The dashing British officer Lawrence of Arabia, is a legend of history. Yet, we should recognize the name, Gertrude Bell, along with (or more than) his.
Tag: women in history
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.
She Saved the Moon Landing
It’s July 20, 1969. U.S. astronauts in the lunar module near the surface of the moon. Alarms blare. Should they abort? No, she saved the moon landing.
The Woman Men Wanted to Ignore
In the late nineteenth-century, few women had access to higher education, especially in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Born to a poor immigrant family, Hertha Marks Ayrton let nothing stop her. She was a suffragette, a physicist, a mathematician, and an inventor. She was the woman men wanted to ignore. (c) Girton College, University…… Continue reading The Woman Men Wanted to Ignore
The Insanity of Inequality
In 1851, the state of Illinois opened its first hospital for the mentally ill. The state legislature passed a law to protect people from being committed against his or her will. The law required a public hearing before that person was committed. With one exception, a husband could have his wife committed without either a…… Continue reading The Insanity of Inequality