🐙The Real-Life Lady and the Octopus: Deep Sea Secrets Revealed!

Published: Fri, 06/05/26

June 5, 2026Hello, Everyone's raving about the novel and telling me I have to see the movie Remarkably Bright Creatures. I'm planning to! But I just…

Flemmie Kittrell Knew the Power of Home Ec

Published: Fri, 05/29/26

May 29, 2026Hello, I remember two things from Home Ec: sewing my prom dress and learning to arrange sandwiches on a plate. The first was indeed…

Feels Like I'm Paddling Upstream

Published: Fri, 05/22/26

Updated: Fri, 05/22/26

May 22, 2026Hello, It's been a tough week and I ran out of time. But here's a re-run of a story I wrote you in 2019 about Susan La Flesche of the…

📚 Special Treat for You this Week! A New Author & Her New Book 📚

Published: Fri, 05/15/26

May 15, 2026Hello, Mary Fontana was totally engrossed in a book when I met her. A fourth grader, she quietly read while her two brothers and two…

⚡ Suffrajitsu ⚡ Edith Garrud's Extraordinary Defense of Women's Rights

Published: Fri, 05/08/26

May 8, 2026Hello, Suffrajitsu. I'm not making that word up! That honor goes to an anonymous journalist covering the violence of the British…

Walked Out of My Hotel and Nearly Stumbled on History

Published: Fri, 05/01/26

May 1, 2026Hello, I'm in Baltimore, Maryland, today. Mike had a conference, so I came along to see the sights and dig up some history. This eye-…

Meet the Woman in Charge when Beverly Hills was a Cattle Ranch

Published: Fri, 04/24/26

April 24, 2026Hello, This story caught my eye after I spent last weekend visiting my daughter in Los Angeles. While I was there, I didn't think to…

From Big Game Hunter to Self-Taught Scientist and Polar Explorer

Published: Fri, 04/17/26

April 17, 2026Hello, Louise Arner Boyd happened upon the opportunity of a lifetime. She recognized it and had the courage to seize it.I don't know if…

My Sincere Apologies🙇‍♀️

Published: Fri, 04/10/26

April 10, 2026Hello, This week I discovered an amazing woman I'd never heard of before, an intrepid adventurer, self-taught scientist, inventor and…

Barbara Jordan Refused to be an Idle Spectator to Presidential Abuse of Power

Published: Fri, 04/03/26

Updated: Fri, 04/03/26

April 3, 2026Hello, In 1974, Junior Congresswoman Barbara Jordan seized national attention with a powerful speech during the televised impeachment…