Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Our Favorite Nasty Women: A guest post by Kelli Stanley

RHYS BOWEN: Today I'm happy to welcome one of my favorite people on the planet, Kelli Stanley.I've known Kelli for years, really enjoy her company and her passion for justice, equality and women's rights. So when I as asked to contribute to her anthology called SHATTERING GLASS of course I was delighted to do so, along with a few other nobodies like Barbara Boxer, Heather Graham, Jacqueline Winspear etc etc.
It's an interestingly eclectic mix of stories, memoirs, biographies all with one theme. Nasty women make a difference. So today Kelli has asked some of the contributors to talk about their own candidate for Nasty Woman.


Our Favorite “Nasty” Women
Kelli: First, Rhys, thank you so much for inviting us to Jungle Red, one of my favorite blogs, and for being a major contributor to SHATTERING GLASS!! When I founded Nasty Woman Press in 2016, one of the major ideas behind it was to offer a series of anthologies that encompassed a very wide variety of works—both fiction and non-fiction—but which were also thematically united as individual works. Those themes then directly relate to the non-profit for which each book is raising money.

For example, SHATTERING GLASS, the first of our publications out on June 16th, takes female empowerment as its overall theme and all profits are donated to Planned Parenthood.
Because SHATTERING GLASS offers fascinating and thought-provoking non-fiction pieces next to riveting short stories, we had an opportunity to ask contributing authors and political figures who their favorite “nasty women” were … and we’ve far from exhausted the subject! From history, the contemporary world or fiction, “nasty women” have influenced us all, so I thought we’d share three more of them with Jungle Red.
Joining me in this discussion are LIBBY FISHER HELLMANN and JAMES L’ETOILE, two of our contributors who have not had a chance to discuss their favorite “nasties” until now. 😊
Jim, please tell us about JOYCE ZINK—I was thrilled to learn about her and I know everyone else will be, too!
JIM: Thanks, Kelli and Rhys! “Birthright”, my story in SHATTERING GLASS, examines the potential for corruption and abuse within private-for-profit prisons where the most vulnerable populations in the criminal justice system are trapped. While my story focuses on a fictional women’s private prison and a single woman who breaks down barriers and exposes self-sustaining greed, there are real-life examples of women standing up against the system.
One such example is Joyce Zink. Joyce isn’t a household name, yet she faced incredible odds as one of the first women to serve as a Correctional Officer. Hired in 1972, Joyce Zink was one of the first Correctional Officers assigned to San Quentin State Prison, a historically all-male maximum security facility. She wasn’t allowed to perform in any role that brought her in regular contact with the inmates, because it was still believed, at that time, that women were the “weaker sex” and would prove to be a security threat. She was assigned to the visiting room and gun towers far removed from the housing units.
In 1973, she transferred to Folsom State prison with the hope that she would be able to pursue the full range of Correctional Officer duties but found her assignment in the visiting room once again.
On June 21, 1973, a resolution offered by Senator Hubert L. Richardson actually sought a moratorium on the hiring of female correctional officers in state correctional institutions. Fortunately, Richardson’s resolution died in committee.
In the midst of this incredible pressure, Joyce withstood the discrimination, harassment, and misplaced hostility she suffered because of her gender and focused on the job—and excelled at it.  Eventually, she became the first woman to work inside Folsom’s historic cellblocks.
Joyce went on to become one of the most respected Correctional Captains within the department and Correctional Officers lined up to serve under her. It was my pleasure to work with Joyce briefly at Folsom and her quiet confidence belied that inner strength and determination that paved a path for other women to follow.
KELLI: Wow, what a story—and what a story “Birthright” is, too, Jim—it certainly opened my eyes to the gross inequities of the incarceration-for-profit system. Next up is Libby Fischer Hellmann, who is offering another example of a woman who history will most certainly enshrine as a great jurist and human being: RUTH BADER GINSBERG.
By the way, Libby’s piece in SHATTERING GLASS, entitled “Daddy’s Girls”, is based on a horrifically true situation involving a politician, but is ultimately a story of survival, perseverance and above all, love. Take it away, Libby!
