My writing life
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 my research to biographies. I was fascinated by the lives of women connected to noted men. Living near Jack London State Historic Park, I discovered London's second wife Charmian Kittredge. Then I examined several generations of women in two prominent families: Vanderbilt and Rockefeller. Returning to Jack 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.
My first fiction book is Slanderley: Love and Death in Cornwall. This spoof is solely to entertain while it mocks the British class system. http://tiny.cc/li4vdy
Currently I am preparing educational materials, scores, and scripts for Mother Lode Musical Theater into print and eBooks. This non-profit creates California History materials through use of music and drama. With the group's director, Corinne Swall, I co-wrote Tule Reeds and Cattails: An Adventure, A Guidebook.
At Sonoma State University my students demanded more material on women's history, so I shifted my research to biographies. I was fascinated by the lives of women connected to noted men. Living near Jack London State Historic Park, I discovered London's second wife Charmian Kittredge. Then I examined several generations of women in two prominent families: Vanderbilt and Rockefeller. Returning to Jack 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.
My first fiction book is Slanderley: Love and Death in Cornwall. This spoof is solely to entertain while it mocks the British class system. http://tiny.cc/li4vdy
Currently I am preparing educational materials, scores, and scripts for Mother Lode Musical Theater into print and eBooks. This non-profit creates California History materials through use of music and drama. With the group's director, Corinne Swall, I co-wrote Tule Reeds and Cattails: An Adventure, A Guidebook.
E-mail is the best way to contact me.