If you want to feel like you've got a decent grasp of the Revolution, you certainly can't leave out women's place in it.
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Interview with Mary Cunningham, co-author of WOOF: Women Only Over 50
"Letting women know they’re not alone is our prime objective," says Cunningham.
Read More »Book Review: Singled Out – How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War by Virginia Nicholson
There's much to admire in the oral histories, captured at the last possible moment.
Read More »Book Review: Byzantium – The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin
On this account Byzantium didn't just passively preserve ancient traditions, as Gibbon claimed, but creatively developed them.
Read More »Book Review: The Triumph of Deborah by Eva Etzioni-Halevy
A lovely telling of one of the Bible's most compelling tales, the story of Deborah.
Read More »Book Review: Frida’s Bed by Slavenka Drakulic
Offers insights into Frida's work and life that will give you an even deeper understanding of what drove her to create in the first place.
Read More »Book Review: The Hidden History of Women’s Ordination – Female Clergy in the Medieval West by Gary Macy
In the modern context of controversy about the place of women in various churches this is explosive stuff.
Read More »Real Women Versus The Secrets of Happily Married Women
The secret is good public relations. It can be difficult to present a well kempt hobo as a citizen of value.
Read More »Interview with Phyllis Zimbler Miller, Author of Mrs. Lieutenant
"I’ve wanted to write this book for 38 years, ever since I was a new Mrs. Lieutenant in the spring of 1970 during the Vietnam War."
Read More »Interview with Jaime Martinez Wood, Author of Rogelia’s House of Magic
"...your characters should be able to convince others of their point of view," advises Hispanic author Jaime Martinez Wood.
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