- Jul 12
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...
- Oct 23, 2018
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...
- Jul 17, 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...
- Apr 9, 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...
- Mar 13, 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...
- Jan 29, 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 8, 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...
- Oct 24, 2017
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,...
- Jun 26, 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...
- Sep 27, 2016
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...