Wife of Socrates. Foremother of Shakespeare’s Kate. Shrew to be tamed? Or a wonder woman whose mind was her own?
Browsing the archives for the women tag
7 Mar 11
Filling the Hollow on International Women’s Day
In Part 2 of her “So Many Silences” posts, Julie Daley wrote, “My silence earns me privilege, and it costs me my power. I give away my power to have privilege. I may feel I have power, but as long as that power is based on a privilege that is hollow at its core, the [...]
10 Jan 11
Happy Birthday, Mom
Sitting across the table from my mother today, celebrating her 69th birthday, I remembered this picture of her, at 16, with her mother, Annie, then 41, standing next to a gardenia bush that was still blooming when I was a child. At 16, my mother wanted to be a doctor. She became a devoted mother [...]
6 Jan 11
Annie says,
My maternal grandmother, Anne Ferrara Jones, died on December 28, 1997. I always think about her more than usual during this time of year. This year, I’ve been thinking about her creative, authentic and joyful philosophy of life. A little background. Her parents, Italian immigrants, died in the flu epidemic of 1918, leaving behind five [...]
