Archive for June, 2023
Women and Adversity: Anya Williams Interim Governor of Turks and Caicos
June 8, 2023My husband and I recently returned from a Caribbean cruise where one of the ports was Grand Turk Island, a place we had never visited. The guide on our around-the-island tour mentioned several ...
Women and Adversity: May, The Month for Mothers, Kathy Headlee Miner, Founder, Mothers Without Borders
May 25, 2023Women and Adversity: Kathy Headlee Miner Founder, Mothers Without Borders Kathy Headlee Miner remembers a woman in Mumbai, India, infected with the HIV virus asking her, “Who will care for my c ...
Women and Adversity: Donna Everhart, Novelist
April 27, 2023Women and Adversity: Donna Everhart Novelist Pelican Bookstore in Sunset Beach, North Carolina arranged for novelist Donna Everhart to appear recently at Silver Coast Winery in Ocean Isle Beach. ...
Women and Adversity: March, Women’s History Month, Marie Benedict, Writer of Historical Fiction
March 23, 2023Women and Adversity: March, Women’s History Month Marie Benedict Writer of Historical Fiction As I said in my post about Pam Jenoff, I can’t let Women’s History Month pass without featur ...
Women and Adversity: Katerina Sakellaropoulou President of Greece
February 9, 2023Women and Adversity: Katerina Sakellaropoulou President of Greece We in America don’t pay much attention to women politicians around the world. Even when a country elects “the first woman” ...
Women and Adversity Blog: 2023
January 12, 2023I began writing Women and Adversity in 2014 to promote women writers and praise their achievements. I believed their words would be inspirational for those aiming to get their stories and books ...
Women and Adversity: 21st Century Women Tsai Ing-wen President of Taiwan
December 8, 2022Women and Adversity: 21st Century Women Tsai Ing-wen, President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen (pronounced Sigh⸍ Ing-when⸍) was elected president of Taiwan in January 2016 and reelected ...
Women and Adversity: Victoire Tomegah Dogbé
October 13, 2022Women and Adversity: 21st Century Women Victoire Tomegah Dogbé Prime Minister of Togo The more I read about women in power worldwide, I realize that many are appointed. After the appointment, ...
Women and Adversity: Dame Sandra Prunella Mason, President of Barbados
August 25, 2022Women and Adversity: 21st Century Women Dame Sandra Prunella Mason President of Barbados I have been to Barbados and remember passing the stark white State House where the president of the ...
Women and Adversity: Matilda Joselyn Gage, Suffragist
August 11, 2022Women and Adversity: Matilda Joslyn Gage Suffragist I was a guest blogger on The Lazy Historian, a blog by historical fiction writer Jillianne Hamilton. (https://lazyhistorian.com). Jill is a his ...