We honor the Indigenous people of the United States for many reasons big and small. Here are six large categories that will help you explore more reasons.
Category: Strong Women
Mary McLeod Bethune Lights the Way Even After Death
From poverty & ignorance she learned and improved her life. Then improved the lives of others. Mary McLeod Bethune lights the way even in death.
Poland’s Greatest Female War Hero, Disguised as a Man
From WWI battlefields to Nazi resistance: Wanda Gertz, disguised herself as a man so she could join the fight. She became Poland’s greatest female war hero.
Inspiration from War and Resistance
Sometimes a novelist research allows a writer to write what they don’t know. This is one source of inspiration for the first novel in the Fellowship Dystopia.
A Drag King with Zero Tolerance for Discrimination
Because of her skin color, bullies hung by her leg on a fence. She stopped running and later threw a punch and launched the Gay liberation movement. Or did she?