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Mary Anning, Paleontologist by Linda Harris Sittig

Posted on September 2, 2013 by lhsittig@verizon.net

What if you made one of the most important geological discoveries of all time, but because you were a young uneducated girl, no one paid much attention – at first. Ichthyosaur, plesiosaur, pterosaur. Today dinosaurs are familiar creatures in story … Continue reading →

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Veronica Guerin, Journalist by Linda Harris Sittig

Posted on August 1, 2013 by lhsittig@verizon.net

Veronica Guerin was an investigative reporter who paid the ultimate price of being a strong woman. Back in the mid 1990s the Republic of Ireland earned the nickname ‘Celtic Tiger’ because of the tremendous economic boom that occurred, changing the … Continue reading →

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Ellen Canavan, Irish Entrepreneur by Linda Harris Sittig

Posted on July 3, 2013 by lhsittig@verizon.net

One hundred fifty years ago the Civil War was raging. Thousands of men had already given their lives for a cause they fervently supported, and one woman had risen from total obscurity to the ranks of unimagined riches through the … Continue reading →

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Irena Sendler, Resistance Fighter by Linda Harris Sittig

Posted on June 1, 2013 by lhsittig@verizon.net

She should have won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for her incredible feat of helping over 2,500 Jewish children escape from the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland, during the Holocaust. But she lost out on the prize to someone else, and … Continue reading →

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Mary Louise Chambers, Depression Generation Survivor by Linda Harris Sittig

Posted on May 2, 2013 by lhsittig@verizon.net

She never published a story, painted a picture, or won an award. She didn’t do volunteer work or help out in her children’s classrooms. Other than a bowling trophy, she never received much recognition in life at all. Yet she … Continue reading →

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Alice Paul, Suffragette by Linda Harris Sittig

Posted on April 4, 2013 by lhsittig@verizon.net

I am able to vote today because Alice Paul and her contemporaries determinedly campaigned for women’s suffrage a hundred years ago. Alice Paul was born in 1885 to Quaker parents who instilled in her the notion of gender equality and … Continue reading →

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Ruby Bridges, Child of Civil Rights by Linda Harris Sittig

Posted on March 2, 2013 by lhsittig@verizon.net

Some women become strong with age and others are forced to learn strength during childhood. One such woman is Ruby Bridges. Artist Norman Rockwell painted her before her ninth birthday. Look, a popular magazine of that era, featured her the … Continue reading →

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Edythe Donovan Fox, Multiple Sclerosis Fighter, by Linda Harris Sittig

Posted on January 29, 2013 by lhsittig@verizon.net

In her day she must have been a real looker, the type of woman who makes men stop to gaze at an hourglass figure and confident stride. Born in 1913, Edythe Donovan was a physically striking woman with a magnetic … Continue reading →

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Harriet Hanson Robinson, Factory Child by Linda Harris Sittig

Posted on January 2, 2013 by lhsittig@verizon.net

The city of Lowell, Massachusetts hugs the Merrimack River, grateful to the water source that once played host to ten giant textile mills starting back in the 1830s. Energy surged through the town as over 10,000 power looms transferred raw … Continue reading →

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Sarah Chamberlain Eccelston, Champion of Education by Linda Harris Sittig

Posted on December 4, 2012 by lhsittig@verizon.net

For most five year olds in the United States entering kindergarten is a normal event, seen often as a rite of passage rather than a privilege for the masses. This was not always the case. In fact, not until the … Continue reading →

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