Women
A Game of Birds and Wolves
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II. German U-boats targeted convoys of British merchant ships and the naval vessels that escorted them, with the goal of starving Britain into submission. By the end of 1941, Germany was succeeding—a fact that was a closely guarded secret in Britain.…
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History on Display: Votes for Women, a Portrait of Persistance
One of my disappointments in 2019 was that I didn’t make it to Washington DC to see “Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence” at the National Portrait Gallery, which ran from March 29, 2019 through January 5, 2020 . I made plans, over and over. Over and over, life undid those plans. Now I…
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Mourning on the Margins: Consumption, COVID-19 and a Lock of Hair –A Guest Post by Elizabeth DeWolfe
Elizabeth DeWolfe and I are members of a top secret writing challenge group whose members touch base every day to share the triumphs, the disasters, the joys and frustrations of the writing life. One of the side benefits of the group is learning about what other members are working on. (We are a pretty interesting…
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