Category Archives: short biographies

Elisabeth Oesterlein by Linda Harris Sittig

Posted on April 1, 2015 by lhsittig@verizon.net

  Education was always a priority in our family. My father pursued a B.S. in Accounting from New York University because as a World War II Veteran he could attend under the G.I. Bill. After graduating from high school, my mother … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary Strong Women in History!

Posted on March 30, 2015 by lhsittig@verizon.net

This April marks when Strong Women in History moves into its fourth consecutive year of paying tribute monthly to a variety of extraordinary women who accomplished amazing feats in their lifetime. Every woman I choose to highlight should have become … Continue reading →

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Mary Harris Jones by Linda Harris Sittig

Posted on March 1, 2015 by lhsittig@verizon.net

~No, I am not related to Mary Harris Jones, just in awe of her. Born in County Cork, Ireland in 1837 to a tenant farmer and his wife, Mary Harris moved with her family to Toronto, Canada, and then to Michigan while … Continue reading →

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Molly Craig Kelly and Doris Pilkington Garimara by Linda Harris Sittig

Posted on December 31, 2014 by lhsittig@verizon.net

On Christmas Eve I watched my almost 4 year–old granddaughter add a few extra cookies to the plate set out for Santa. When I asked her why, she replied, “Because Mrs. Claus works hard too.” I was amazed that in … Continue reading →

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Margaret Higgins Sanger

Posted on December 1, 2014 by lhsittig@verizon.net

(Psst! My novel, Cut From Strong Cloth, is out and selling well in both print and Kindle. Here is the Amazon link:  http://amzn.com/1940553024) Margaret Higgins’s life goal was to become a successful nurse, and after several years into the practice she … Continue reading →

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Ellen Canavan – part two, by Linda Harris Sittig

Posted on October 30, 2014 by lhsittig@verizon.net

 It was in the summer of 1998 that I stood in front of my mother’s family mausoleum in New Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia. The cemetery is located in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, once the textile epi-center of the United States, … Continue reading →

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