Posts by Pamela
On Juneteenth
I recently did a major sort-and-purge of the unread non-fiction in my study. Once again, I had accumulated piles of books on the floor in front of the bookshelves where the un-read non-fiction lives. In order to put books on the shelves, I had to get rid of books that I had no intention of…
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How Title IX Changed the World
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 turns 50 this year. Which doesn’t seem possible, because I was a high school freshman that year. (Stopping to count on my fingers.) Oh well, time flies when you’re kicking doors open, I guess. The language of Title IX is dry, straight-forward, and clear: “No person in…
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Dr. Mary Walker–Two Ways
This is more of a public service announcement than a blog post. Women’s History Month is almost here and cool things are popping up in my in box that I am eager to share. For those of you who live in or near Hopewell, New Jersey, Independence: The True Story of Dr. Mary Walker will…
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