It's ironic that today - the day that the former President's second impeachment trial begins in the Senate - is also the anniversary of Senator Joseph McCarthy's 1950 speech in Wheeling, West Virginia when he declared in front of the Ohio's County Republican Women's Club that he possessed a list of more than 200 Communist … Continue reading Courage
Will you be watching the Super Bowl? I will, mostly so I can see Amanda Gordon and have a reason to eat nachos. I'm also excited to see Sarah Thomas at work - Thomas will be the first woman to work as a referee at the Super Bowl. A former college basketball player, Thomas began … Continue reading Sundays
This afternoon I watched a wonderful talk from Florence’s Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, founded by Giorgio Vasari in 1563 as a guild for Florence’s artists. Membership was only extended to established artists. The talk was a conversation between Linda Falcone, the director of Advancing Women Artists, and Accademia president Cristina Acidini. AWA’s mission is … Continue reading Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
Who will be the first woman to walk on the moon? Almost 51 years after the Apollo 11 astronauts landed there we are still asking that question. Today we moved a step closer to knowing the answer when the Biden Administration announced that it will support NASA's Artemis Program. Women who were involved in the … Continue reading The Moon!
When they arrived in the United Kingdom in February 1945 to begin their overseas assignment, the women of the 6888th Battalion found 17 million pieces of mail waiting for them - letters and packages sent by the families and friends of American soldiers serving in the European theatre. The first battalion of African-American women and … Continue reading The 6888th
Sheer Ghosts 