The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women – And Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimura (2021)
On January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell was awarded a medical degree. She was the first woman in...
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Woman Writer Brenda Ueland: Sharing an Exhilarating Existence
In preparation for a women’s writing group, I was lining up well-known teachers of writing, those...
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Woman Writer, Educator and Activist Mary McLeod Bethune (1875 – 1955): Standing Tall in the Hall!
The statue of Mary McLeod Bethune was officially unveiled in the US Capitol earlier this month, on...
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Margaret Fuller’s Cenotaph: “A well-worn path” American (1810-1850)
I decided to rerun this post for a number of reasons, one being that it’s the perfect time...
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Keene’s Elizabeth Sadoques Mason: One of the first Native American Registered Nurses in the United States
There are numerous ways Theresa and I discover and decide which Nasty Women to highlight on our...
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Meridel Le Sueur: An Unrelenting Voice of the People
In Poet Warrior, Joy Harjo names several women who have mentored and supported her throughout her...
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May Sarton: Leaping the Waterfalls (1912-1995 American Woman Writer)
Spending summer 2021 in New Hampshire, I drive through Nelson quite often these days. Each time I...
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Willa Cather’s My Ántonia: An Unusually Beautiful Read
I thoroughly enjoyed my recent reading of Willa Cather’s 1918 novel My Ántonia. There is something...
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Happy 100th Birthday to Betty Friedan!
On February 4, 2021, Betty Friedan would have turned 100 years old. Although she passed away 15...
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