Women and Adversity
Women and Adversity: Giorgia Meloni, First Woman Prime Minister of Italy
September 28, 2023Women and Adversity: Giorgia Meloni First Woman Prime Minister of Italy At a 2019 Italian Pride rally, Giorgia Meloni shouts, “I am Giorgia, I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am Chri ...
Women and Adversity: Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards First Woman to graduate M.I.T.
September 14, 2023Women and Adversity: Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards First Woman to graduate M.I.T. The recent bestseller Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus relates a clever use of chemistry in daily li ...
Women and Adversity: Zuzana Čaputová First Woman President of Slovakia
August 24, 2023Women and Adversity: Zuzana Čaputová First Woman President of Slovakia Zuzana Čaputová (Zoo Zan⸍nah Cop⸍ oo toe vah) has been called the Erin Brockovich of Slovakia because of her det ...
Women and Adversity: Ana Brnabic Prime Minister of Serbia
August 10, 2023Women and Adversity: Ana Brnabić Prime Minister of Serbia We get into complicated territory when we talk of the Balkan Penisula, a region in southeastern Europe. Eleven countries comprise the Ba ...
Women and Adversity: Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila Prime Minister of Namibia
July 27, 2023Women and Adversity: Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila Prime Minister of Namibia It’s possible most Americans haven’t heard of Namibia, officially Republic of Namibia. It is a country ...
Women and Adversity: Maia Sandu, President of Moldova
July 13, 2023Women and Adversity: Maia Sandu President of Moldova Maia Sandu (pronounced My⸍a San⸍du) faces more adversity than the average American realizes. In an interview in February 2023, Sandu said ...
Women and Adversity: Ingrida Šimonytė, Prime Minister of Lithuania
June 22, 2023Women and Adversity: Ingrida Šimonytė Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Šimonytė (pronounced In gre⸍ dah See mow knee⸍ tah) has a long history of service to her country, and she is an e ...
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: Lucy Keen Johnson, First Mother of the Year
May 11, 2023Women and Adversity: Lucy Keen Johnson First Mother of the Year Mother’s Day, to be celebrated this year on May 14, became an official U.S. holiday when President Woodrow Wilson made the procla ...