Enlarge As a student of history I am glad that we have a month to celebrate the changes and accomplishments that belong to women of the past! I believe that women who have paved the way before me have allowed me to welcome amazing opportunities in my life. I’m...
Enlarge For me, Women’s History Month bridges the gap between silent aspirations and the ability to achieve. It allows women to occupy space in all forms and identities and bring forth their knowledge and ideas in many spheres. Growing up with a single mother, I...
Enlarge Women’s History Month, or Women’s Herstory Month as I prefer, is a celebration of the often overlooked, yet incredible contributions of women who have dedicated countless hours, energy, and creative ideas to improving our local and global communities. This...
Enlarge I arrived for an interview in The Forest in the spring of 1985 carrying two Drew books like talismans: Liturgies of the Western Church by Bard Thompson and the newly published, The Journey is Home, by Nelle Morton. I hoped they’d unlock the doors to the realm...
“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.”— Maya Angelou Enlarge I remember the day I learned about Ida. B. Wells in class, I was dumbfounded, I was in awe. Reading and learning about her...
