Boardwalk Empire fans: did you know Esther Randolph is closely based on an extraordinary real woman named Mabel Walker Willebrandt? I love HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. It nails the 1920s, and the reality-based characters from Capone to Daugherty are pretty accurately portrayed. But what really knocks me out about the show are the lesser-known but historically […]
Votes for Women – Rights We Take for Granted
The US House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote–just 95 years ago today. My daughter turned 18 last November and is enthusiastically planning to vote for the first time in this year’s elections. She found it scarcely credible when I told her that my own grandmothers were not allowed […]
