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Today’s Talk Topic: The Voice of Authority
By Deborah Harkins When I was growing up, the preacher, the principal, the politician, the police officer, the radio announcer, the TV anchor—some might be mere tenors, rather than basses, but none was...
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Days of Their Lives—Earth, Fire, Water: Jerolyn Morrison’s Dream Job
By Deborah Harkins Jerolyn and her fellow researchers tease out the details of the ancient Minoans’ domestic life through piecing together shattered objects, chemical analysis, experiments (like...
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Days of Their Lives: Sandy Wilbur, Forensic Musicologist
By Deborah Harkins What IS musical plagiarism? Is a particular number of notes, strung in a certain order, the giveaway? Sandy Wilbur, forensic musicologist, says no; it’s more complicated than that.
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A Woman Who’s Made a Difference: Clara Bingham, Investigative Journalist
By Deborah Harkins “These are David and Goliath stories," Clara Bingham acknowledges. "I like to write about whistle-blowers and people who put their lives on the line to fight corruption.”
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Appalachian Voices: Power to the People!
By Deborah Harkins This, I guessed, was a small band of activists who had grit and optimism, given that they’re fighting so massive an opponent—the entrenched, politically powerful coal industry. I...
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Days of Their Lives: Carol Ostrow, Producing Director
By Deborah Harkins "At the Flea we say that we want to go places artistically that you might not feel comfortable going," says Carol Ostrow, the theater's producing director. "Our work can be very...
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Volunteer Passion No. 4: A Tutor’s Tale
By Deborah Harkins This is the tale of a tutor (one of 11,000 in the Reading Partners program) who relishes the chance to help a child discover the transporting pleasure that reading can provide.
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A Woman Who’s Made a Difference: Ludy Green
By Deborah Harkins Since some domestic abusers vengefully track down their escaped partners, Second Chance Employment Services works with the Department of Justice to “change anything that needs to be...
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Book Review: The Venturesome Life of Gail Sheehy
By Deborah Harkins Sheehy’s memoir is the tale of a tempestuous romance; a compelling look into the first stirrings of female revolt in the 1960s and ’70s; and the story of a reporter who throws...
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A Woman Who’s Made a Difference: Pamela Yew Schwartz, Bereavement Counselor
By Deborah Harkins In Dr. Schwartz’s bereavement group for Chinese men, “They talk about sports—sports is a lifesaver. They talk about playing mahjongg. But eventually someone will ask, ‘How do you...
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Women of Reinvention: Grace Haggerty—“I Didn’t Want to Have Any Regrets in My...
By Deborah Harkins “I wasn't sure I had something that someone would want to listen to," Grace Haggerty says, "but that fear subsided, and I decided that whether or not someone liked it or someone...
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December Romance: The Story of Ann and Jerry
By Deborah Harkins In her traditional white satin wedding gown, Ann Belkov made a stately entrance into the wedding hall. But when she saw her guests, she threw her arms out and cried, “AT LAST!” For,...
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Dr. Jimmie Holland, Psycho-Oncologist: A Woman Who’s Made a Difference
By Deborah Harkins Dr. Holland's concern for patients’ mental and emotional well-being—at a time when physicians took little notice of how patients were reacting to the stresses of their illness—was to...
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Hospice Care: A Primer for Patients and Their Caregivers
By Deborah Harkins Hospice care at home is not turning the home into a hospital, but making the home environment a safe and comfortable place to die. Hospice nurse Kimberly Hone explains how a hospice...
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Sarah Sayeed, a Woman Who’s Making a Difference
By Deborah Harkins "So many people see religion as a source of division and violence," notes Dr. Sarah Sayeed. "Islam in particular is in the limelight right now as the most divisive or the most...
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Mary Stucky—a Woman Who’s Making a Difference
How a Peabody Award–winning journalist goes about teaching a new generation of foreign correspondents the old-fashioned tricks of her trade: how to find—and reliably report—serious stories on...
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Thanksgiving in Tanzania: The Story of an Accidental Priest
By Deborah Harkins Rev. Dr. Sandra McCann has switched careers abruptly—and with some amazement—all through her life. Ask her how she happened to become a doctor, then a radiologist, then a priest, and...
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Sojourner Truth: Let Us Now Praise Extraordinary Women
By Deborah Harkins "Sojourner Truth was an architect of democracy as we know it! She was the first black woman feminist ever!" the opera director mused. "I started to get grumpy—Who has tucked this...
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The Vulnerable Female Body: “Putting Back the Damaged Parts”
By Deborah Harkins Dr. Lauri Romanzi operates on women in developing countries who have suffered pelvic-organ injuries—many of them through obstructed childbirth. Some of her patients "have suffered so...
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A Woman Who’s Made a Difference: Clara Bingham, Investigative Journalist
By Deborah Harkins “These are David and Goliath stories," Clara Bingham acknowledges. "I like to write about whistle-blowers and people who put their lives on the line to fight corruption.”
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