Women and Adversity: Kaci Hickox

Kaci Hickox, photo by Joel Page, Reuters

Nurse Kaci Hickox learned she could experience continued adversity once she left Sierra Leone where she was treating victims of the deadly virus Ebola with Doctors without Borders. Once she returned to the U.S. she fought the enforced quarantine she was subjected to in New Jersey even though she twice tested negative to the deadly virus and had no symptoms. Then in Maine, she was instructed to stay in her home and not expose the rest of Maine to Ebola.

It took courage for this nurse to defy these orders. Based on scientific facts, she could not transmit the disease.

Congratulations to her for saying, “I am not going to sit around and be bullied around by politicians and be forced to stay in my home when I am not a risk to the American public.”

Women can gain strength from Hickox’s bold position.

We must stand up for what is right as so many women before us have.

Article By: Jo Ann Mathews

I published three ebooks in 2020: Women and Adversity, Honoring 23 Black Women; Women and Adversity, Recognizing 23 Notable Mothers; and Women and Adversity, Saluting 23 Faithful Suffragists to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. These books are meant to be study guides for all students from grade school through college to help in choosing topics for assignments and to learn more about these noteworthy women. Go to amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and goodreads.com to learn more.