Archive for December, 2022
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: Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland
October 27, 2022Women and Adversity: 21st Century Women Katrín Jakobsdóttir Prime Minister of Iceland Another example of a woman who has become leader of her country is Katrí ...
Women and Adversity: Hazel Prior, Author, Harpist
January 23, 2020The harp is one of the most fascinating instruments, and Hazel Prior is not only a professional harpist but author of the highly acclaimed Ellie and the Harp Maker. Prior, 51, w ...
Women and Adversity: Robin Houghton, Part I Award-winning Poet, Blogger, Author
May 9, 2019Determination is the keyword to describe Robin Houghton. She chose a career in marketing but says she tried for more than 30 years to get her poetry published. In 2009 her goal was to ...
Women and Adversity: Lucretia Mott Women’s Activist, Abolitionist
January 15, 2018In the second decade of the 21st century on the heels of the 2017 “Me Too” movement, women must be reminded that a host of women activists came before us. One of the earliest in America was ...