From early childhood, when I insisted on integrating the Catholic School Boys' Playground, I've been a feminist. Using my pen, I've written scholarly, mass market books, and articles concerning inequalities of gender, race, and class.  This site introduces many of these writings. I first explored these elements while a social researcher at Johns Hopkins University.
       At Sonoma State University my students demanded more material on women's history, so I shifted to writing biographies. I was fascinated by the lives of women connected to noted men. Living near Jack London State Historic Park, I started with London's wife Charmian Kittredge.  Then I examined several generations of women in two prominent families: Vanderbilt and Rockefeller. Returning to London, I explored all the women connected to him: mother, stepsister, wives, friends.
        My latest essay is "Aesthetics, Androgyny, and Identity: Charmian Kittredge London’s Artful Life," for Women's Studies. Click the title for a copy.
       My latest book is Slanderley: Love and Death in Cornwall.  A spoof, it is solely to entertain while it mocks the British class system.     http://tiny.cc/li4vdy 
       Currently I am preparing educational materials for Mother Lode Musical Theater into print and eBooks. This non-profit creates California History materials through use of music and drama.      

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