Women and Adversity
Women and Adversity: Sojourner Truth Abolitionist, Suffragist
November 26, 2020Sojourner Truth died in Battle Creek, Michigan on November 26, 1883, 137 years ago today, Thanksgiving Day 2020. She is one of the bravest women in United States history. In 1826 she cuddle ...
Women and Adversity: Dolores Huerta, Modern Suffragist
November 12, 2020“Identify me as an organizer,” Dolores Huerta says, her strong, vibrant tone defying her ninety years. “Learn that I’ve dedicated my life to teach people to be responsible. Use ...
Luzelma Garza Canales, Ph.D. Latina/Latino Advocate, Rio Grande Valley, Texas
October 29, 2020Luzelma Canales remembers the first time her father, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, could vote. He came home waving the receipt for the poll tax he paid. They may not have had milk that day, ...
Women and Adversity: Deb Boyce Modern Suffragist
October 23, 2020“Never,” Deb Boyce says when asked if she ever missed voting in any election, whether local, state, or national. “I always try and vote my conscience and my heart,” she says. “I like ...
Women and Adversity: Barbara Kyle, Author
September 24, 2020Canadian-born Barbara Kyle is the author of the Thornleigh Saga, a series of seven historical novels; three thrillers under the pseudonym Stephen Kyle; and the suspense-filled The Man fr ...
Women and Adversity: Sue Ann Jaffarian, Novelist Mystery Series/Short Stories
September 10, 2020Sue Ann Jaffarian is a cheerful, upbeat person, who wove her on-the-job experience as a paralegal with the mysteries she writes, which are also woven with lots of humor. Odelia Grey, ...
Women and Adversity: Lina Mayorga, Modern Suffragist
August 27, 2020Lina Mayorga left her accountant’s job in Mexico in 1998 and brought her five-year-old daughter, Rebecca, with her to live in Leland, N.C. There Mayorga joined her husband, who had become a U. ...
Women and Adversity: Judith Hall, Modern Suffragist
August 13, 2020Judith “Judy” Hall taught children with special needs and early childhood education as an adjunct professor before she took the training for poll workers in 2016 in North Myrtle Beach, SC. ...
Women and Adversity, Saluting 23 Faithful Suffragists
August 6, 2020Not all of the early suffragists in America believed in equal rights for Black women. When they held meetings, rallies and marches, they didn’t invite their Black allies. They didn’t allow the ...
Women and Adversity, Saluting 23 Faithful Suffragists
July 30, 2020Here is the third in my Women and Adversity series: Saluting 23 Faithful Suffragists. It commemorates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified August 18, 1920, whi ...