March 10, 2024
First Female Merchant Vessel Commander
The Caption of Neptune’s Car was Joshua Patten, who married a young woman from Chelsea, Massachusetts, Mary Ann Brown, on April 1,1853, just before her sixteenth birthday.
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March 4, 2024
Against All Odds…
I hope you find Raye's story inspiring. Yes,, she was one of the characters in "Hidden Figures." Hidden no longer.
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March 1, 2024
Celebrating Women in History
It is likely that you already know about some interesting women in history, like Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, and Amelia Earhart, to name a few. However, there are so many more amazing women that you may not have heard about, and here are a few.
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February 25, 2024
Strong Women
Strong women who speak their truth has been a focus for me this week. There are many! Brooke Hampton has always spoken to me and I wanted to share a little of her here today.
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February 11, 2024
“You May Write Me Down in History”…
February is Black History month and there is so much to know, to remember and to celebrate. One person who always comes to mind is Maya Angelou.
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February 4, 2024
One Determined Woman
Willa Beatrice Brown was born on January 22, 1906, to a Native American mother and an African American father in Glasgow, Kentucky.
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January 28, 2024
“A Friend of John Brown’s”
“I was a girl full of smartness,” she said, who “let books alone and studied men and women a good deal …
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January 21, 2024
A Beautiful Free Spirit
I became familiar with the stories of the lives of the saints during my childhood in the Catholic faith. I ... Read more
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January 7, 2024
I Have Grown Weary
When we are at our most vulnerable and working with a physician, looking for answers and to restore our health, we want them to be aware of that too, but it doesn’t always work that way.
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January 1, 2024
Let’s Make a Good Noise!
These two women are unusual and unsung heroines of World War II. They made a good noise for sure! I found them very inspiring.
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