When a Nightingale Sang Statistics

Until recently, if you said, “nightingale” I would think of a bird. If someone had asked me if I had ever heard of Florence Nightingale, I would have said, “Sure.” If they then asked me who she was, I would have said, “A nurse, I think.” But what I did not know was she wasn’t only a nurse, she was a game changing statistician whose statistical work saved thousands of lives and the course of medical sanitation forever. Florence Nightingale. Nightingale was born in May 1820 into a wealthy British family in Florence, Italy, the city she was named for. [...]

By |2021-04-29T12:01:59-04:00April 29th, 2021|Just Plain Interesting, Women Leaders|
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Working Moms are Good Role Models

Over the past 40 years one of the most dramatic changes in society has been the increase in working mothers. When I was a child in the late 1950s and early 1960s a working mother was the exception, not the rule. When I went over to a friend’s house after school the mom was there and vice versa - my mother was at home, too. Today for a variety of reasons, including the high cost of living, many women work. For many women and couples they wrestle with this is very difficult decision – stay home with my children or [...]

By |2017-05-19T19:54:49-04:00April 28th, 2016|Women Leaders|
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Funny What Grandma Might Be Thinking This Thanksgiving

Make no mistake about it, many of our grandmothers are or were the leaders of our families. I thought you and your family could use a good laugh this Thanksgiving, although I admit I have a twisted sense of humor sometimes. I am sorry I cannot acknowledge the anonymous author of this piece, but perhaps sharing this with you is thanks enough. I wonder if your mother or grandmothers have or had these exact thoughts, but kept them to herself? Dear Family, I'm not dead yet. Thanksgiving is still important to me. If being in my Last Will and Testament is [...]

By |2017-05-19T19:54:51-04:00November 25th, 2015|Women Leaders|
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