Archive for June, 2022
Women and Adversity: 21st Century Women, Robinah Nabbanja, First Woman Prime Minister
June 9, 2022Talk about wading into unknown waters! Except for Idi Amin, I don’t know anything about Uganda. Its governing bodies and education system are different from the U.S. and can be difficult to ...
Women and Adversity: Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of Bangladesh
April 28, 2022I have primarily featured women writers on my blog, but I’m shifting gears here and want to highlight women in politics, focusing on women around the world who are heads of state ...
Women and Adversity: Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady, Author, Humanitarian
March 10, 2022I have featured Eleanor Roosevelt in the past, but for Women’s History Month I thought it appropriate to highlight her again as our most influential First Lady. An item in the winter 2022 ...
Women and Adversity: Gwendolyn Brooks, First Black to Win a Pulitzer Prize
February 24, 2022I met Gwendolyn Brooks in 1990 when I asked her to be a featured speaker in a writers’ conference I organized at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, Illinois. She was one of the most g ...
Women and Adversity: Maya Angelou Author, Poet, Actress, Activist
February 10, 2022When I read that Maya Angelou had written seven autobiographies, I doubted she could maintain interest about her life through all those books. How wrong I was. I Know Why the Caged Bir ...
Women and Adversity: Christiane Amanpour, Journalist
January 27, 2022Women and Adversity: Christiane Amanpour, Journalist One of the most respected and recognized journalists in the world is Christiane Amanpour. She has embraced adversity by covering stories in w ...
Women and Adversity: Lucille Clifton First Black Poet Laureate of Maryland
December 9, 2021I chose to repeat my blog on Lucille Clifton because those looking for a Christmas present to give may consider her books of poetry. This woman aimed to have Americans realize, through her poe ...
Women and Adversity: Admiral Michelle J. Howard
November 11, 2021Since it is Veterans Day, I think it’s appropriate to honor a woman who is a veteran. I never knew that a woman, Michelle Janine Howard, had reached the rank of four-star admiral in the Navy ...
Women and Adversity: Belva Ann Lockwood, First Woman to Argue Before the Supreme Court
October 28, 2021Belva Ann Lockwood’s flamboyant manner and special ability of self-promotion helped people of her era become more aware that women had talents equal to those of men. When she was denied the ri ...
Women and Adversity: Rebecca Lee Crumpler, M.D. First Black Female Medical Doctor in U.S.
October 14, 2021I happened to come across an article in 2020 about a fundraiser to buy a headstone for Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler. I had never heard or read about this woman, and I wondered how the first Black ...