For the first time in the country’s history, a state National Guard has a command staff made up exclusively of women. Three are African American and all are mothers. “I didn’t even realize that it was going to line up this way,” said Maj. Gen. Linda L. Singh. “It’s not like I engineered it for […]
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Historical fiction panel Feb. 23 at Book ‘Em NC
Georgia Ann Mullen will participate in a panel discussion on historical fiction at the 2013 Book ‘Em North Carolina Writers Conference & Book Fair in Lumberton. The panel will take place Saturday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. in the Red Room at Robeson Community College. Book ‘Em North Carolina will feature more than 75 authors, […]
Reading/signing Sunday at World Canals Conference
Former Western New York resident Georgia Ann Mullen will read from books in her Canal Tales Series Sunday, Sept. 19 at the World Canals Conference in Rochester, NY. Georgia’s readings from A Shocking & Unnatural Incident and Wixumlee Is My Salvation will highlight how canals fit into her historical novels. Among the sites mentioned in […]
Outrageous behavior led to 19th Amendment
Today is not simply another Women’s Equality Day. Aug. 26, 2010 marks the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to full citizenship, that is the privilege and responsibility to vote. I looked up the text of the 19th Amendment and found it to be two simple sentences of merely 39 words: […]
90 years voting by frailer sex
In 1920 it took only 39 words to give U.S. women the right to vote. In 1971 192 words were deemed necessary to proclaim Aug. 26 Women’s Equality Day. But, hey, we’re happy to have both. In July 1848, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton stood up in the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls and declared females […]
League of Women Voters talk Monday
Georgia Ann Mullen will discuss her books and how they complement the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment at the League of Women Voters luncheon Monday, Aug. 23, in Wilmington, NC. Her address will take place at 11:30 a.m. at McAlister’s Deli on College Road, across from the UNCW campus. The public is invited to […]
