"I didn't expect to see you at all today," Folami told Laszlo. They were in her flat. He had stopped by before heading over to Catalina's place from where they would drive to Benmarl Winery. "I thought I would stop by and see you before I headed over to Catalina's place." "Catalina? Is she Spanish …
She Broke the Mold
Did I flummox everyone when I, an African-American woman spurned the usual courses tailored for women at Oberlin and took a program of Greek, Latin and higher Mathematics designed for gentlemen? Why shouldn’t I, a child of God, aspire to higher goals? 42 Words Mary Jane Patterson, born into slavery, became the first African American …
Mother of Methodism
"The child that never learns to obey his parents in the home will not obey God or man out of the home" - Susanna Wesley Susanna Wesley was 19 years old when she married 26 year old Samuel Wesley. They had 19 children, nine of them died as infants and one was accidently smothered by …
The Cafeteria
He was always having lunch by himself every time she went to the cafeteria. She would pass his table and he would look up. Their eyes would meet and then she would smile. He smiled back and she continued walking until she reached the table where she usually sat with Angie, her co-worker. On day, …
Education of Women and Girls
Just recently I read that Sir Thomas More placed great importance on the education of women. Here's an exerpt from his biography on Wikipedia: More took a serious interest in the education of women, an attitude that was highly unusual at the time. Believing women to be just as capable of academic accomplishment as men, …
Death of Baby Falak
This evening I received an email update from Dreamcatchers For Abused Children about the death an Indian baby girl named Falak who survived two cardiac arrests and a meningitis infection contracted during treatment. She was admitted to the hospital covered in human bite marks. The Doctors in Delhi said the battered two-year-old suffered a fatal heart attack. …
Notes to Women 