Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Gardiner, Muriel "The Real Heroine" (c) By Polly Guerin

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Dear Muriel Morris Gardiner Buttinger: Who was the real “Julia?” That is the question. When the 1977 movie “Julia,” came out about a young ...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

LOW, JULIETTE GORDON GIRL SCOUT FOUNDER (c) By Polly Guerin

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Dear Juliette: Who would ever have expected that during a time when women were restrained by society, that you would break out of the Victor...
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

BARTON, CLARA Founder American Red Cross (c) By Polly Guerin

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Dear Clara Barton: A gift to your parents Stephen and Sarah Barton, you were born on Christmas Day in 1821. On that day the world was intro...
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

POST, EMILY AUTHOR/ARBITER ON ETIQUETTE (c) By Polly Guerin

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Dear Emily: Who would have imagined that Emily Price, a fashionable Victorian young woman, who seemingly held the elite world of the Gilded ...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

CURIE, MARIE NOBEL PRIZE SCIENTIST (c) By Polly Guerin

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Dear Marie Curie (1867-1934): Though you are most famous for the discovery of the elements Radium and Polonium, and awarded the Noble Prize...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Hale, Sarah Josepha, A Different Thanksgiving Story (c) By Polly Guerin

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Dear Sarah Josepha Hale: You were a Crusader in Crinoline and more than the Pilgrims, you gave us Thanksgiving. You also championed women’s ...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

GRAY, Eileen Pioneer in Modern Design (c) By Polly Guerin

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Dear Eileen Moray Gray: Celebrated for your pioneering style that proved highly influential in the Art Deco era, you became one of the forem...