🔥 The Courage to Jump into Fire and History! 🔥

Published: Fri, 09/27/24

September 26, 2024

Hello

I love delving into research and shining a light on women whose courage have shaped our history. Occasionally, I come across a woman on her way to making history.

Paris Harris is such a woman. To reach her dream of becoming the first black woman smokejumper, she faces a long road and a steep climb.

Climate change is raising temperatures across the American West. Snowpacks melting earlier leads to dryer summers and more regions suffering drought conditions.

There's little doubt these conditions will cause extreme wildfire seasons like we've never seen before.

It's frightening to imagine these fires. Imagine jumping into them.

Daring to Leap: Meet Paris Harris

I learned about Paris in Mountain Journal, an internet magazine I started reading after my trip to Yellowstone National Park several years ago.

My first question was how a girl from the Chicago suburbs would end up in Northern Idaho fighting wildfires.

Paris Harris lays down prescribed fire during a spring break internship in Florida last March.

Photo courtesy LaVell Rucker

My next question? Why? Why would young woman not only fight fires, but jump into them? Few girls have a back story like Paris Harris.

Mountain Journal interviewed Paris and published such an interesting story about her it's only fair I send you there to read it....

The link is safe, no worries about clicking it. You'll be impressed by this five-foot-three firecracker.

Until next week...

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Author Mary Cronk Farrell
Mary writes compelling history books about courageous unknown women who helped shape American history.
Her newest book CLOSE UP ON WAR: THE STORY OF PIONEERING PHOTOJOURNALIST CATHERINE LEROY IN VIETNAM has four starred reviews. Both teens and adults enjoy Mary's books

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