LIBBY: Thanks, everyone, and glad to be here! I’ve just gotta say that any woman who can do a one-minute plank at age 86 is my kind of nasty woman. I’m talking, of course, about the notorious RBG, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who, to my way of thinking, is the epitome of nasty women. Not just because she is highly intelligent and has blazed a trail as an accomplished attorney and jurist. Not because she has the discipline of a lion but the disposition of a lamb. Not just because she’s been a crusader for women’s rights since the start of her career. And not because she has beaten colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, and lung cancer.
Following are just a few of her accomplishments that guarantee her acceptance into the Nasty Woman Club:
  • 1st female member of Harvard Law Review
  • Graduated 1st in her law school class at Columbia in 1959
  • Became Columbia’s first female tenured professor.
  • Served as the director of the Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, for which she argued six landmark cases on gender equality before the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Appointed to SCOTUS in 1993 by Bill Clinton; confirmed 96-3.
  • Wrote the Supreme Court's landmark decision in United States v. Virginia, which held that the state-supported Virginia Military Institute could not refuse to admit women.
  • In 1999 she won the American Bar Association's Thurgood Marshall Award for her contributions to gender equality and civil rights.
  • Appeared at the Sundance Film Festival to accompany the premiere of the documentary RBG in 2018
Finally, one of her best Nasty Women attributes is discretion. Subtle when she needs to be, RBG wears unique collars on her judicial robes. Her most famous is the Dissent Collar. She wears it when she dissents from a decision being handed down by the Supreme Court. She also has a collar she wears when she's reading majority opinions.
RBG is my choice for favorite Nasty Woman.
KELLI: I so agree, Libby—RBG is most definitely in the pantheon of Nasty Women! 😊 And a true superhero to many of us. Like you guys, the favorite nasty woman I’m choosing to write about was real, but not contemporary—she died in 1883. “Hysterical”, my story in SHATTERING GLASS, is unrelated—it was inspired by contemporary events and a classic episode of “The Twilight Zone”.  
My choice for favorite Nasty Woman is the amazing Sojourner Truth. Born enslaved in 1797 in Ulster County, New York, Sojourner was bought and sold four times before escaping in 1827 with her baby daughter to an abolitionist family who purchased her freedom. The following year, she became the first African-American woman to successfully sue a white man, and won possession of her son.
She became a well-known and charismatic itinerant preacher, speaking on, from and with the Spirit, and on the necessity of abolition, despite never learning to read or write. In the 1850s she dictated her autobiography, which was published to great success, and became as much involved with women’s rights activism as she was with the abolitionist movement.
Her work before and during the Civil War brought an invitation to meet President Lincoln in 1864. She later worked with the Freedmen’s Bureau, helping the formerly enslaved find jobs and reunite with families.
In the 1860s, she fought against segregation, and in Washington, D.C., successfully petitioned for the arrest of a streetcar conductor who tried to keep her off the vehicle.  Her statue is in the Capitol Building; it is the first statue of an African-American to be placed there.
Sojourner may be most famous for one of her eloquent speeches, circulated widely during the Civil War, but first given at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in 1851. Entitled “Ain’t I a Woman?”, it eloquently resonates as a plea for recognition of human rights. As Hillary Clinton has said, “Women’s rights are human rights”, and Sojourner Truth, one of the great leaders of Resistance when Resistance meant fighting against the enslavement, torture and murder of human beings, was one of the most inspiring examples of true heroism in any era, in any country. She’s my choice for favorite “nasty woman.”
Thanks, everyone, for participating today! I hope you’ve all enjoyed reading—and hope that you’ll enjoy reading SHATTERING GLASS, where you’ll learn about other examples of women who’ve inspired us. Thanks again, Rhys, for your wonderful conversation with Jackie Winspear in SHATTERING GLASS and for inviting us to Jungle Red!

RHYS: Wonderful stuff, Kelli. So let's hear from you? Who is your Nasty Woman hero? I have several Maya Angelou, Nancy Pelosi, Mother Theresa, Michelle Obama.. all women who behaved with grace and dignity when they were insulted, belittled and threatened.

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  1. “Shattering Glass” sounds like an amazing anthology . . . I’m looking forward to reading all the stories . . . .

