Ever wondered how International Women’s Day began? Well, the woman behind the annual day of recognition of women was Theresa Malkiel, a Russian-born Jewish woman living in New York City. As head of the Woman’s National Committee of the Socialist Party of America (SPA), she established an annual National Woman’s Day which was the precursor to International Women’s Day. Theresa… Read More International Women’s Day 2022
I’m Jane Bolin and I’m proud to say that I’ve made history. In 1931, I became the first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School. And on July 22, 1939, I was sworn in as a judge in New York City and served for the next 40 years. Getting there wasn’t easy. My father… Read More The Remarkable Jane Bolin
This evening Maxime and I are on a luxury dinner cruise in New York City. We’re in first class and are enjoying amuse bouche, French for “mouth amusers” at our own private table before dinner. We are sipping non-alcoholic aperitif cocktails. It is such a magical evening. I feel like Cinderella with her handsome prince… Read More One More Day
I didn’t want to think about it but I only had two more days with Maxime and then he would be leaving New York. He told me yesterday when we were together. We were both sad about it and wished that he could stay indefinitely. Today, we are going taking a day trip to Sleepy… Read More Two More Days
The dream was so real, it scared me. In it another woman was kissing my man and he wasn’t resisting. I couldn’t go back to sleep. I lay there in the dark, staring up at the ceiling. Tyrell was lying next to me, fast asleep. I don’t know how long I stayed awake but I… Read More All Work…
The framed shirt of soccer icon Diego Maradona hanging on the wall was a painful reminder of what happened several weeks ago. In a parking lot of a bar in Medellín, her fiancé Mateo was gunned down because he scored an own goal which led to his team’s elimination from the World Cup. Their wedding… Read More Mateo
The phone rang and Nahla rolled over, groggily reaching for it. “Hello?” A recording came on reminding her that she had requested a wake-up call. She hung up and rolled on to her back. She closed her eyes and said a prayer. She lay there for a few minutes before climbing out of bed and… Read More New York City
Charmaine was waiting at the bus stop on her way home when a sleek black Rolls Royce drew up. As she stared curiously at it, the window rolled down and Dorian Breckenridge stuck his head out. Immediately, her heart began to pound wildly. He had that effect on her. He was her best friend, Ella’s… Read More A Little Bit Brave
At the 2015 The Kennedy Center Honors on Tuesday, December 29, 2015, three great ladies–Carol King, Cicely Tyson and Rita Moreno were among the five honorees. Cicely Tyson, at 90 looks as elegant as ever. She is best known for her role in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. She was born in Harlem, New York City… Read More Three Legendary Ladies
I still watch Murder, She Wrote because I like the show and the character Jessica Fletcher played by the great Angela Lansbury. My 7 year old son is also a fan of Jessica Fletcher’s. Before taking on the role of a mystery writer in one of the longest running detective drama series in television history,… Read More Dame Angela Lansbury
Notes to Women 