Margaret M. Kirk

HerStory
Virginia Proctor Powell Florence

December 3, 2023

The Woman Was A Trailblazer!

Having a deep love of libraries for my entire life and being blessed to work in one now, of course, this woman spoke to me! A trailblazer.

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Baba Yaga, folkloric witch of Eastern European tales

November 26, 2023

“Ask Baba Yaga”

Baba Yaga, folkloric witch of Eastern European tales, has long captured my imagination ever since Clarissa Pinkola Estes detailed her and the story of Vasalisa.

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Winter mountain scene

November 19, 2023

Deep Gratitude

Thanksgiving is this week. I think I am always very aware and grateful for my blessings, but this year it feels like a more acute awareness.

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Rock mosaic of a woman's face

November 12, 2023

It’s in the Stories

It's in the stories. We find a way back to where we first dreamed. We enter that spot where we first were silenced, where we first stopped sharing our own longing, fairy tale.

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Foggy sunrise yard scene

September 17, 2023

‘Tis the Season!

The following is from the Irish Times back in 2020. Since it is the season, and we all need a bit of levity from time to time, I will share this today.

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Margaret M. Kirk book release poster

September 15, 2023

A Reminder

If you are in the neighborhood please join us for a little reading and book signing at Maria's next Saturday from 4-6.

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Minnie Spotted Wolf

September 10, 2023

She was a Bronc Busting Marine!

I want to share one such amazing woman today who has a chapter in They Roared. I hope she inspires you.

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Elizabeth “Betty” Huyler

September 1, 2023

She Was a Natural Aviatrix!

Betty was the squadron leader assigned to the 2nd Ferrying Group at New Castle Army Air Base in Wilmington, Delaware. She was the first woman to fly the P-47, a fighter plane produced by the American Aerospace Company from 1941 to 1945.

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Bessie Stringfield

August 31, 2023

“The Motorcycle Queen of Miami”

What we know is that when she was sixteen years old, Bessie acquired her first motorcycle, a 1928 Indian Scout, and taught herself to ride. Three years later she began traveling across the United States...

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Alta Weiss

August 27, 2023

She Was a Semi-Pro Pitcher and a Physician!

What he saw left him speechless. When she pitched her 15th strike out in the first game and 9 in the second, it didn’t take the manager long to prepare a contract for her.

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