    There are so many names that should be included on your list of Nasty Women . . . I’ll just mention Mary McLeod Bethune, educator, stateswoman, humanitarian, philanthropist, civil rights activist . . . she founded the National Council for Negro Women and established their flagship journal Aframerican Women’s Journal. Mary was a national advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt; she started a private school in Daytona Beach for African-American students [today it’s Bethune-Cookman University]. Mary served as the sole African American woman in the United States delegation that created the charter for the United Nations and held a leadership position for the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps . . . .

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    1. Thanks so much for reading and commenting, Joan! And you're so right--the hardest part about writing this post was in limiting the list to one woman. I've heard of Mary McLeod Bethune, but would love to learn more about her. And that in itself is one of the many goals behind NWP and SHATTERING GLASS--to motivate and inspire readers, writers and everyone involved in publishing to learn about people like Ms. Bethune and enable them to help good causes simply by doing what they do--reading, writing, editing, cover design, etc. Our publishing company is 100% volunteer and pro bono labor. So thank you for the post and we hope you enjoy the mix of fiction and non-fiction in SHATTERING GLASS!! :)

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  2. Wow! What amazing Nasty Women heroes those three women are. I wasn't familiar with Joyce Zink, but what a trailblazer she was. Ruth Bader Ginsberg is at the top of my list, too, of Nasty Women who inspire and make a difference. Sojourner Truth is a lesson to all of us how the impossible can be achieved. And, Rhys, you mention four others that definitely make my list. Nancy Pelosi, Maya Angelou, Mother Theresa, and Michelle Obama are Nasty Women whose achievements and influence have been so important to our personal and spiritual welfares, and to the state of our country. So many heroes to lead and guide us.

    I can think of so many more that are the best of Nasty Women. Rosa Parks, Sacagawea, Marie Curie, Florence Nightingale, all the unnamed/unsung women who did essential work and covert work during wars. I guess I'll settle on Eleanor Roosevelt, because for me she has always been an example of doing the right thing or being a voice for those who are voiceless. And, one of my favorite quotes is from her, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

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    1. Thank you, Kathy!! Eleanor is most definitely on my list as well. She was the heart and soul of the many great things FDR was able to accomplish and the attacks and vitriol she withstood just made her stronger. I grew up with Marie Curie (or Manya Sklodowska) as a hero, too ... my mom was Polish so we always referred to her by her Polish name. ;)

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  3. I meant to add that Shattering Glass sounds like an exceptional collection. I'll be adding it to my cart in Amazon.

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    2. Sorry, posted in wrong thread! ;) My blog skills are getting rusty! ;)

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  4. Wow, these stories about inspiring women are great, Kelli! I have seen and heard of RBG but not the others. Thank you for putting together this amazing anthology and for creating Nasty Women Press.

    Inspiring women include some of those already mentioned. I am currently listening to Michelle Obama reading her memoir, Becoming. I always admired her but am fascinated by hearing her talk about her self-doubts on the journey from the South Side of Chicago to FLOTUS and beyond.

    In Canada, I can think of a number of inspiring women. Julie Payette is a former astronaut and is currently Canada's Governor General. Viola Desmond is Canada's Rosa Parks. She was imprisoned for sitting in a segregated cinema in Nova Scotia and has now been honoured by being featured on our new $10 bill.

    And recently, former Olympic medallists Joannie Rochette and Hayley Wickenheiser have been in the news for their work related to COVID-19. They are both training to become doctors. Joannie obtained her medical degree last month and immediately went to work in Quebec's long-term care facilities which have been the hardest hit by COVID-19 deaths. Hayley, with the help of celebrity friends such as Ryan Reynolds, has been organizing the collection and distribution of much needed PPEs to the medical frontline in Ontario.

    I am fortunate to have an ARC of Shattering Glass on my Kindle app to read. Now that I have got a glimpse of some of the amazing women portrayed in this anthology, I plan on reading these stories next month.

