Comments for Penny Colman

Comment on Landmarks to Dr. Mary E. Walker and Harriet Tubman by Dot Emer

Dot Emer — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:34:26 +0000

HI, Penny,
I’m finally catching up on your summer postings on your blog. I love reading about your adventures and discoveries. I’m just amazed by the wonderful things you do with Sophie. What a fortunate child she is. Love the photo of her at the wheel of the sailing ship. How exciting!
School begins tomorrow and I’m working feverishly to keep up with technology.
Looking forward to hearing about your trip upstate at the end of the month!!

Comment on by Jock

Jock — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:36:04 +0000

It’s really great that people are sharing this information.

Comment on On teaching about Thanksgiving by Aggy

Aggy — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:07:53 +0000

This is the perfect way to break down this information.

Comment on Why I Write Women’s History by Susan Nelson Vernon

Susan Nelson Vernon — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:30:39 +0000

I’ve preordered your new book on Elizabeth C. and Susan B. and Adventurous Women to get started. My 65th birthday is May 9, so it will be a great birthday present. I can’t get enough info right now and just keep reading and reading your entries on your website, and I’m so happy you are happy. Thank you for sharing your life, ideas, and gifts so generously. Susan

Comment on Amazing coincidence by Susan Nelson Vernon

Susan Nelson Vernon — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:50:20 +0000

Hi, Penny. It took me awhile to visit your website as we traveled to Tucson, Arizona, to visit my daughter Renee and her family for Christmas, returned before that incomprehensible tragedy, only to end up in bed for 5 days with a terrible cold, then finished celebrating the holidays with daughter Anastasia and her husband in Conshhocken, near Philly, and my husband’s son Tom and girlfriend here.
Wow! What an accomplished career and life you are having! I’d like to read many of your books. Can you make a suggestion where to begin? Thank you for being such an active advocate for women’s /girls’ rights and women’s history. My mother always used a quote that went something like, ” To be on an equal level with a man , a woman has to to work twice as hard. Fortunately, that’s not too difficult.” She would have been a suffragette if she had been born a little bit earlier. I could have used some of your work as a teacher.
I searched around looking for some information about your family and some insight about Jon. You can’t imagine how I felt when I finally went to the blog and found this.
Thank you once again for your caring attitude and sensitivity. I, too, am still blown away by the coincidence. The exact minute!! We could gone there at so many diferent times on our trip.
You are a sensitive and thoughtful person, and I wasn’t sure I wanted to open any old wounds for me or you , especially after your brother Vin’s passing. But, there are a few questions I have and finding the answers, probably would help. Your letter dated Jon’s death as March 12, which has always been significant for me over the years, and then my first granddaughter, Ashley, was born on that date in 1991. By the way, she plays the clarinet. In Vermont I noticed the date on the headstone was March 14. Which one is correct? Also, I couldn’t help but notice that your father passed only a few years later. Was there any connection? Jon described their relationship as strained, but still amicable and loving. This is presumptuous of me, and I apologize for that. The answers might keep my head from working overtime. In one of Jon’s letters, he said he was going to Mexico to live and study, and then in another, that he had to make a hasty return. There was no explanation. I always wondered what really happened. Since our time together was brief, I can barely remember what he looked like, and always romantically imagined that he bore a resemblance to James Coburn in the In Like Flint movies. He had a style that was charismatic like Coburn’s. If you have any pictures you could share, I would appreciate it. Jon told me very little about his family history, but spoke very well of you and your time together in Ann Arbor.
Thank Linda for her kind observation. I hope you are both well and ready to enjoy an early spring. Carpe diem! Susan

Comment on Rosie the Riveter Image by Penny Colman

Penny Colman — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:18:48 +0000

Hi Marie,

Yes, I interviewed both Geraldine Hoff Doyle and Mary Doyle Keefe. No, they were not related in any way.

Penny

Comment on U.S. Constitution by M Russell

M Russell — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:10:53 +0000

Unbelievable!!!!

Comment on Rosie the Riveter Image by M Russell

M Russell — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:08:04 +0000

Hi Penny:

I read that obituary as well & wondered if you had interviewed Mrs. Gerraldine Doyle. Were the two women related in any way?

Marie

Comment on On Writing Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial by April M. Williams

April M. Williams — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:26:14 +0000

Wandering through the library looking for a holiday book, I came across “Corpses, Coffins and Crypts” and took it home to read over the Christmas holiday. My family gave me a few weird looks when they saw the topic. Over the years, we wondered through many cemeteries noting the architecture, prose and history. In Chicago, Rosehill in Chicago has many large monuments and interesting headstones. The view from the entrance to Punchbowl Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii always takes my breathe away. Here is a video from our visit to Kam Fong’s grave at Diamond Head Memorial Park.
http://aprilmwilliams.com/2010/01/01/book-em-chin-ho/

Thanks for sharing your research.
– April M. Williams

Comment on Sophie is back! by Marie

Marie — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:02:29 +0000

Can't wait to buy a copy!