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I heard a comment the other day that really shocked me. The person was saying that they did not like celebrating March as Women's History Month, or February as Black history month because she felt that it underscored the unusualness of women or blacks succeeding. I was shocked. I view both as the opportunity to highlight the many, many unknown, unsung, accomplishments of both women and blacks. The woman I share with you today, I had not heard of. That is really the whole point of this website, this blog, to uncover and share details about extraordinary women who have been little known, if at all, and celebrate them by sharing them with you. Gerty Cori was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in

By ALEX BURNESS | aburness@denverpost.com | The Denver Post January 25, 2020 Colorado’s oldest living Holocaust survivor will speak out “until the last of my breath” At 98 years old, Fanny Starr is working to help pass a bill in the Colorado legislature to require Holocaust and genocide education in schools Fanny Starr cuts off her own stream-of-consciousness recollection of the Holocaust to clutch a napkin and sigh deeply. “Memories,” she whispers after a beat. Starr, who just turned 98, is often fidgeting with napkins, or tissues or paper towels. Whatever’s nearby. She’s been doing that as long as her daughters can recall. “It calms me down,” Starr says, folding and unfolding the paper in

Mary Edwards Walker was for in Oswego, New York, on November 26, 1832. She was the daughter of Alvah and Vesta Walker and the youngest of seven children. She had five sisters and one brother. Alvah, her father, was a country doctor and a participant in many of the movements that thrived in upstate New York at the time. Her parents raised both their son and daughters in a shockingly progressive way that was revolutionary at the time. Perhaps it nontraditional parenting style that resulted in Mary’s spirit of independence and her keen sense of justice or maybe it was just Mary. She exhibited both continuously, throughout her life. The family was Christian but they were also “free thinkers

I'm sitting at the computer working, listening to this by Buffy. I thought I would share to go with the earlier post about her. CARRY IT ON!!

She grew up close to where I grew up. I knew so little about her. She has fascinated me with her grace and no nonsense approach to life. A friend attended classes with her in Amherst. She always spoke her truth and I loved that. Recently, I have discovered more her depth. She is a prolific song writer and so much of her work has been done by many popular artists. The fact that she was the artist who wrote the songs is often overlooked. I knew and admired her activism but not the extent to which she had composed and written music. There is so much to say about her, but I have tried to condense some of the high points of her amazing life here. Now in her 70’s, this vibrant and beautiful wom

I am home for three days, uninterrupted and am thrilled. Getting caught up! I wanted to say thanks to those who stop in and read what I put here and sometimes offer feedback. I am very grateful. I hope your weekend is long and lovely as we contemplate the life, work and words of a visionary and wonderful man, Martin Luther King. May we live his dream, embracing it as our own, find kindness and love in our hearts and spread it liberally in the world. Let us raise our voices for things that matter.

Meet the all Women Indigenous Fire Crew fighting to protect the sacred land, family and community in Australia, by Sue Smethhurst, photo by Jessica Shapiro appearing inThe Australian Women's Weekly Jan 2020. Charmaine Sellings keeps a close eye on inky clouds rolling around the horizon. "Just one crack of lightning on a stormy day could be disastrous," she says, looking across brittle paddocks sweeping up to the edge of the parched forest surrounding her community's 5000-hectare home. Like so many parts of Australia, picturesque Lake Tyers in eastern Victoria has suffered crippling drought in recent years, and as a consequence there'll be no summer break for Charmaine or the Country Fire Au

I saw some obscure mention of this woman and she caught my attention. I was unable to find much about her, but still think she needs to be remembered. The historical society in Nevada has a sketchy record of her life. Annie Lowry was born on November 13, 1866, somewhere near Lovelock, Nevada. Her mother was a Paiute Indian and her father was a white man who was often away from home for long periods of time. When he was at home he did not treat his wife well. During the times he was away Annie and her mother reverted to Indian ways, but when he was there he insisted that everyone speak English and discouraged anything Paiute. Her father enrolled her in the local school where it was noted t

stock photo There comes a day, somewhere in the middle of every woman’s life, when Mother Nature herself stands behind us and wraps her arms around our shoulders, whispering “It’s time.” “You have taken enough now. It’s time to stop growing up, stop growing older and start growing wiser – and wilder. There are adventures still waiting on you and this time, you will enjoy them with the vision of wisdom and the companionship of hindsight, and you will really let go. It’s time to stop the madness of comparison and the ridicule of schedule and conformity and start experiencing the joys that a life, free of containment and guilt, can bring.” She will shake your shoulders gently and remind you tha

Wishing you a Happy New Year. Thank you for stopping by here today and over the past year. Your interest in this site inspires me to keep it going. May 2020 bring many blessings into your life. As we reflect on a new year and the beginning of a new decade, we have crossed that imaginary threshold into new time and space. How will we approach this new horizon? ToKoPa Turner suggest that we might not focus on "resolutions" but rather make a list of validations. Note all of the ways in which you have not only survived in the last year, but grown, transcended, withstood and triumphed! Remember the times that you succeeded, were kind, lived gently and gave and received with grace. "Notice th