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    1. Thank you so much, Grace, and I'm delighted you were able to grab an ARC! We've have the book up on NetGalley and are hopeful of generating good pre-pub and post-pub reviews. And the Canadian women you mention are all so worthy of even greater renown globally that I hope we can eventually publish a purely non-fiction volume just dedicated to "Nasty Women." Stay tuned--maybe we shall! :) In the meantime, we hope you enjoy SHATTERING GLASS and its stirring and inspiring blend of non-fiction and fiction!! :)

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    2. Yes, I got a pre-approved invite to download Shattering Glass from Netgalley last month, so I am really excited to dive into these essays soon, Kelli.

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  5. Thank you for sharing these nasty women! I love the premise of the book, Kelli - and the press. I've watching Mrs. America, so I'll nominate Betty Friedan, Shirley Chilsolm, and Bella Abzug. They were brave trailblazers who didn't take any BS.

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    1. Thanks so much, Edith! :) You mention two of my childhood heroes: Shirley and Bella. The third was Barbara Jordan. All three of those women inspired me, even at the tender age of 7 or 8. Their prominence, talent and humanity encouraged young girls to dream of one day becoming President. Absolutely inspirational women!! Plus, I loved Bella's hats! ;)

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  6. It's wonderful to see women getting daylight on amazing achievements, at last. So many women have quietly blazed trails for others, insistently, doggedly, and persistently, without fanfare, and not even getting historical footnotes. Everyday heroes, women who have raised other, braver girls to grow into towers of feminine strength. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's mother! Hillary Clinton's mother! Michele Obama's mother! Empowering women all.

    I admire those women who have pushed the limits in small ways, opening space for the rest of us to slip in and make the cracks wider. People like Kathrine Switzer, who slipped into the 1967 Boston Marathon, which did not allow women to run it at the time, despite men trying to physically remove her from the course. Without her persistence in finishing that 26.2 mile run--with men hauling her bodily off the course several times--women might still not be able to compete in that venue.

    And someone like Margaret Fishback, who was an advertising writer for WH Macy's, and in 1932 was described by a New York magazine as “the highest-paid advertising woman in the world.” She still had to quit when she became pregnant with her only child, but she opened another crack for those who followed her.

    And how can we fail to recognize Indira Ghandi, the only female prime minister of India? Assassinated in 1984, but prior to that she served the second longest term in that job, after her father, the country's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.

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    1. Beautifully said, Karen!! And thank you for reminding us of Indira, as well as women not as widely known. I'd love to learn more about both Switzer and Fishback! Those "cracks" in the walls they made through their courage and pioneering efforts are exactly those we reference in our title. And we want those walls shattered!! I always come back "Women's rights are human rights"--a sentiment that actually extends back to the 1830s and the Grimke sisters.

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    2. Kelli, here's one way you can learn more: Kathleen Rooney wrote a historical fiction based on Fishback's life (and it includes some of her real writing), in the book Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk.

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  7. Welcome to JRW Kelli, Jim and Libby. I will buy this book immediately as it supports an organization that is critical to the health and wellbeing of hundreds of thousands of women across the country.

    I do admire all of the women mentioned here and many others as well, but I want to highlight a Connecticut friend, Anne Stanback. Anne is an activist who advocated the passage of many of Connecticut's statutes including the codification of the Roe v Wade decision here. In 1999, she founded Love Makes a Family, an organization, originally to advocate for co-parent adoption and then dedicated to marriage equality. Anne and her friends built a coalition of organizations Including Planned Parenthood (of Southern New england), dedicated to this cause. Connecticut was one of the first states to pass a law granting LGBT individuals the right to marry. I am proud to have been working side by side with those organizations during that time.
    I look forward to reading the stories in Shattering Glass.

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    1. Judy, thank you so much!! And thank you for telling us about Anne Stanback and about your own dedication to and work with organizations fighting for human rights and marriage equality!

      I'd like to add that you and everyone else are welcome to join Nasty Woman Press--as a 501(c)(4) non-profit, everything we do is entirely through volunteer labor. Membership is free, and as we grow, we plan to add more benefits, including a hosted social area for members to connect. Right now, we sponsor a private group on Facebook and a members only section on our website. You can find details here:https://www.nastywomanpress.com/become-a-member/

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  8. Hi, Kelli! So happy to welcome you and Libby and James to Jungle Reds where we celebrate nasty women just about daily!

