Shin-Kickers From History
Having a Blast: Heroes, History, and More History
I will admit freely that I am currently under the gun: a speaking gig to prep for, edits to finish ASAP and an open suitcase on the bedroom floor ready to back for our trip to Normandy. Instead of scrambling to tell you one of the stories from my list of ideas and possibly not…
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In Anticipation of Women’s History Month: A Medieval Queen, The First Crusade And The Quest for Peace In Jerusalem
March 1st is barrelling down upon me. It’s the start of women’s history month–which doesn’t have much impact on me because women’s history has been the pool I swim in for the last several years. It’s also the day my manuscript (typescript? bytescript?) is due to my editor and I am scrambling. I hope you…
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The Weeping Widow
The world’s first female prime minister, Sirimavo Bandaranaike of what was then Ceylon, is the archetypical example of what political scientists sometimes refer to as the “widow’s walk to power,” in which a woman steps into a position of political power after the often-violent death of her husband.The assumption is such women will carry on…
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