January 7th

Published on this day in 1896, "The Fanny Farmer Cook Book", except the original title was, "The Boston Cooking-School Book." Fanny Farmer was the author's name. Farmer's cook book was important to the history of cookery for the fact it standardized measurements of cups and spoons. It also emphasised the science of cooking both in the chemistry and in the dietary science. The importance of cooking healthy meals for the family. Fanny Famer Cookbook is still in print today.

Born this day in 1957,Katie Couric, American journalist. "Good Morning America", "ABC World News", "Nightline", "20/20", "60 Minutes",and her last seat was anchore for the "CBS Evening News"and in the Fall of 2012 she will host a new daytime talk show. Happy Birthday Katie!

January 6th

Born this day in 1794, Rebecca Lukens. Lukens inherited her family's business, Brandywine Iron Mills and turned this business into one of the most successful steel works in US history.
Making boilerplates and track for the nation's growing railways.
Rebecca Lukens is believed to the first woman to head a industrial company in the United States. Lukens was inducted into the Fortune 500 magazine's National Industrial Business List Hall of Fame,in 1982. Coming in at #395. And yes, Ms. Lukens was married (her husband was a physician) and they had a family. Oh, her husband supported Lukens great head for business.

Being Woman

So, I have been blogging Beingwoman since June 2006, not everyday or even once a month, but December 6th 2010, I did blog ALmost every day. I must state, this blog changed my life.
How? By learning the answer to the question, "What did women do in the olden days and how come we don't know about it?" The answer has been astounding, amazing and the history of humans makes more sense to me. Woman is the Universe, she creates, gives birth, understands, communicates, and holds the center of being safe within herself. This sentence is abstract, but those words are images in mind.
I have shared my research on this blog, in conversations and any time and any where I can share these bits of herstory. I will continue to add to this blog. At this point I have 374 entries. And there are more to come, because as much as I would have loved to have been able to have hammered out a daily blog- life stepped in.
Again, there is more to come but I wanted to share the thoughts at this point in time. Thank you for reading and there is more to come because beingwoman is being human and she is alive. Peace.

Nov 6th

Born this day in 1946, Sally Field, actor,advocate for women's rights. Sally Field was a teen star on television in the early 1960's, first as "Gidget" fun loving teen who loved the beach and boys! Ms. Field's next role was the lead as Sister Bertrille in "The Flying Nun" and she was this young flying nun who wanted to help all the helpless, but somehow there was always somehow got into trouble, but with grace found her way out. Other like-minded roles were being offered, but... Ms. Field was in an actor's worse nightmare (after conquering unemployment) typecasting. And so she did something about it. "Sybil", a young woman afflicted with Dissociative Identity Disorder; the performance was amazing and very real. Ms. Field won the Emmy for best female actor in a lead. And she deserved it. From this point Sally Field had broken out of the loopy girl next door role and was able to go for the serious roles and part with "tooth". "Norma Rae", "Places In the Heart" won the Oscar, "Steel Magnolia's", "Murphy's Romance","Forrest Gump", to name a few, and now is she filming Spielberg's "Lincoln" as Mary Todd inwhich I have no doubt will be an amazing performance. My personal favorite Sally Field film is a hoot and amazing, "Soapdish". Very funny. She and Whoopie Goldburg are magical together.
Besides Ms. Field's film, she is also an activist for women's rights. She serves on the Board of Directors of Vital Voices Global Partnership, an international women's NGO, and has co-hosted the Global Leadership Awards six times.
Sally Field is a woman who does great work in her field but, she also stands up for women's rights which do need all the support they can get-

Nov 5th

Born this day in 1834,Anna Leonwens. Author of "Anna and the King of Siam" based on her life in Thailand. A British travel writer, educator, and social activist. But, it was Anna's travels to Mongkut, where she taught the wives and children of King of Siam and this experience lead to her book. And the book lead to three films -most memorable Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1951 musical comedy, "The King and I". Ms. Leonwens also co-founded the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

Born this day in 1850, Ella Wheeler Wilscox, an American poet. Known as a popular poet, "Laugh and the world world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone". She wrote for the Hearst Newspapers and was syndicated throughout the country.