Articles About Women - Sponsored this month by The Mothering Touch Center
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Happy Everyday, Mom
Mother’s Day is months away, but Mary Rose proposes that we celebrate the mothers among us and the mothering spirit, every day.
Would the Real Klondike Kate Please Stand Up?
Writer George Burden says that the real Klondike Kate was not, in fact, a vaudeville performer, but an early feminist and trained nurse who was swooped up into the gold rush fever and travelled alone to the Klondike where she administered to sick and injured miners.
Don’t Call Me Ma’am
I was 29 years old and had just been called Ma’am. I was mortified. I didn’t believe it could get any worse. But it has.
Remembrance of Things Past: Another Mammogram
Star Weiss was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003. Eight years later, she reflects back on that diagnosis as she goes for her annual mammogram.
The History of Mother’s Day, and Why This Day Still Matters
Christine Shaw Roome looks back at the history of Mother’s Day and reminds us why this day still matters for humanity.
40 Reasons for Wanting to Be a Princess: Royal Wedding Thoughts
I often hear people say about Kate Middleton, future Queen, “Well, good luck to her, but I wouldn’t want to put up with all that protocol.” There is no accounting for the stupidity of the plebs. Think about it.
Ode to the Mother Who is My Daughter
A mother watches in awe as her own daughter becomes a mom through natural childbirth.
The Amazing Quilter
"Vision-impaired with glaucoma all her life, Rose became blind as a result of an accident in 1984, a mere four days before she was to undergo a cornea transplant. Not only has that condition not slowed her down, Rose has used it to serve as a means … Read more →
James Bond Dresses as a Woman for International Women’s Day
Daniel Craig, famous as 007 in James Bond films, dresses as a woman for an International Women’s Day video to illustrate the dramatic and troublesome differences between the way men and women experience the world.
After the Big “Five-0” – What’s Next?
Here’s some good advice on turning 50 from a woman who has been there, done that.
