Twentieth Century
Talking About Women’s History: Four Answers and a Whole Bunch of Questions with Joanne Mulcahy
Joanne B. Mulcahy is an essayist, biographer, and teacher of creative non-fiction. Her studies in anthropology and folklore inspired travels to the Arctic, Northern Ireland, Australia, and Latin America. Her travels, in turn, inspired three books, include the prize-winning Writing Abroad: a Guide for Travelers. In 2013, while teaching at La Universidad Latina de America,…
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From the Archives: The Swans of Harlem
As I mentioned in a recent post, I have been fascinated by ballet and its history for most of my life. So when I began to see notices for a book about the forgotten Black ballerinas who danced for the Dance Theatre of Harlem I was eager to get my hands on it. It lived…
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Looking for Tiny Broadwick’s Daughter
In my blog post last week about Tiny Broadwick, “First Lady of Parachuting,” I mentioned, with some sadness, that Tiny’s daughter disappears from the narrative. I am pleased to tell you that my writing friend Nancy Kennedy took up the challenge and went looking for the daughter’s story. Here’s what she found: The short version…
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