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It seems I took last week off! I don’t know where the time goes, but it was mid week, before I realized I had missed a Sunday post. Well, it is summertime and the livin’ is easy, right? Well it is summer, but I have been slaving over the manuscript for Roared, to clean it up, edit (again) and get it ready for publication. Maybe that is why I lost track of time. I think it will be well worth all the hard work. You will be the judge of that, dear readers. The following are two

The journey to publication continues. Editing and more editing… but I am getting closer. Today I wanted to share a bit more from They Roared. I never tire of these amazing women and continue to be an awe of what they have accomplished. Celebrate them with me today! Virginia Dae Aderholdt Did you know that at the end of World War II, it was a woman cryptographer who decoded the message on August 14, 1945, that the Japanese surrendered, that was sent directly to the White House

In times of uncertainty and turmoil, when my world seems alien to me and falling apart, I find great solace in the lives of those who have gone before me. This is why I find women’s history so exciting. I find women that I have not known about previously and marvel that they could have stayed buried and unsung as the heroes they are. The women who chose me for They Roared are prime examples of truly brave, tenacious women. Women who had a vision and the determination to live

I am a day late posting. Well, what can I say? It’s a holiday weekend and I am in holiday mode. I will not wax political, although there is so much to say in that arena. I do not wish to turn this site into a political platform. However, I can not help but note that many of the women I research and write about found their own freedom and independence when neither of those things were readily available to them. Not to negate the horror of the past few weeks, but I am saturated