Really fun news! 🥳 Plus Another Amazing Woman!⭐
Published: Fri, 10/06/23
October 6, 2023Hello, Celebrate with me! This newsletter turns 10-years-old on October 25th! 🎂 Festivity details to come, plus change is afoot. Stay…
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.
📷 Recognize this iconic photo? Here's the rest of the story! 📸
Published: Fri, 09/29/23
September 29, 2023Hello, It was one moment of glory before the storm. The summer of 1936 when Spanish Republican forces initially crushed Fransisco…
💣Bomb Attack on Woman Environmentalist Unsolved after 30 yrs.💥
Published: Fri, 09/22/23
September 22, 2023Hello, Judi Bari made national headlines 30 years ago with her passionate protests against the clearcutting of California's old…
Silver Boom and Bust Leaves Forgotten People in Sunken Graves
Published: Fri, 09/15/23
September 15, 2023Hello, Tomorrow, in a pauper's cemetery in Leadville, Colorado, folks will unveil a memorial to hundreds of Irish Americans who died…
⭐ The Last Days of the First Women in Tech ⭐
Published: Fri, 09/08/23
September 8, 2023Hello, Last month I promised you the story of Margaret MacFarlane, a Scottish codebreaker who cracked Nazi secrets during World War…
Here's the One that Got Away!
Published: Fri, 09/01/23
September 1, 2023Hello, Writers know not all their stories will get published. Here's one of mine that got away. When I proposed the book Standing Up…
She was a "Prescription for Endurance and Courage"
Published: Fri, 08/25/23
August 25, 2023Hello, A significant anniversary date, August 20th, slipped by me earlier this week, but it's never too late to tell an important story…
Spanish-Indigenous Woman Expelled from Convent Becomes Rebel Warrior⚔️
Published: Fri, 08/18/23
August 18, 2023Hello, E tending a warm welcome to subscribers joining us this week from the Pacific Northwest Birders group!I appreciate the e pert…
❓The Woman Behind Mr. Rogers and Next to Dr. Spock❓
Published: Fri, 08/11/23
August 11, 2023Hello, The woman behind Mr. Rogers was not his mother or his wife. She was his teacher. A giant in the field of child development,…
Japanese Feminist Executed after Government Faked Plot
Published: Fri, 08/04/23
August 4, 2021Hello, Fake news is not a modern invention. In 1911, Japan e ecuted 12 anarchists after discovering a plot to kill Emperor Meiji and…