When her plans for life crashed, Frida Kahlo tapped into her creative side. She used art as therapy and became one of the most well-known artists of the 20th century.
Category: Heroes and Heroines
Blog posts by author Lynette M. Burrows about men and women who inspire through acts of courage, generosity, and/or selflessness.
They Stood Trial for Impersonating a Man
For many years, U.S. history neglected many people due to their race or ethnicity or gender. Yet they existed. Meet Lucy Lobdell aka Joe.
Leading on a White Horse, Girl Wants Voting Rights
What image comes to mind when you think of the women’s suffrage movement in America? A woman in a long suffragette white dress? Is she Chinese? She was.
The Rosa Parks of the Modern Trans Movement
Sylvia Rivera hated labels almost as much as she hated discrimination. Some call her the Rosa Parks of the Modern Trans movement.
Celebrate Women of History
I love to write about fictional characters whose story challenges them to figure out what they are and who they can be. Real-life women of history inspire me.