Hildegard von Bingen, who lived from 1098 to 1179 A.D. was given into the care of the anchorite Jutta von Sponheim at the age of eight. She ...

Ann Patchett Franny is the prettiest baby. At her christening in Glendale, Burt kisses her beautiful mother. When Franny is six, her mother ...

Sarah Winnemucca’s grandfather, Captain Truckee, was delighted when white men first arrived in Nevada where the Piutes were living. He went ...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The main character of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah [2013], Ifemelu grows up in Lagos, Nigeria, of Igbo par...

Audrey Sutherland was known for the swimming and kayaking adventures which she summarized in her motto, “Go simple, go solo, go now,” and ch...

Hilda of Whitby lived from 614-680 A.D. She was said to have ruled the abbeys and farms she controlled in the north of England so well that ...

Susan Sontag, 1968 It is possible you have never heard of Susan Sontag, but for someone of my generation, that would be unlikely. During...