#women – HistoricalNovelsRUs

23 May 2022

Did you know… Maggie Brown?

by historicalnovelsrus | posted in: History Makers, The American West, 19th Century, Women of the West | 1

Maggie was always spunky and adventurous, inclined to get her own way. She loved her parents but chafed under their rules. She valued her father’s hard work, coming from County Cork, Ireland to Missouri, and taking whatever labor jobs he could find to feed the family. As she grew to adulthood, she aspired to marry a rich man, to ease her father’s labors. When the family moved to Leadville, Colorado in 1898, she dropped that aspiration. She met JJ Brown and fell head over heels in love. After some internal struggle, she decided it best to marry a man for love rather than for money.

17 May 2022

Did you know… Mary Lathrop?

by historicalnovelsrus | posted in: History Makers | 0

” I couldn’t recommend a young woman to take up law unless you’re ready for a fight. A boy might make it just by being average, but a girl needs to know much more than a boy to succeed.

9 May 2022

Did you know… Justina Ford?

by historicalnovelsrus | posted in: Black History | 0

Dr. Justina Ford (Jan. 22, 1871- Oct 14, 1952) was the first black female doctor in Denver, Colorado. Born Justina Laurena Warren in Knoxville, Illinois to Pryor Warren and Malissa Brisco, she was unconventional from an early age. Her father, … Continued

25 Apr 2022

Dr. Anderson – Medicine Woman

by historicalnovelsrus | posted in: History Makers, Uncategorized | 0

In those days, when I came to Fraser, there weren’t many good roads in the northern Colorado mountains. I carried a cowbell and a revolver when I went on night calls, to keep the mountain lions away. Even now, the ranchers in those mountains get snowed in by storms, but doctors make it through. There’s some 20 below mornings when I bundle into my scarf and boots with my sheep’s wool coat, strapping on snow shoes, when I dream about retiring to Indiana

11 Nov 2020

Did you know… Charity Adams?

by historicalnovelsrus | posted in: Black History, History Makers | 0

Lt. Colonel Charity Adams was the first female black officer in the Women’s Air Corps (WAC). Charity Adams ( 5 December 1918 – 13 January 2002) Charity Adams was born in Kittrell, North Carolina, just north of Durham and Raleigh, … Continued

10 Jul 2020

Charley Parkhurst

by historicalnovelsrus | posted in: History Makers | 4

Did you know Charley Parkhurst (1812–1879)?Tales of the Old WestOnce there was a girl, Charlene Parkhurst, born in 1812 in Sharon, Vermont. Charlene’s parents died, and there was no one to take care of her, so she ended up in … Continued