21 Journal Prompts Inspired by Great Women

Day 1

Cohen, N. (2020). Chapter 7. In The real Beatrix Potter (p. 48). Yorkshire: White Owl, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books.

Lear, L. J. (2016). Chapter 4: Experiments. In Beatrix Potter, a life in nature (p. 90). New York: St. Martin’s Griffin.

Day 2

Catherine Hershey – The Woman Behind the Man. (2020, September 21). Retrieved October 30, 2020, from https://www.mhskids.org/about/history/catherine-hershey/

Jhatmaker@pennlive.com, J. (2014, October 01). Milton Hershey’s High Point Mansion: Take a tour (photo gallery). Retrieved October 30, 2020, from https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2014/10/take_a_virtual_tour_of_milton.html

Day 3

Christ, Carol T., and John O. Jordan, editors Victorian Literature and the Victorian Visual Imagination. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1995 1995. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft296nb16b/

Baird, J. (2016, October 18). Queen Victoria’s wedding night: ‘I never, never spent such an evening’. Retrieved October 30, 2020, from https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/queen-victorias-wedding-night-i-never-never-spent-such-an-evening-20161006-grvzou.html

Day 4

Morris, S. J. (2001). Edith Kermit Roosevelt: Portrait of a First Lady (pp. 47-58). New York: Modern Library.

Bartlett, M., Jukes Morris, S., Shapiro, H., & Finley Dailey, W. (2009). The President’s Wife And The Librarian: Letters at an Exhibition [PDF]. New York: The New York Society Library.

Day 5

Boom, C. T., Sherrill, J. L., & Sherrill, E. (1974). The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom. New York: Bantam.

Tumino, M. (n.d.). 27 Faith-Inspired Corrie Ten Boom Quotes [Web log post]. Retrieved October 30, 2020, from https://thinkaboutsuchthings.com/corrie-ten-boom-quotes/

Day 6

Clara Bryant Ford: Henry’s “Great Believer”. (2011, September 5). Retrieved October 30, 2020, from http://ophelia.sdsu.edu:8080/ford/09-05-2011/about-ford/heritage/people/clarabryantford/651-clara-ford.html

The Story. (n.d.). Retrieved October 30, 2020, from https://www.henryfordfairlane.org/the-story

Day 7

Waite, H. (1964). Chapter 13: Adventurer in Sound. In Make A Joyful Sound: The Romance Of Mabel Hubbard And Alexander Graham Bell.

Day 8

Page, S. (2020). Chapter 9: What Are We Going to Do About Bar? In The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American dynasty (pp. 114-117). Place of publication not identified: GRAND CENTRAL PUB.

Day 9

Gilbreth, L. M. (1998). As I remember: An autobiography. Norcross, GA: Engineering & Management Press.

Jardins, J. D. (2013). Chapter 3: The Gilbreth’s Brand of Companionate Marriage (1904-1908). In Lillian Gilbreth: Redefining Domesticity. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Day 10

McCubbin, L. (2019). Betty Ford: First lady, women’s advocate, survivor, trailblazer. Place of publication not identified: Gallery Books.

Day 11

Panganiban, R. (2013, September 17). [Web log post]. Retrieved November 01, 2020, from https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52745/nellie-blys-72-day-trip-around-world

Goodman, M. (2014). Eighty days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s history-making race around the world. New York, NY: Ballantine Books.

Day 12

Hutchings, L. (2013, April). Margaret Thatcher’s Most Famous Quotes [Web log post]. Retrieved November 01, 2020, from https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/margaret-thatcher-most-famous-quotes?image=5d54558ea8743800085715af

Jashinsky, E. (2017, March 1). 12 Margaret Thatcher quotes to start Women’s History Month the right way [Web log post]. Retrieved November 01, 2020, from https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/12-margaret-thatcher-quotes-to-start-womens-history-month-the-right-way

Day 13

Eidelberg, M., Gray, N., & Hofer, M. K. (2007). A New Light on Tiffany Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany girls. New York: New York Historical Society.

Gedal, A. (2015, March 27). Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls [Web log post]. Retrieved November 01, 2020, from http://behindthescenes.nyhistory.org/tiffany-girls/

Day 14

Benjamin, M. (2013). Chapter 4. In The Aviator’s Wife: A Novel (p. 93). New York: Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks.

The Day Charles Lindbergh’s Baby Was Kidnapped in 1932 [Web log post]. (2015, February 28). Retrieved from https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/charles-lindbergh-baby-kidnapped-1932-article-1.2127396

Day 15

Johnson, M. (2020, August 4). Mission Driven Moms: Phyllis Schlafly (Interview with her Daughter Anne) [Web log interview]. Retrieved November 01, 2020, from https://themissiondrivenmom.com/mission-driven-moms-phyllis-schlafly-interview-with-her-daughter-anne/

Schlafly, P. (2009, June 19). Why Women Are Unhappy [Web log post]. Retrieved November 01, 2020, from https://eagleforum.org/column/2009/june09/09-06-19.html

Day 16

BGEA. (2017, February 8). Billy Graham Trivia: What Was Crucial to Billy and Ruth’s Happy Marriage? [Web log post]. Retrieved November 01, 2020, from https://billygraham.org/story/billy-graham-trivia-what-was-crucial-to-billy-and-ruths-happy-marriage/

Bell Graham, R. (1982). It’s My Turn. Grason.

Day 17

Purnell, S. (2016). Chapter 8: Temptations and Redemption. In Clementine: The life of Mrs. Winston Churchill (p. 189). New York: Penguin Books.

Day 18

Dorsett, L. W. (2009). And God Came In: The Extraordinary Story of Joy Davidman. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson.

Day 19

Palau, L. (1984). Experiencing God’s forgiveness: Being freed from sin and guilt. Portland: Multnomah.

Day 20

Empress Maria Fyodorovna. (n.d.). Retrieved May 5, 2017, from http://www.rusartnet.com/biographies/russian-rulers/romanov/family-of-alexander-iii/wife/empress-maria-fyodorovna

True Wedding Night Stories from the Victorian Boudoir [Web log post]. (2017). Retrieved October 29, 2020, from https://blog.victoriantradingco.com/2017/05/26/true-wedding-night-stories/

Gelardi, J. P. (2011). Chapter 3: Bridal Travails. In From splendor to revolution: The Romanov women, 1847-1928 (pp. 27-29). New York: St. Martin’s Press.

Day 21

Paris, B. (2001). Chapter 8: Roman Holiday II (1968-1979). In Audrey Hepburn (p. 268). Berkley Pub Group.

Woodward, I. (1986). Audrey Hepburn (p. 310). New York: St. Martin’s.

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