkins Academy for Negro Youth where her uncle taught. The Rev. Watkins was a civil rights activist and abolitionist and had a major impact and influence on her life and work. At the age of 14, Frances found work as a seamstress an