Tag Archives: women’s history

Women’s Present-Day Month

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Laura Orsini

Women’s Present-Day Month by Patricia Grady Cox It’s Women’s History Month, when we take time to honor all the women who have contributed great things to our country: medicine, technology, education, political movements, and more. Often this honor embraces an … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 29, 2017 by Laura Orsini

Amazing Sailor, Metal Sculpture, and Author – Alice Otsuji Hager (09-13-1920 to 01-13-2014) by C.K. Thomas As a second-generation Japanese American, Alice Otsuji Hager spent time during World War II in the Gila River Relocation Camp, along with her parents … Continue reading →

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Rosie Napravnik – Woman Jockey Among the Firsts

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Laura Orsini

Rosie Napravnik – Woman Jockey Among the Firsts by C.K. Thomas Rosie Napravnik has ridden in all three thoroughbred, dirt-track races that make up the famous Triple Crown: The Kentucky Derby – Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky; The Preakness Stakes – … Continue reading →

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Peggy Hull, U. S. War Correspondent: 1889-1967

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Laura Orsini

Peggy Hull, U. S. War Correspondent: 1889-1967 by C.K. Thomas In 1918, Peggy Hull’s appointment as the first woman to be officially accredited by the War Department as a U.S. War Correspondent changed a longstanding policy of barring women from … Continue reading →

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Dr. Peggy Whitson, Astronaut

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Laura Orsini

Dr. Peggy Whitson, Astronaut By C. K. Thomas Remember her and her historic accomplishment: on April 24, 2017, Peggy Whitson set a more than 534-day record for the most days ever spent in space by a NASA astronaut! It’s also … Continue reading →

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The First Woman to Run for President: Victoria Claflin Woodhull

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Laura Orsini

The First Woman to Run for President of the United States: Victoria Claflin Woodhull by C.K. Thomas In 2014 Myra MacPherson wrote The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage, and Scandal in the Gilded Age. Carol Felsenthal referenced MacPherson’s book extensively in … Continue reading →

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Nancy Wake: WWII Woman, Socialite, French Resistance Leader, Spy, British Special Ops Officer

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Laura Orsini

Nancy Wake: WWII Woman, Socialite, French Resistance Leader, Spy, British Special Ops Officer by C.K. Thomas When the Nazis invaded France in WWII, Nancy Wake and her husband, wealthy French Industrialist Henri Fiocca, lived in Marseille. Actor Cate Blanchett played … Continue reading →

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The Legend of Betty Zane (1766? – 1831?)

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Laura Orsini

The Legend of Betty Zane (1766? – 1831?) by C.K. Thomas Author Zane Grey, a descendant of West Virginia frontier woman Betty Zane, wrote a novel about her in 1903.* However, the legend of Betty Zane first appeared in print … Continue reading →

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A Woman in Men’s Clothing

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Laura Orsini

A Woman in Men’s Clothing Flora Quick aka Flora Mundis aka Tom King aka China Dot by C.K. Thomas China Dot couldn’t possibly have committed all the crimes attributed to her by overzealous news reporters of her day. Born Flora … Continue reading →

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The First Female Detective in the Union: Kate Warne

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Laura Orsini

The First Female Detective in the Unions: Kate Warne C.K. Thomas Answering an ad for a detective in 1856, Kate Warne walked into the Chicago offices of Allan Pinkerton. He assumed she wanted a clerical job, but she soon convinced … Continue reading →

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