Strong women have full lives. Some of my favorite strong women include
Rosa Parks, the woman who refused to move to the back of the bus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks
Admiral Grace Hopper, computer pioneer and take-no-guff-from-anyone officer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper
Elizabeth Daniels Squires, mystery writer. A lovely lady, sadly missed. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/elizabeth-daniels-squire/
Emma Goldman. If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution, either http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman
elinor peace bailey, artist and doll maker elinor peace bailey: dolls
It took me a long time to realize that strong women have full lives. Unfortunately, my experiences as a child led me to believe that strong women had miserable lives. Thank goodness that, as I got older, I had wonderful experiences of learning just how varied and rich women’s lives can be.
I set out to make all of my women characters strong, and a little quirky. Okay, so maybe Pepper got out of hand in the quirky department, but she has a good heart. A character that surprised me was Nana Kate, another character’s formidable Southern grandmother. She once surprised a robber in her kitchen, on a day that she had to bake dozens of cookies for the church bazzar. She gave him an apron and put him to work baking. After all the cookies were cooling on racks, they sat down and had a cup of tea before she phoned the sheriff to have him arrested. She visited him in jail and he still mows her lawn.