Tag: Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner

Angelica Shirley Carpenter, Part 2—-Standing on the Shoulders of Matilda

Angelica Shirley Carpenter, Part 2—-Standing on the Shoulders of Matilda

How many of these women’s names do you recognize? Harriet TubmanEleanor RooseveltMother JonesSusan B AnthonyMatilda Joslyn GageIda B. WellsJane AddamsIndira GandhiElizabeth BlackwellAlice PaulMarie CurieAmelia EarhartGrace HopperRosa ParksDr. Sally RideSojourner TruthMadeline AlbrightClara BartonMargaret MeadCarrie Chapman Catt If you know them all, you’re ahead of me. These ladies are pictured in the...Read More
My Journey to Oz & Kansas—Part 1: The Real Dorothy

My Journey to Oz & Kansas—Part 1: The Real Dorothy

August 2019 is the 80th anniversary of the MGM movie premiere of The Wizard of Oz in 1939. Little known fact---about a half hour from my house in Wisconsin, the movie premiered in the tiny town of Oconomowoc on August 12, 1939, three days before Hollywood’s Graumann Theater showing. Oconomowoc...Read More