Final Destination This Tour - Elizabethan England with Tour Guide Carole P. Roman!

The year about 1578...Things were changing after the Middle Ages, and people were open to trying new things. It was considered a Renaissance or a time of rebirth of ideas and new points of view. The time period is referred to as the Elizabethan Age in history because it took place when Elizabeth I was the queen of England. A lot happened while she was the leader. England became a superpower. Queen Elizabeth sent out explorers to discover new lands and bring back discoveries. This made many people rich. A new class of people called merchants emerged. They had excess wealth, so they spent their extra money paying for artists to pain portraits or write poetry and literature. Playwrights like William Shakespeare flourished. It was called a golden age for art and literature.

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Plays were organized by acting companies. The company belonged to shareholders who were responsible for everything but took most of the profit, leaving actors poor. They performed about six different plays per week. Your brother ran away to join an acting troupe that put on plays in the yard of the local inn. You paid a penny to see him and didn't even recognize him. He was the youngest member of the troupe and played a pretty girl. The actors didn't allow women in the troupe, so the youngest and newest members took the female parts.
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If You Were Me and Lived In...

Elizabethan England

By Carole P. Roman

Illustrated by Paul Tabor

England, known for its long line of kings or queens normally have many of the children named after them. Girls might be called Elizabeth or Mary and boys might be called Henry or John. For a small country, this could get confusing, don't you think? LOL

While the beginning of the Elizabethan Era might have brought wealth and success. the family chosen to represent our new merchants was a family who owned a bakery. It would have taken free work by one of their ancestors to learn what was required and then a period of time working there before he had fully learned the trade. But it was his marriage of the baker's daughter that brought the bakery into the family, which then provided work for siblings from both families...

London was a busy place to live... The streets were narrow and made of cobblestones which were slippery and uneven. People three theur dirt, garbage, and waste out the window. There were no bathrooms in the houses. You could imagine what the trash smelled like when it rotted on the streets! Houses were crammed together; there was no lighting, so criminals and pickpockets roamed the streets. It was a dangerous place, and you never went out without one of your sisters...

Horses, coaches, fishmongers, tradesmen, and milkmaids filled the narrow streets. The city was a bustling collection of dirt, noise, people, and animals... 

Much research has been done to provide extensive information about the home life of tradesmen and many beautiful, detailed pictures representing that time provided by Illustrator Paula Tabor. Kudos to Tabor for her realistic work that even included a little boy with a tooth lost from his front teeth. And the addition of dogs and cats somehow made the busy life more acceptable and joyous. I was pleased to see that the life of the average boy and girl, though a hard life it may have been, as opposed to those who were part of the royal family... But there was also some times for fun such as the four-day event that took place at St. Bartholomew. There would be magic and puppet shows, jugglers and acrobats as well as vendors there selling their specialties. 

I was able to find a picture of one of the grand homes in the E-shape which was created in honor of Queen Elizabeth. I wanted to include it because I liked the story so much about Nan, who worked in that grand house! 

Your mother would tell you stories about her sister, Nan, who worked in a grand house in Bedfordshire in the country. The house was shaped like an "E" in honor of Queen Elizabeth. It had hundreds of rooms, filled with large fireplaces to keep it toasty and warm in the winter. The roof was decorated with an army of chimney pots that you could see for miles! The main salon had a gigantic hall filled with expensive tapestries from France and furniture from Italy...

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There were two special points of interest to me personally... One that the way the baker's house was made, though in a different style, sounded like mine...half-timbered and white plaster, which, of course, is how my cabin was made...

The other point that I thought directly pertained to having a monarchy was that the religion you followed was whatever was "on the throne..." When Mary was queen, she didn't care for anybody's faith but her own; Elizabeth seemed more tolerant. While it was hard to be successful if you didn't follow the faith of your leader, it was important enough that some people stayed with their beliefs despite persecution. So your family became Protestant, but your cousins in the country stayed with the Church of Rome, Catholic.

