Nevertheless, She Persisted: Rosalie Barrow Edge

"'So,' she says, 'if you have a four-pound baby, perhaps you shouldn't leave it unattended on a rock.'"

Nevertheless, She Persisted: Mary Mapes Dodge

Mary Mapes Dodge (1831-1905) Although she's now mainly remembered for her children's novel Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates, Mary Mapes Dodge's largest influence on literature may have been through her editorship of St. Nicholas Magazine. Widowed at age 27, and with two children to support, Dodge began writing short stories and poems. After the... Continue Reading →

"Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise."

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