Popular novelist and short-story writer Terry McMillan was born on October 18, 1951, in Port Huron, Michigan to Edward and Madeline McMillan. Continue reading
19/10/2020
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15/10/2020
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Remember the Ladies: Ferron
Ferron is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter and poet. In addition to gaining fame as one of Canada’s most respected songwriters, Ferron, who is openly lesbian, became one of the earliest and most influential lyrical songwriters of the women’s music circuit. Continue reading
09/07/2018
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Remember the Ladies: Mercedes Sosa
Mercedes Sosa was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout Latin America and many countries outside the region. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción. She gave voice to songs written by many Latin American songwriters. Her music made people hail her as the “voice of the voiceless ones”, and “the voice of America”. Continue reading
08/07/2018
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Remember the Ladies: Käthe Kollwitz
Käthe Kollwitz was born July 8, 1867, in Konigsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). She devoted herself primarily to graphic art after 1890. Her first important works were two separate series of prints, Weavers’ Revolt, and Peasants’ War. The death of her youngest in 1914 led to another cycle of prints of a mother protecting her children. Her last great series of lithographs was Death. Continue reading
