“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 [...]

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:
The [...]

I was blown away by the creativity and energy put into my latest book signing by friends Diane and Vicki. They took their theme from the Black Pole Tavern in Wixumlee Is My Salvation and ran with it.
When I walked into Diane’s home it smelled like my grandma’s house–and that’s a good thing! Vicki, who [...]

Ellenville, NY, is more than 200 miles from Seneca Falls, the heart of the women’s rights movement, and both are on the New York State Women’s Heritage Trail.
Ellenville residents call their deteriorating Hunt Memorial Building the “heart of the village” and point to its historical significance to the women’s temperance and suffrage movements. The [...]