by Heather Frey Blanton The point of my blog is to remind my American sisters (whether they be American by birth or spirit), of our fiery...

“Our properties within our own territories [should not] be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own.” — Thomas Jefferson,...

Going back through some old research notes, I stumbled across the story of an immigrant to America. An unsung heroine who came here to...

A lot of you know my newest release, Hell-Bent on Blessings, is based on the actual pioneer lady Harriet Pullen. She was one tough chick....

Guest story today is from Maria Tonseth! Busted! My dad and his three brothers grew up on the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio. They were...

Ah, the romance of Hawaii. Today’s Lady in Defiance is submitted by Mary Margaret Smith Back in the early 50’s, my grandma was a young...

“No one will vote for her. She’s a woman.” And so started a joke that launched a sleepy Kansas town to international fame—as the first...

I will be fifty my next birthday. Some days I feel like a kid, some days I feel a little old, but I don’t feel fifty. My daddy used to...

Mattie and John In light of all the racial tension boiling in Ferguson, I thought it would be uplifting to remind us that, even in the...

John had Abigail. Romeo had Juliet. Chief Ouray had Chipeta. Chief Ouray and Chipeta Unless you live in Colorado or are a student of...

The past and the present I love the stories of women who, on the verge of losing everything, look defeat squarely in the eye and knock...

Do you remember your first boyfriend? Was he, perhaps, a bit of a bad influence? Did you follow him into escapades that now leave you...

Suffrage and Temperance? No, no, no. Let’s talk Bloomers! This was supposed to be better than a dress? In American history, you have...

Anna Smith Strong on AMC’s show Turn is portrayed as a woman more in love with a man than the cause of Liberty. Maybe. But I think it was...

Antonia Ford, a pretty, sassy spy for the Confederacy, didn’t mind batting her eyelashes at a Union soldier if it got her intelligence....

Sometimes, just existing is such a task. A college roommate said that to me many years ago. For some reason, I thought of that when I...

Perhaps you’ve heard it said, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” Poverty and physical abuse are two things that will either make...

Poor, oppressed women. We’ve been kept barefoot and pregnant our whole existence with little chance to improve our lot in life. America,...

Meliscent Barrett Prior to open hostilities between the Colonists and the British, Colonel James Barrett and his son James ran a...

By Heather Frey Blanton Dorothy Hancock The biggest, baddest, most bold signature on the Declaration of Independence belongs to John...