American activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was certainly a warrior and a sage as well as a mother and lover. Married with seven children, she spoke in 1848 at the first convention on women's rights organized by women, The Seneca Falls Convention, named for where it was held in Seneca Falls, New York. There, she presented a document for which she was a principal author: The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions...
Helen Keller was the first person that was both deaf and blind to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, which she received from Radcliffe College in 1904. The story of her journey and her struggles, as she battled to break free from the isolation of her world and into a world where she was able to communicate, was told through the well-known play and film The Miracle Worker...
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Andra Sayner, a senior model, tells the truth but her age lies. At 61 she looks at least a decade younger. Yet she’s the mother of a 42-year old son and two step-children...
Every Wednesday I'll be blogging on Women to watch. If you know an inspirational women share! This is something we should all read at least once a week!!!!! Make sure you read to the end!!!!!! Written by Regina Brett, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio .
To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 42 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written...
This Halloween, why not dress your daughter up as an inspirational woman from history instead of a Disney princess? I love the idea and was inspired to post about it precisely because of this article I read that was aptly titled See the 5 Kick-Ass Women This Mom Dressed Her Daughter As Instead of a Disney Princess...
"A woman is like a tea bag. You can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water." --Eleanor Roosevelt
Continuing our series on inspirational women, this week we'd like to celebrate former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who is actually the longest-serving First Lady, since her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was president for four consecutive terms, from 1933 to 1945...
