World Changing Women - Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C.J. Walker is notable as the first female self-made millionaire in America. She was born as Sarah Breedlove in Louisiana in 1867. Her family was enslaved, but Sarah was the...
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World Changing Women - Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison is a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford in 1931 in...
What I'm Reading - A Good Indian Wife
I’ve just finished reading A Good Indian Wife by Anne Cherian, a first generation Indian immigrant and author. The book was published in 2008 and follows the two main characters, N...
World Changing Women - Shirley Chisholm
If the world had fully appreciated Shirley Chisholm in 1972 she could have been America’s first female President. Besides being the first black person to run for the Presidency fo...
World Changing Women - Vivian Malone
Vivian Malone is a key figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. You may not recognize her name, but chances are you’ve seen her picture or heard about the events that made her...
We Are Not Immune
In many ways Canada is an amazing country, but it’s very important to remember that we are not immune to the ugliness of the world. Just because time passes doesn’t automatically g...
World Changing Women - Claribel Alegría
Claribel Alegría, born Clara Isabel Alegría Vides, is an exceptionally talented writer and journalist from Nicaragua and El Salvador. She began composing poetry when she was six. S...
World Changing Women - Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno, born Rosa Dolores Alverío in Humacao, Puerto Rico, is an amazing actress, dancer and singer. She is among the greats of our time; the recipient three lifetime achievem...
World Changing Women - Sojourner Truth
Born Isabella Baumfree in 1797, she escaped slavery with her daughter in 1826. Until 1806 she lived with her parents as a slave in New York, but when the slave-owner died the famil...
What I'm Reading - Blood of the Oak
Blood of the Oak is the fourth book in the Bone Rattler series by novelist Eliot Pattison. I haven’t read the first three, but the novels seem to be stand alone enough that you can...