The Origins of Women’s History Month: A Legacy of Advocacy In 1978, a group of visionary educators from Sonoma County, California—Molly Murphy MacGregor, Mary Ruthsdotter, Maria Cuevas, Paula Hammett, and Bette Morganto—founded the National Women’s History Project (NWHP) in Santa Rosa. They were motivated by a crucial realization: women’s historical contributions were frequently overlooked or missing…
PBS AMERICAN EXPERIENCE honors Black History Month by featuring Pat Banks Edmiston, Undra Mays and Casey Grant who paved the way for future black stewardess careers in a short film on “Civil Rights in the Sky”. The film shows how these brave women fought strongly for their rights to have the job they wanted despite…
Dusty, Jean and I just got back from a month-long vacation in Oregon. As I returned to work on her biography today I discovered that Makers featured Dusty on Facebook and Twitter as one of their “Bold and Untold” women who changed history. This has invigorated me to continue looking for the right literary agent…
Yes, I have worked hard for the past two years and have made substantial progress accumulating and organizing all the information I need to continue writing the book. I even changed the title, taking Gloria Steinem’s advice to heart when I met with her last year. On October 23rd, I finished transcribing the Dusty Roads…
It is with great sadness that I announce Dusty passed away on Nov. 21, two weeks after I finished reading the final chapter of the draft manuscript to her. She said she loved it and then left the planet. PBS will have an “In Memoriam” tribute to her at the end of their documentary “Fly…
I am thrilled to announce that I will be featured as an expert on Barbara “Dusty” Roads and early flight attendant history in the PBS American Experience documentary “Fly With Me,” airing on Feb. 20 at 9 p.m. on your local PBS station. It will also stream on PBS.org. Sara Colt Productions interviewed me last…
The Points Guy posted a great review, written by Harriet Baskas, about tonight’s PBS American Experience documentary. She mentions how Dusty and Jean entered the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission after the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Title VII passed Congress and filed the first discrimination complaint in the country based on gender discrimination. In the…