Posts Tagged ‘women’s history’
The Pirate’s Wife
A title like The Pirate’s Wife makes promises to the reader: adventure, danger, betrayal, romance, and especially pirate treasure. Daphne Geanacopoulos* more than keeps those promises in this deeply researched and richly imagined exploration of the life of Sarah Kidd,** the little known wife of one of history’s most infamous pirates. Sarah’s marriage to Captain…
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“The First Lady of Radio”
Mary Margaret McBride (1899-1976) was a writer and broadcast journalist in the 1930s to 1950s. She was so famous that she was known as “The First Lady of Radio”. She started her journalism career as a part-time reporter for her hometown newspaper, the Paris Mercury, in Paris, Missouri, where she covered everything from baby contests…
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Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer from the Working Women’s History Project
The Working Women’s History Project (WWHP) preserves and promotes the stories of historical and living Chicago women who have made contributions toward achieving justice and equality in the areas of labor, women’s, human and civil rights. WWHP was born at a workshop on Women and Labor History in Chicago chaired by Yolanda “Bobby” Hall…
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