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

This image of St. Javelin is a potent reminder that women's history is dynamic and ever evolving.Read More

It's not explicit that the song "Wichita Lineman" is about a guy, but it doesn’t have to be. Back then, a woman climbing a phone pole to repair a line was as rare as a dodo bird.Read More

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

I knew, of course, that Perkins was Secretary of Labor under FDR, the first woman to hold a cabinet position, but I knew little else about her. The accolade of "first" made it seem that was enough to know. I was so wrong.Read More

Did you know that Carrie Chapman Catt was more than a suffragist? I didn't, but now I do. Read on!Read More

My reading list is idiosyncratic, a reflection of my personal interests and feelings. How did you decide what to read this summer?Read More