📚 From me to YOU this holiday season! 🥳🥂
Published: Fri, 12/17/21
December 18, 2021 Hello, Greetings and best wishes for the holiday season! No story today, I'm taking the week off to visit my children and will not…
Author Mary Cronk Farrell
Author Mary Cronk Farrell I write about women whose courage has shaped our history. My work shines a light in shadowy forgotten corners, amplifies marginalized voices and empowers us all to work constructively for what we believe in.
Small Actions of Ordinary Students Resound through History
Published: Fri, 12/10/21
2021 Hello, In mid-December 1965, as Americans prepared for the holidays, baking cookies, buying gifts, setting up their menorah or Christmas tree,…
Amazing Vietnam War Dog! 🐕 Plus, the BEST NEWS EVER🤩 ⭐
Published: Fri, 12/03/21
2021 Hello, The reviews are coming in for Close-Up On War. It's nerve-wracking! I'm caught between hoping they will be great and fearing they won't…
Wishing You Thanksgiving!🌾🍂🤲🤝
Published: Thu, 11/25/21
2021 Hello, I love this holiday focused on giving thanks. No presents. No candy. No fireworks or costumes. Just food and people. And I'm incredibly…
🕵️♀️The Woman Who Took Down Lucky Luciano and the New York Mob 💰🎰
Published: Fri, 11/19/21
Hello, Hectic schedule this week, so I brought back one of my favorite stories, how back in the 1930s, a black woman attorney took down New York…
👀A Look Behind the Scenes of my New Book!🤫📕
Published: Fri, 11/12/21
2021 Hello, Veteran's Day I attended a deeply moving ceremony for the rededication of Spokane's Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. Several vets talked about…
The "Dumb Broads" Who Caught the Traitor and Spy Aldrich Ames
Published: Fri, 11/05/21
2021 Hello, Not my words. One of the women responsible for catching Aldrich (Rick) Ames said he never respected the women who worked with him in the…
What's that little task you've put off for years? Here's mine.
Published: Fri, 10/29/21
2021 Hello, Some authors put off updating their photo to hide their age. Others, like me, have it on the to-do list where it never quite reaches the…
So Many Stories Flow from this One Photo....📚
Published: Fri, 10/22/21
October 22, 2021 Hello, Wednesday of this week, October 20th, marked 79 years to the day that US military forces returned to the Philippines after…
Incredible Survival Story! Snow, Ice, Enemy Strafing, Near Starvation...😮😮
Published: Fri, 10/15/21
October 15, 2021 Hello, I'm on vacation this week. Enjoy one of my favorite stories from the archives! On November 8th, the weather was clear and…