A few weeks ago, we stepped aboard the Chautauqua Belle, one of the last operating sternwheel steamboats in North America, and took a trip back in time. Our two-hour round [...]
Last night my husband and I attended our Presbyterian service of Maundy Thursday to commemorate the evening of the Last Supper when Jesus was betrayed. Afterward, we accepted an invitation [...]
You don’t hear about women whalers very often, even though they were not uncommon in the 19th century. In fact, Annie Osborn Anthony, daughter of a whaling captain from Martha’s [...]
Anna Osborn Anthony (usually called Annie) married thirty-nine-year-old Daniel Read Anthony when she was just nineteen. Only the basic facts and a few tantalizing glimpses remain of her. History references her as the [...]
Susan B. Anthony's sister-in-law and brother were honored with a historical marker in Leavenworth, Kansas. This marks their support for women's rights.
When I first researched Susan and her family, I walked where they walked. Wearing a long skirt, wool cape, and boots, I trudged snow-clogged streets of old Rochester. A bit [...]
The Truth About Daniel was featured in Life in Finger Lakes Magazine.
It’s so rewarding when a professional book reviewer “gets” the book that you’ve worked on for several years. That happened recently when Midwest Book Review praised The Truth About Daniel. [...]
Last time we discussed two kinds of historical fiction: Balancing truth and imagination in historical fiction Once I’ve done the research and mapped out the known events, it’s time [...]
Today’s heroine for Women’s History Month is Beulah Vanderhoop of Martha’s Vineyard, a maritime conductor on the Underground Railroad in the 1850s. She had the courage it took to assist [...]
