tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post7680688022621413489..comments2024-01-18T05:18:48.819-05:00Comments on Wombat's World <small>(a blog for writer K. A. Laity)</small>: Susan Hanniford Crowley: Great HeroinesK. A. Laityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-43050953735750803832010-03-11T07:59:33.755-05:002010-03-11T07:59:33.755-05:00Paranormal romance is the real burgeoning field no...Paranormal romance is the real burgeoning field now -- and a whole lot of female scribes there.<br /><br />I think you're right that it's a lot easier to find those role models now -- but it's also a challenge to get past the media depictions of what <i>Arrested Development</i> called "Girls with Low Self-Esteem" and the whole puzzling pink princess phenomenon (a wholly commercial enterprise, training the shoppers of tomorrow), but groups like <a href="http://www.thefword.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">The F Word</a> and <a href="http://www.pinkstinks.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Pinkstinks</a> are working to change that.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-80416648855006376012010-03-11T00:43:59.666-05:002010-03-11T00:43:59.666-05:00Recently, discussion on other blogs has reminded m...Recently, discussion on other blogs has reminded me of Terry Carr's editorial efforts in the '60s, helping to launch the insurgence of a Gothic "category" in that decade...he published, notably among many others, a number of Joan Aiken's novels in the form, often beautifully packaged (some before the standard cover format...woman in foreground, house in background, one lit window on house...developed at Carr's house, Ace Books, became the industry standard).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-29452046984813259772010-03-11T00:40:19.440-05:002010-03-11T00:40:19.440-05:00Well, there have always been so many women to admi...Well, there have always been so many women to admire...we can hope that the girls and women of the future will no longer find it difficult to find information about those women. Certainly, when I was young, biographies of Earhart and Keller and her teacher vied for my attention with biographies of Thomas Edison and Cristofero Colombo, but not too many others were widely available...happily for me, my reading tastes were catholic and I would read any number of novels by and about women and girls as much as those about and by men and boys, and even a few married couples with one each (such as the Gordons, and UNDERCOVER CAT/THAT DARNED CAT, or Catherine Moore and Henry Kuttner with such impressive stories as "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" and "Vintage Season"). INVINCIBLE LOUISA was among those that came my way via the Newbery list...I shall have to delve into romance fiction a bit more heavily, I think, having found a number of folks over the years do good work under the label and in the form under other labels (such folks as Jack Finney and Maggie Gee, for two).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-54010251635291253912010-03-10T23:54:13.388-05:002010-03-10T23:54:13.388-05:00I'm hoping that the young gals of today will h...I'm hoping that the young gals of today will have a LOT more influential women to write about...Dana Fredstihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12802936840624512415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-39570277145339795612010-03-10T20:08:45.070-05:002010-03-10T20:08:45.070-05:00Yeah, it makes you wonder. Someone with a mind so ...Yeah, it makes you wonder. Someone with a mind so capacious, yet unable to get beyond such fundamental -- and easily disproved fallacies. Then again, how long did it take to eradicate the institution of slavery (argh, still going on in many places, so...)?C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-3547241285114609092010-03-10T19:27:06.941-05:002010-03-10T19:27:06.941-05:00Sadly, I believe you're right Kate. I'm su...Sadly, I believe you're right Kate. I'm sure John appreciqated the support Abigail gave him (he certainly enjoyed matching wits with her) but i guess he was trapped into the eighteenth century mindset. At least he wasn't like his colleague, Mr. Franklin, who seems to have regarded women as "ornamental decoration" (and perhaps a bit more) but did not take them seriously.Jack C. Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-8701338632993766112010-03-10T19:03:30.342-05:002010-03-10T19:03:30.342-05:00Hey, Jack! Thanks for stopping by -- yes, yes, so ...Hey, Jack! Thanks for stopping by -- yes, yes, so many wonderful women. I'm already planning my post for <a href="http://findingada.com/" rel="nofollow">Ada Lovelace Day</a>: women are more a part of tech and science than people seem to recall.<br /><br />Isabel -- it is rather mystifying. I guess we expect that men married to extraordinary women will NOTICE that fact and that there are so many others, but I guess maybe they take their partners for granted and have imbibed too much the cultural norms. More's the pity.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-82748762285738800842010-03-10T18:52:25.230-05:002010-03-10T18:52:25.230-05:00The first really great woman I read about was Abig...The first really great woman I read about was Abigail Adams, wife to 2nd president John Adams. Her 'remember the ladies' is classic and it continually surprises me that John, who believed all people deserved representation (he representated the British who fired in the so-called Boston Masaccre), did not include women in anything.<br /><br />But she was tireless and one of the strongest women of her age. There are several women who fought in the Revolution I admire, Um, Mary Dix and Molly Pitcher to name the only other 2 I can think of at the moment.Isabel Romanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05143812677263412322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-44921086514689370562010-03-10T18:03:11.809-05:002010-03-10T18:03:11.809-05:00How about Marie Curie, Leontyn Price,Grace Murray ...How about Marie Curie, Leontyn Price,Grace Murray Hopper (inventor of COBOL and coiner of the term "bug"?) And these are only the tip of the iceberg.Jack C. Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-7504502337607973972010-03-10T11:50:30.181-05:002010-03-10T11:50:30.181-05:00Merci -- I know so many fabulous women!Merci -- I know so many fabulous women!C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-71235733260592585102010-03-10T10:21:10.034-05:002010-03-10T10:21:10.034-05:00Fabulous!Fabulous!The Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01941890139358671232noreply@blogger.com