When we look back at the people who shaped history it’s noticeable that they were mostly men. Where were the women? We’re they all just home, tending the children and the hearth? This was the question posed by my author friend, Nancy Rubin Stuart. She had the feeling women weren’t just content keeping the home fires burning while the men were out running the country, starting businesses, and writing books and poetry. And she was right.
Nancy is an award winning author and journalist who specializes in women, biographies, and social history. Her books include Anerican Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post, Isabella Castile: The First Renaissance Queen, The Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life if Maggie Fox, and Defiant Brides, coming out this spring.
Tonight Nancy was the guest speaker at the Cape Cod Writers Center Writers Night Out in honor of Women’s History Month. She gave a wonderful presentation on the amazing things women did throughout the years. Did you know 15 year old Maggie Fox and her sister Katy started the whole spiritualism movement back in the 1800’s by playing jokes on their parents until they finally convinced them there really was a ghost in their house? Nancy’s books are filled with amazing things women, who were basically behind the scenes, did throughout the history of our country.
Nancy is also the Artistic Director of our writers organization and has done an amazing job putting us on the map with one of the best writers conferences in the country. We are very lucky to have such a renowned and talented author at the helm. To find out more about Nancy and her books go to:
And so, as another day goes by, it was another great night out with all my writer friends, and…I have written.
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