Margaret M. Kirk

HerStory
Woman on Mountaintop

January 29, 2023

Permission

I have waited a lifetime to find my voice and permit myself, not only to use that voice, but to really inhabit my own knowing. Why has it taken over half a century to arrive?

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Ruth Gruber

January 15, 2023

She Fought for Justice

“I had two tools to fight injustice — words and images, my typewriter, and my camera.”

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Kerosene lamp in front of window at night

January 8, 2023

Winter Hibernation

It is in these times of surrender to the natural rhythm that I can befriend myself and discover more of who I am.

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Woman walking in the woods accompanied by wild creatures

December 31, 2022

Wintering

Winter is a time for slowing. Not something we do easily in our culture, but something I have been working on. It has not come easily to me either.

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Frances Green, Margaret Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn

December 18, 2022

2022 Draws to an End…

We are coming to the end of another year. Time. It does fly! 2022 in many regards has been an extraordinary year for me.

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Selma Kantor Cronan

December 11, 2022

Flying is Easy

This is a very brief highlight of one woman in They Roared. Let me introduce you to Selma Kantor Cronan.

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Young Ilga Vise sitting on a sled her father constructed to carry their few belongings as they fled.

December 11, 2022

The Extraordinary Ilga Vise

Since the day I met Ilga Vise, many years ago, I knew she was a very special woman, even though I did not know her story then.

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Eva Mirabal

November 20, 2022

“Her Life was Full of Promise”

Another remarkable Native American Woman, Eva Mirabal. Eva's work is remarkable and her sons carry on her tradition with their art.

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Capt Ola Mildred “Millie” Rexroat-McDonald

November 13, 2022

The Only Native American WASP

We celebrated Native American Heritage Month in November. The brave and patriotic woman has a chapter They Roared, which will be out next month.

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Minnie Spotted Wolf

November 6, 2022

She Was a Rancher and a Patriot!

Minnie met with a recruiter, who was very patronizing and discouraging. He said that the military was just “not for women.”

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