It was a great opportunity to create a guest post for the Voyager of History Blog. An excerpt is pasted below, follow the link to read more on the fascinating pages of Voyager of History. The scramble for Africa took place in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Every European nation foisted itself onto... Continue Reading →
The U.S.- Dorothy Ann Hobson 9 year old favorite journalist of the first lady
My husband and I recently drove to the abandoned townsite known as Valsetz, Oregon, about an hour and a half westerly drive from our house in Salem. Valsetz got it's name by combining the two words Siletz and Valley, the name of the railroad which ran through it when the town was established around 1919.... Continue Reading →
China- Nien Cheng 1915-2009 Eyes toward heaven
Eyes Toward Heaven Sometimes a person has so much confidence, grace, and poise, that it comes through in even something as static as a photograph. Nien Cheng (Kneen Chen) was just such a person. Some of the other adjectives used to describe her in older magazine articles, on various blogs and in the comments section... Continue Reading →
China- Lady Fu Hao, 13th Century BC diviner and Military General
Between 1,600 B.C. and 1,050 B.C., long before the production of the Terracotta Army, the teachings of Confucius, and the importation of Buddhist thought, parts of modern day China were living among divided Kingdoms. They held religious ceremonies, and were well versed in literary application with a dictionary of over 4,000 characters. Some tribes painted... Continue Reading →
West Africa- Nana Yaa Asantewaa Queen Mother, Ghana
One of the most heroic attributes of a citizenry is their ability to reclaim their history after the treasures, artifacts, and all things sacred have long been hauled away to fill the coffers and landfills of those who would enslave them. Subverting attempts of thievery at the onset can be considered an equally epic act.... Continue Reading →
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