Posts Tagged ‘history’

MARGARET FULLER is an American Heroine.  Born in Massachusetts in 1810, she was a woman very much ahead of her time.   She is the first born of 9 children (2 died in infancy)  and her father, a politician and lawyer, was determined that she know how to think and analyze information and the world.  He [...]

After I heard Betsy Prioleau author or SWOON interviewed on our public radio station I could hardly wait to read this book.  I took notes on the 5 minute interview on the NPR’s Dinner Party program of what she said: Lady’s men produce more questions than answers; are very misunderstood and really have not been [...]

TLC online Book Tours and New York University Press sent me another gem of a read.  CAPITAL OF THE WORLD is a history book that is a well written, interesting and fun read as the author endeavors to document the story of finding the right spot for the United Nations.  The fine-tuned details help to [...]

A Strange Stirring  is quite a read.  It is a comprehensive look back at what Betty Freidan’s   best seller the FEMININE MYSTIQUE   said, created, and did not say or create.  The research is quite extensive and the claims are even more amazing.  As a student who read the MYSTIQUE in about 1969, it was fascinating [...]