    I had the great pleasure of co-writing one of the pieces in SHATTERING GLASS with the lovely and talented Cara Black. It was so interesting, the process of deciding who we'd write about and I'm afraid we bent the rules a bit. Our choices were two great artists. Cara chose 20th century French (of course) sculptor Camille Claudel whose obsession with her mentor and lover Auguste Rodin destroyed her. I chose Artemisia Gentilleschi, a 17th century Baroque painter who was seduced by her tutor when she was 17 and went on to paint powerful paintings of women overpowering violent men. That led us to sharing the authors -- women with everyday "women's" experiences -- whose courage and candor we sought to emulate. Marguerite Duras. Carol Shields. And others...

    Thanks, Kelli, for coming up with such a wonderful idea for an anthology! Each essay is a little gem. It's a collection to be read slowly and savored.

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    1. Hallie, I miss you!! :) And thank you so much for that lovely essay/dialog between you and Cara!! One of my BAs is in Art History, and that's where I first learned about both Artemisia and Camille--and I don't think your choices at all bent the rules. :) They were creative geniuses whose talent flourished despite the pain and trauma that they lived with (and which were part and parcel of many women's lives). I so loved what you guys had to say about them!! Both artists also beautifully reflect our tagline: "The Creative Resistance" ... and what they were resisting was the prison that gender roles and patriarchy have historically built around women's freedom. Brava to both you and Cara, and thank you so much for being a part of SHATTERING GLASS!! ::

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  10. Welcome from BTL (below the line) I have requested your book for review. Fingers crossed. Here is my nomination for a Nasty Woman: Mary Edwards Walker Receiving the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War, was the first female U.S. Army surgeon, prohibitionist, abolitionist, first and only female Medal of Honor recipient

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    1. Thanks so much for requesting, Coralee! If you don't hear back soon, you can always just drop me a line and I'd be happy to email you the link for a galley from NetGalley! :)

      Mary Edwards Walker--wonderful, wonderful choice!! We've got a couple of outstanding short stories referencing women in the armed services in SHATTERING GLASS. Do let me know if you have trouble getting an ARC--just contact me through my website! :) And thank you!

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  11. Hi, Kelli! I'm so glad to see this book finally coming out. It's been a long road to this point. Can't wait to hold it in my hands.

    My favorite Nasty Women are Michelle Obama, RBG (of course!!!!), Hilary Clinton, and Nancy Pelosi. And Kelli Stanley. Love you, my friend.

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    1. Oh, Annette, I love and miss you, dear friend!! And I am extraordinarily honored to be on your list!!! :)

      It's been a long almost-four years (and we never envisioned launching during a pandemic) but I'm a strong believer that if you plant a seed with good intentions and hope in your heart, it will grow. :) May SHATTERING GLASS and NWP continue to do so, thanks to the help of wonderful people like you!! (Annette was a volunteer editor for our "call for submissions" program ... it didn't yield any fruit this go around, but for the next anthology, we hope it will. Details are on our NWP website!)

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  12. Nasty Women sounds like a read for inspiration when all seems to be at it's lowest. Definitely a read for these days.

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    1. Thank you, Deana!! NWP was founded precisely with that in mind. Inspiration, hope, and the all-important reminder that you are NOT alone!!

      We were very honored by a blurb from the wonderful Marcia Clark:

      “SHATTERING GLASS is an anthology of fascinating stories by and about women of all ages, from a satisfyingly diverse array of backgrounds. The insights and observations are moving, often poetic, and always compelling. This is a book to cherish and one you’ll read and reread for years to come.”
      Marcia Clark

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  13. I have been waiting for this collection for a long time. I will be picking it up from my local independent book store. Win - win.

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    1. Thank you so much, Cheryl!!! We will be doing events with bookstores as well as our own online "Creative Resistance" panels, too! Thanks for supporting NWP, Planned Parenthood and your local indie!! :)

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  14. Hi Kelli! And Libby and Jim! I've been looking forward to this collection, too. Kelli, you are certainly among the Nasty Women, with your drive and determination to get this project off the ground. I agree with all the above nominations, but I'd like to add Jane Goodall, one of my personal heroes since I was in high school. Primatologist and anthropologist, the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, now at 86 she is still advocating for conservation and peace.

