Nine recent books to help you celebrate women's history monthRead More

Women in the trades, where PPE is mandatory, assert themselves with personal styleRead More

Plunging into a compelling topic, even one with a tangential relationship to my current book project, is one of the pleasures of writing.Read More

I'm delighted to share Patricia Meisol's guest post about Dr. Helen Taussig, a pioneering physician and the subject of Patricia's biography, A Heart Afire.Read More

With Women's History Month approaching, I took the opportunity to do a little research on how the field of women's history began.Read More

It was fun to discover a convergence of two diametrically opposed characters that brought together two independent strands of my writing.Read More

While looking at the Sargent paintings now on view at the MFA, I entertained a dual fantasy.Read More

Captain Deborah Dempsey's most telling comment was: "It's fun to be the boss."Read More

In last month's newsletter, I ruminated on how women can move history. Now I'm back with more on the subject, specifically Phebe Lord Upham, born in Maine in 1804.Read More

Two years ago I was invited to give a reading in New York. My husband Andrew came with me and, naturally, we added museums and restaurants to the trip. One evening we went to Prune, a wonderful place on East 1st Street (now regrettably closed) run by chef Gabrielle Hamilton and her wife.Read More