Celebrating Trailblazer Margaret Fuller (1810-1850)
Happy Birthday to Margaret Fuller, born on May 23, 1810. Our collective gifts to Margaret are the...
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Tag: women’s health
In Support of Choice: The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (1921-2006)
A while back, one of my male colleagues asked me what feminist books I recommend he read, and it...
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The Awakened Woman: Remembering and Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams by Woman Writer Dr. Tererai Trent
In celebration of Black History Month, here’s an update on the woman Oprah Winfrey says was...
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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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Frankenstein by Woman Writer Mary Shelley (First published in 1818)
I finally read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, considered one of the greatest horror stories ever...
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Nervous: Essays on Heritage and Healing by Jen Soriano
Drawn to memoirs and engaged in my own ancestral research, Jen Soriano’s book Nervous: Essays on...
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The Women We Become: Myths, Folktales, and Stories About Growing Older by Ann G. Thomas
A friend and I exchanged books for our birthdays. Being in our 60s, the books we gifted one...
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Wild Woman Carol Ruckdeschel, the “Jane Goodall of sea turtles” and more.
In honor of Earth Day, April 22, 2025, we share a post about the amazing environmental activist,...
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Sandra Cisneros: “Women Without Shame”
Almost 30 years in the making, this collection of Sandra Cisneros’ poems is a gift to be...
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