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    1. Hi, Deb!! I'm so glad I had a chance to see you in Dallas, albeit briefly--a Bouchercon memory that will have to last until we can get safely past this pandemic!

      And thank you so much for your very kind words!! NWP has been a labor of love, one that could not have come to fruition without dedicated and selfless help from people like Erin Mitchell, our Director of Operations, and Allison Davis, whose law firm has supported us so generously. And Deb, you mention another childhood (and lifelong) hero of mine in Jane Goodall! When I was five or six years old, I remember watching her specials with my parents. I adored her then, and will never forget briefly meeting her in person before one of her lecture appearances at U.C. Berkeley (I was an adult, but my parents were with me on that occasion, too). So you might say she's truly a family hero. I love that woman!! :)

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    2. Kelli, how wonderful that you got to meet Jane! She was one of the reasons I got my BA in biology. And I always wanted to go to Tanzania, but haven't managed that one yet!

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    3. Oh yes, Jane Goodall is another great choice. I saw her lecture at the University of Toronto a few years ago. Such passion and a lifelong devotion to studying chimpanzees and promoting conservation initiatives.

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  15. Hi Kelly, welcome to Jungle Reds! Though I am NOT a fan of the term "Nasty Women", congratulations on your new anthology! I prefer the term "Profiles in Courage" or "Brave and Grace with Dignity".

    IMHO, the BRAVE women who exhibited Grace with Dignity are too many to list here: HRC, Eleanor Roosevelt, Michelle Obama, RBG, Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Julianna Fjelds (despite opposition to her film, she managed to produce LOVE IS NEVER SILENT, based on a novel by Joanne Greenberg), Gloria Steinem, Amy Tan, Isabel Allendre, Emma Watson, JK Rowling, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Kloubar, Kamala Harris, Dianne Feinstein, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Wendy Davis of Texas, Margaret Chase Smith, Christine Blaney Ford, among many many many others!!!

    Diana

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    1. Thank you, Diana! I totally understand why you're not a fan of the term, but like many others, our desire was to co-opt the reference as a way to expose the term itself for what it is. Some of us wear the "nasty" appellation with pride. :) I love your list, including HRC, who was certainly the inspiration behind the "nasty woman" of our company name. And I'm glad to see California reps like Kamala and Barbara Lee on your list (and I would add the great Maxine Waters). I was extremely honored to interview Senator Barbara Boxer for SHATTERING GLASS and have also had the honor of meeting Nancy Pelosi on more than one occasion. Following that vein of women in political office, here's one I really miss: the great Ann Richards!! Thanks again for commenting!!

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  17. I think the most wonderful thing is that there are so many "nasty" women. The more we look, the more we see their stars shining brightly. guiding us toward our own moments of strength and courage. My son recently sent me a pin in the shape of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Dissent Collar - you don't have to be a nasty women to admire and revere them!

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    1. Thanks for commenting, Susan!! :) The wonderful thing about inspiration is that it's contagious. Acts of courage and strength of character in every life, especially those lived without the microscope of fame, are the key to progress. My own mom, for example, sued a company for gender discrimination in the '70s. That was in a very small, rural town, and doing so took great strength of conviction. When you stand up for yourself, you stand up for everyone else, too. :) And standing up when you need to is as good a definition of "nasty woman" as I know. :)

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  18. Just wanted to say thanks to my dear friend Rhys for inviting me, Libby and Jim to Jungle Red!! And another round of thanks to her and Hallie for their amazing contributions to SHATTERING GLASS!!!

    For more information on Nasty Woman Press, please visit our website at: https://nastywomanpress.com

    Take care and stay safe, all!!

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  19. My favorite Nasty Woman hero (aside from my mom) may be former Texas governor Ann Richards. Our country was better with her in it and is worse without her.

    (It was an honor and a privilege to be included in this anthology with so many wonderful authors and important public figures and to unite with them in support of a vital organization like Planned Parenthood.)

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