Category Archives: strong women

Josephine Porter Winter: Ambulance Driver in War

Posted on October 1, 2025 by lhsittig@verizon.net

By Linda Harris Sittig I have found in life that nothing really happens by pure chance, and the people you meet come into your life for a reason. Two weeks ago, I met a fellow writer, and during the discussion … Continue reading →

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Marie Cromer and the Early 4-H Clubs

Posted on July 1, 2025 by lhsittig@verizon.net

By Linda Harris Sittig This summer, when you bite into a delicious ripe tomato, I want you to think about Marie Samuella Cromer. Born in 1882 in rural Abbeville County, South Carolina, Marie grew up surrounded by farmland in a … Continue reading →

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Ashley White-Stumpf: Holding Freedom

Posted on June 1, 2025 by lhsittig@verizon.net

By Linda Harris Sittig Although Memorial Day is only a few days behind me, I am still thinking about all the service men and women who sacrificed their lives for freedom. And, I’m always grateful that my father survived WWII … Continue reading →

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Hattie Briggs and the Women Who Founded P.E.O.

Posted on February 1, 2025 by lhsittig@verizon.net

by Linda Harris Sittig It was January, 1869. The Civil War had just ended four years earlier. While women were still decades away from getting the right to vote, educational opportunities for women were beginning to increase. January in Iowa … Continue reading →

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Agnès-Marie Valois: The Angel of Dieppe

Posted on November 1, 2024 by lhsittig@verizon.net

by Linda Harris Sittig Dieppe? Never heard of it? I’m not surprised. Yet, for the Allied forces, it was one of World War II’s worst military disasters. DIEPPE, FRANCE On August 19, 1942, an Allied landing force of over 6,000 … Continue reading →

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Helen Augusta Blanchard: She Sewed the Future

Posted on October 1, 2024 by lhsittig@verizon.net

by Linda Harris Sittig Image by Pexels from Pixabay BEFORE I START THIS MONTH’S STORY, I WANT TO PAY TRIBUTE TO ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE STILL HELPING THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE HELENE. I grew up in an era when many women … Continue reading →

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Nellie Tayloe Ross: How The Governor Wore Heels

Posted on September 1, 2024 by lhsittig@verizon.net

by Linda Harris Sittig As I write this in late August for the September blog, I am well aware that 104 years ago, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted, giving American women the right to vote. * Then, … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Van Lew & Antonia Ford: The Spies Next Door

Posted on August 1, 2024 by lhsittig@verizon.net

by Linda Harris Sittig While I research and write about Strong Women, I am always touched by how they follow their convictions even when it means trading a safe lifestyle to pursue their goals. And this surely was the case … Continue reading →

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Louise Whitfield: Her Husband’s Trusted Confidant

Posted on June 1, 2024 by lhsittig@verizon.net

By Linda Harris Sittig It seems that several Strong Women of History were married to famous men and became their husbands’ confidants. I’m thinking of Abigail Smith Adams, who was married to President John Adams, and Edith Bolling Wilson, the … Continue reading →

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Mollie Burkhart: Worth an Academy Award

Posted on March 3, 2024 by lhsittig@verizon.net

by Linda Harris Sittig You may not recognize Molly Burkhart’s name unless you have read the book or seen the movie Killers of the Flower Moon. She was, perhaps, the only survivor of the Osage Murders that continued from 1918 … Continue reading →

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