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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time: Following Seventeenth Century Rules

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time. Sunday, January 29, 2012. Following Seventeenth Century Rules. We started last week to look at some of the individual women who I am profiling in my book, “Tracing the Invisible Women Who Helped Birth Connecticut.” As I promised here is what happened to Hannah Spencer when she changed her mind about marrying Simon Lobell. Of course, the bigger price for such an offense, the gossip and avoidance of her neighbors, challenged Hannah. It is obvious that Jare...

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time: February 2012

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time. Sunday, February 19, 2012. What Medical Condition Made Susana (Garbrand) Hooker an invalid? Susana Garbrand was born in 1593 in England. Her parents were Richard and Anne (Ferrar) Garbrand. On 7 Jul 1621, she married the Puritan minister Rev. Thomas Hooker, son of Thomas and Susanna (Pym) Hooker. They moved a number of times keeping ahead of arrest by Archbishop Laud. Susana Carried to Hartford on a Litter. According to Caroline Gaylord Newton, in her 1912 b...

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time: December 2011

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time. Sunday, December 18, 2011. Networking by any Name. Close Relationships vs Immediacy and Greater Numbers. Often as I traveled back and forth across the state, it amazed me to meet women and/or groups of women struggling with a project and had no idea that other women somewhere else in the state were having the same struggle or had already completed a similar project. They were missing a link. Here’s a great exercise. As you answer each question of a...While w...

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time: Frances Crippen, a Giddy Puritan

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time. Monday, February 6, 2012. Frances Crippen, a Giddy Puritan. Frances (Bray) Crippen was born in 1645 in England. So far, I have not been able to find any information on her parents. Frances married Thomas Crippen in 1664 in Plymouth Colony. He was born in 1640 in England. Note that when I don’t give an exact date, it is approximate. Charged with Being too Giddy. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Contact me - please, I would love to hear from you. New Librar...

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time: September 2011

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time. Sunday, September 11, 2011. We Need to Expect the Best. Today I’m thinking about how expectations change lives. I’ve been reading too many social media comments recently about the low quality of self-published books. The low quality, hampered by an unrealistic expectation on the part of writers that they can publish a book without going through the hard work of checking and usually rechecking every word, spells disaster for the industry. My expectation is th...

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time: January 2012

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time. Sunday, January 29, 2012. Following Seventeenth Century Rules. We started last week to look at some of the individual women who I am profiling in my book, “Tracing the Invisible Women Who Helped Birth Connecticut.” As I promised here is what happened to Hannah Spencer when she changed her mind about marrying Simon Lobell. Of course, the bigger price for such an offense, the gossip and avoidance of her neighbors, challenged Hannah. It is obvious that Jare...

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time: November 2011

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time. Sunday, November 20, 2011. Ruminations on a Beach Walk. Writing Ideas Flow When We Change our Venue. Is it really Writer’s Block or Something Else? Isn’t this a lot like writing? Walk yourself into a Story. As I walk the beach, I’m watching a flock of sandpipers running back and forth with the flow of the tide, digging out and eating the little crabs. Immediately I wonder is it possible that we humans look like these little sandpipers to some creat...I did l...

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time: August 2011

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time. Sunday, August 21, 2011. Keeping Your Platform under Control. I heard it was a compilation of ways to market myself and market my book. By the time I had the list, I was already overwhelmed. Putting the Advice into Action. Adding a Facebook Fan Page. I was already on Facebook so I thought setting up a fan page would be an easy way to start. Wrong! The 140-character limitation is difficult but a great writing lesson in being succinct. Now on to LinkedIn.

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time: Let’s Meet the Brave Women

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Writing Women's Histories One Woman at a Time. Sunday, January 22, 2012. Let’s Meet the Brave Women. Over the next few weeks, I am starting a series that will introduce some of the women I profile in “ Tracing the Invisible Women Who Helped Birth Connecticut. Hannah Spencer was born 15 Apr 1640 in Lynn, MA to Jared and Hannah (Hills) Spencer. The family moved to Hartford, CT and in 1663/4 Hannah married Daniel Brainerd, Sr. Factually Based Faux Quote. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The HartfordHisto...