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serious crayons:
I really admire women authors, particularly those who lived during times when writing books was not considered a natural or even appropriate occupation for women: The Brontë sisters, Jane Austen, George Eliot (which reminds me, I'd really like to read Middlemarch), Virginia Woolf.
Shakesthecoffecan:
Coya Knutson
From Wikipedia:
"Knutson was the first woman elected to Congress from Minnesota, and is remembered today for the notorious "Coya, Come Home" letter supposedly written by her then-estranged husband, Andy, urging her to give up her seat and not seek reelection in 1958. Political rivals had put him up to it, and it was seen as instrumental in her ensuing defeat. The incident is often cited as an example of sexism in American politics."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coya_Knutson
She divorced that bastard too.
And who is here successor today? Michelle Bachman!
Shakesthecoffecan:
Cockacoeske
She was the cousin of Pocahontas, and lead the Powhatan nation after her father, Opchanacanough, was executed by the English when he was nearly 100 years old.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockacoeske
She had to navagate a world on intrigue as the English began to supplant the native one. She gathered her peoples in the swamps where food was redily available and they could keep a low profile.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: shakestheground on November 11, 2008, 05:37:04 pm --- The incident is often cited as an example of sexism in American politics."
--- End quote ---
Oh, and you DON'T want to see the T-shirts they made about her.
;)
Shakesthecoffecan:
Terry Gross
Well she looks a lot like Annie Proulx, but I don't think they are related.
She has interviewed thousands of people, the famous, the infamous and the not so famous. She is a tiny woman, I got to meet her once and I asked her of all the people in history she would like to have interview who sticks out and she said : Rogers and Hart!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46NNgpMKqA0[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Szc7i2q0w&feature=related[/youtube]
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