
Owning All of My Work
After reading an opinion piece in The New York Times debunking “maternal instinct” as a myth to keep women in their place, I considered...
Jul 12, 2023

Finding my Voice
Published in ChicagoNow, October 23, 2018 I loved my fifth-grade teacher, Martin Hollander. He told us our class was a democracy in which...
Oct 23, 2018

What my Granddaughters Need to Know About Women’s Rights
Published in ChicagoNow, July 17, 2018 My 12-year-old granddaughter, who has declared her intention to be the first woman president, was...
Jul 17, 2018

Thoughts About a Woman President
A fifth grader out canvassing for a referendum (who happens to be my granddaughter) Published in ChicagoNow, April 9, 2018 I have read...
Apr 9, 2018

#TimesUp — How Far Have Women Really Come?
Published in ChicagoNow, March 13, 2018 I’ve been taking a class on Hamilton the musical versus what was really happening back then, and...
Mar 13, 2018

A Womans Place and Other Thoughts from my Nasty Snake-Filled Head
Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell, 1943 Published in ChicagoNow,. January 29, 2018 Courtland Sykes, a Republican running for Senate...
Jan 29, 2018

The Golden Globes: What do Fancy Black Dresses Say?
Kendall Jenner Posted in ChicagoNow, January 8, 2018 Everyone wear black. I get it. Let’s make a statement. Let’s say #TimesUp. At the...
Jan 8, 2018

Frances Perkins: A Woke Woman You Should Know
Perkins with Eleanor Roosevelt in 1961, the 50th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Published in ChicagoNow, October 24,...
Oct 24, 2017

Bad Moms and Forgiveness Day
Published in ChicagoNow, June 26, 2017 Today, on Forgiveness Day, I’m thinking that all of the women who saw themselves in the movie Bad...
Jun 26, 2017

Hillary Clinton and The Smart Girl in the Room
Published in ChicagoNow, September 27, 2016 I’m only a couple of years older than Hillary Clinton. Like her, I grew up in a middle-class...
Sep 27, 2016