Margaret M. Kirk

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November 6, 2022

HAGITUDE

About six weeks ago, I began a yearlong course with Sharon Blackie called Hagitude. The focus is on the second half of life.

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Frances Theresa Densmore

November 1, 2022

Music, the Heartbeat of Every Culture

Frances became more immersed in the music of Native People and began to transcribe it, teaching herself how to record it as she went along. She wanted to use this music to help document and preserve their culture.

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October 30, 2022

Seasons of the Heart

As someone who is in her later years, the autumn of my life, I think a lot about seasons of the heart, about how much I have lived, loved and changed during various seasons in this precious lifetime that I have lived so far.

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Book cover of "They Persisted"

October 23, 2022

They Persisted

Here is the latest news: The proofs for the new and improved They Persisted will arrive next week. Today, I want to share a few more of the women from the book, in anticipation of their arrival in print again, in just a few weeks.

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Martha "Mattie" Haria Hughes Cannon

October 16, 2022

More Women from They Persisted

Today I am sharing a few more women you will find in that book when it comes off the press.

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Sara Josephine Baker

October 9, 2022

A New and Improved, THEY PERSISTED

I will share with you today, just a few of the women that are showcased in They Persisted.

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Dorothy Celene Thompson

October 2, 2022

First Journalist Expelled from Germany

Dorothy reported what she saw and felt. She first interviewed Adolf Hitler in 1931, then wrote a book, “I Met Hitler” (1932) claiming he would never come to power

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Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard

September 25, 2022

Insane? I Think Not!

Women’s rights have been challenged for so long, it’s no wonder that sometimes we sometime feel less than!

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Laura Smith Haviland

September 18, 2022

She was on Fire!

The cause of abolition ignited her. She was on fire! Laura Smith was born in Kitley, Ontario, Canada, on September 20th 1808.

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Karen Uhlenbeck

September 11, 2022

Women Do Excel in Math!

This August, one of the most prestigious mathematics prizes in the world, was awarded to a woman for the first time.

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