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Tag Archives: women
A Thousand Ships
Sing, muse, of the confusion of Croseus, and of the anguish of Penthesilea! A Thousand Ships collects stories about the women of the Illiad — mostly of Troy, but of Achaea, too, across the wine-dark sea — and framed by … Continue reading
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
Constance is a young woman who’s just arrived in Hazelbourne, there to take care of an older family friend who’s just had a bout with flu. She enters into a new social circle thanks to this connection, and despite the … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged 1910s, aviation, Britain, Helen Simonson, historical fiction, women
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Convenience Store Woman
Keiko has known since she was a little girl that she wasn’t quite normal. Her reactions were not like those of her peers, and they were different enough to cause her family alarm. Upon discovering a dead bird, her first thought was that … Continue reading
My Selma
Willie Mae Brown was a child during the Civil Rights movement, which reached its high point in 1965, with the Selma to Montgomery march that resulted in the Civil Rights bill of 1965, with great assistance from the local sheriff and … Continue reading
America’s first female astronauts
When NASA was formed and began looking for astronauts, they settled on test pilots as the initial base: such men were already known quantities, with proven physical and intellectual gifts that could be applied to the pioneering work of Mercury and beyond. Although … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 1970s, 1980s, history, human space flight, quotations, women
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The Four Winds
When the clerk at my local diner coughed at me to remind me that I was standing in front of her cash register, bill and money in hand, but ignoring her to finish the chapter I’d walked up reading, I … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged 1930s, American West, California, labor, poverty, Texas, women
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Night Witches
The German army has invaded deep into Mother Russia, and Stalingrad itself is a battlefield. Young Valentina desperately wants to use her flying skills to defend her city, joining her sister Tatiana in the skies, but her mother forbids her. … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged aviation, Children-YA, historical fiction, Russia, women, WW2
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Redcoats , los presidentes, and medieval making-merry
Alllrighty, short rounds time, featuring: British Soldiers, American War; The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women; and The President’s Club: Inside the World’s Most Secret Fraternity. First up, British Soldiers, American War. This is an interesting volume in which … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged American Revolution, Britain, Europe, Hail to the Chief, history, Medieval, memoir, military, sexuality, social history, women
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Thinking about women authors
A few years back, out of a matter of curiosity, I went through my data on books-read since May 2007 and determined that nearly 80% of my reading came from male authors. This is not something that bothers me, since … Continue reading
Laughing all the Way to the Mosque
Laughing all the Way to the Mosque: The Misadventures of a Muslim Woman© 2016 Zarqa Nawaz240 pages ‘A hit religious comedy show about Muslims worshipping in a broken-down mosque, within a broken-down church, living in a tiny town in the … Continue reading
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