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The Champions Who Walked Among Us – Article 16 – The Grass Rooter

The United States had just entered the third year of the twentieth century when this infant girl opened her eyes in Norfolk, Virginia. The year: 1903 The month: December The Day:  the 13th Little did she know that the quiet soul of one of America’s famous freedom fighters would depart life’s stage nine years, two …

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The Champions Who Walked Among Us – Article 15 – The Dark Lady, The Unsung Heroine

 What would you do if your recognition and honor were stolen?  How would you react when your research was appropriated for use without your knowledge and permission?  What would you say to those who had violated one of the fundamental laws of the Hippocratic Oath of Science –– Thou shall not steal? 1868,  Benjamin Disraeli …

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Learning From The Past- An Introduction To This Year’s (2013) Walk On Series

Hello Everyone, I would like to thank you for your loyal support of my Walk On Series during the year of 2012.  It is an exhilarating feeling and an emotional high for me when I research the ladies I have chosen to learn about and pass on to you my reader. This is the first …

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Happy New Year! Happy Ground Hog Day!

Happy New Year Everyone!  Happy Ground Hog Day! Yes, I know, my New Year’s greeting is exactly thirty-one days late, and my Ground Hog Day greeting is one day too soon.  Having developed a habit of surfing under during the last half of December and the month of January each year, I use this time …

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The Champions Who Walked Among Us – Article 13 – The Mathematician

What do you do when you’re more intelligent than you should be? How do you deal with a world where your talent, your gift is not wanted because of what you are? How do you keep going in a hostile environment where rejection resides on your doorstep, only because you were born a woman? March …

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The Champions Who Walked Among Us – Article 10 – The Grandmother

Four months and two days had already passed as she entered into the world. The year was 1898, and on the third day of the month of May, she let out the first cry highlighting her existence.  Unknowing to her parents, the cry she expelled would ring throughout her entire life and cause her to …

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