Posts by Pamela
Telling Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Vanya Eftimova Bellinger
Vanya Eftimova Bellinger and I became acquainted three years ago after I heard her speak about her then new book, Marie von Clausewitz: The Woman Behind the Making of ON WAR at the Pritzker Military Library. I was fascinated. Bellinger not only introduced me to an engaging historical figure about whom I knew absolutely nothing,…
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Telling Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Elizabeth DeWolfe
I interact with Elizabeth De Wolfe almost everyday. We are both part of a top-secret revolving Facebook writing challenge group, which provides friendship, support and an occasional kick in the butt as needed. Elizabeth regularly proves herself to be witty, wise, and passionate about the work. She is is Professor of History and co-founder of…
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We Have Winners!
Depending on how you count, I began working on Women Warriors in November 2016 when I signed a contract with Beacon Press, sometime in 2014, when I began the proposal, or 1989, when I read Antonia Fraser’s Warrior Queens. It’s been exciting, frustrating, exciting, terrifying, exciting, humbling, and, oh yes, exciting. Along the way I’ve…
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