Women and Adversity
Women and Adversity: Tondalo Hall, Unfairly Imprisoned in Oklahoma
March 12, 2015A friend sent me an email about a woman in Oklahoma who was severely beaten by a man. He received a two-year prison sentence, but the woman, Tondalo Hall, received a 30-year prison sentence for ...
Women and Adversity: Barbara Bowman, Ambassador for PAVE, Her story of abuse by Bill Cosby
February 25, 2015Barbara Bowman was featured in a CNN Special Feb. 24 and explained with details her association with entertainer Bill Cosby. She said in 1985 when she was 17, a model and hopeful actress in Denv ...
Women and Adversity: African Women and Watoto
February 12, 2015Women in American cannot envision the atrocities that millions of women around the world experience. I attended a song fest-fundraiser for Watoto recently. This Uganda-based Christian organization ...
Women and Adversity: One woman’s road to finding her worth
January 29, 2015Women and adversity: One woman's road to finding her worth We’ve heard the story of 17-year old Malala Yousafzai, the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner from Pakistan. Oprah Winfrey’s past is ...
Women and Adversity: 10 Influential Women who Overcame Adversity
January 15, 2015Biographies tend to be inspirational, and when I came across this Web site: http://degreed.com/blog/top-10-influent ...
Women and Adversity: Soraya Chemaly writes in support of women
December 18, 2014Many women advocate for feminism, but stories I’ve read by Soraya Chemaly convince me she has insightful, cogent views. “50 Actual Facts About Rape,” an article Chemaly wrote that was f ...
Women and Adversity: Rape and Emotions
December 11, 2014Stories of rape have dominated the news in recent weeks. The story in “Rolling Stone” about “Jackie’s” gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity party initiated the widespread d ...
Women and Adversity: Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Representative, Illinois, 8th Congressional District
December 4, 2014Women and Adversity: Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth Illinois, 8th Congressional District Ten years ago on Nov. 12, 2004, Tammy Duckworth lost both legs and sustained limited use of her right arm wh ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Christmas and Holiday Gift Ideas, Romance
December 1, 2014In my Nov. 18 blog I recommended giving memberships in writers’ groups as gifts for Christmas, Hanukkah and other Holidays celebrated at this time of year. I concentrated on nonfiction, but th ...
Women and Adversity: Lesbians and Ellen Degeneres
November 20, 2014One of the most bullied segments of our society is the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender group, also referred to as GLBT or LGBT if you want to put women first. They have been maligned and ...