“Women never did anything important. If they had it would be in the history books.”
So claims the father-in-law of National Women’s History Museum founder Karen Staser. Can you imagine spending holidays with that guy?
Still, he’s not alone. Most Americans grow up thinking men built the country single-handed, since women and their accomplishments are mere [...]
History books lie
Women rule in Seneca Falls
If you support women’s rights and haven’t made a trip to Seneca Falls, NY—go!
I’ve visited several times and never fail to be moved by the names of the 68 courageous women engraved on the wall in the Women’s Rights National Historical Park who signed the Declaration of Sentiments 163 years ago.
The Wesleyan Chapel where [...]
How writers get ideas
Ideas for my historical novels grew out of my employment as a journalist–or, more exactly, from the places my job as magazine writer and editor took me.
One of those places was Seneca Falls, NY, where I traveled to write a town profile for a regional magazine. I toured Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s house, visited the [...]
A marvelous book about women’s rights
Georgia Mullen has written a marvelous book about women’s rights in the early part of the twentieth century. The characters in [A Shocking & Unnatural Incident] are very believable and the reader is involved in the story quickly. The work Elizabeth Stanton did for women should be greatly appreciated by women of today. This book [...]
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I must disclose that I am a big fan of historical fiction, and this book falls in that genre. Regardless of possible bias, A Shocking & Unnatural Incident is engaging first because it is well written, second because it has an interesting plot, third because it has a surprise (to me) ending, and fourth because [...]
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