This was thought-provoking for me since many came to America for religious freedom...Still, though, there is controversy about religion going on even today.  Does anybody know whether England is still following this method, I wondered...

Again, I want to point out that the quality of this series is certainly suitable for your home library and will be of interest to individuals of all ages, but is geared toward the older student. Included is a gallery of important people during the Elizabethan period, as well as an extensive Glossary. Highly recommended!

GABixlerReviews

Award-winning author Carole P. Roman started writing as a dare from one of her sons and combines her teaching past with her love of exploration and interest in the world around us. She has two highly successful series and is launching this new exciting series about civilizations throughout time. While she is still working in her family business, this has enabled her to share her sense of humor as well as love for history and culture with the audience she adores. Roman lives on Long Island with her husband and near her children.

Traveling to Renaissance Italy Today! WOW! Favorite for 2016!

Got to say immediately that I picked this book to add to my 2016 Favorites. It is based upon the quality of the book for older children, and adults, the special details of the content and presentation, and the beautiful art work representative of Renaissance Italy. Wouldn't it have been wonderful to have lived during a period when artists of every variety were welcomed and applauded...From Architects to the single Lute player, they were there providing their special skills to make the world a more beautiful place, in all ways...

First, let me point out that the quality of the above picture does not match the real book. The colors are brilliant, bright--so attractive to the eye. And, of course, the clothes that were worn at that time were so beautiful, we would think that they were dressed up to go to the ball.  Of course, it is true that these clothes were worn by the more well-to-do, but still the style and design of their clothes were...just elegant, don't you think?!

Next, the printing...not just the plain old paragraph after paragraph! The words combine a rich combination of lines being centered along with those totally blocked. To someone who have used both the typewriter and computer to create such varieties to make the words stand out, I applaud this notably attractive addition which makes the entire book a truly outstanding library-quality storybook worthy to be kept for generations to come!

There are two different illustrators, Silvia Brunetti and Kelsea Wierenga, who should be commended for their wonderful contributions to the book. Colors are beautifully coordinated--but I should stop and start talking about the words where obviously took much research.  There are details so involved in daily life at that time, that most people will have never known or even thought about them! For instance, each type of "cosmetic" used by women were defined! Notice that the author always addresses her writing to her readers...the children...

You had a pretty little cap decorated with gold chains, jewels, and feathers. It seemed a shame to cover the elegant hairstyle that you maid took hours to prepare. Your long dark hair was rolled and braided so the heavy mass stayed in one place on your head. You wished your parents would let you bleach your hair blond like Mama's, but they said you weren't allowed until you were married. Mama's hair was so light, she looked like the angels the artists painted on the walls of the church. She carefully plucked out the hair on her hairline so that her foreheads looked wide. All the stylish ladies painted their faces white with lead powder so they looked pale and elegant. Some people said the lead was not healthy, but beauty was more important than anything. Ground mother of pearl made a beautiful iridescent powder for Mama's eyelids. You loved to watch her dab her lips with vermillion, a stain made from a red rock to make them bright red...


Of course, as we would expect, the women were not citizens of the country and had no rights except to learn the home and social graces, which did include the arts...thankfully...

The book begins by an overview of the time preceding the Renaissance and then, along with a charming town village scene of joy, happiness, art and singing, discusses how it started.

It was an exciting time. Life was changing from art to literature. Architecture took on daring new styles. Science and astronomy were looked at from a new point of view. Exploration of places in the world brought back undiscovered spices, plants, and animals. People became rich from all the new products coming back.

A new class of people called merchants emerged. They made a lot of money and wanted to spend it on making their homes beautiful. They hired artiest to paint pictures in the newest styles. Many of these artists were born near your home. Tuscany became the birthplace of this new movement. Your city, Florence was known as "The Athens of the Middle Ages."

And then came the more famous artists such as DaVinci and Michelangelo...and so many others.

Mona Lisa

Moses

Of course, it was also interesting to learn of their home, the palazzo. The book even had a line drawing showing the various rooms and layouts...with, to my surprise, the kitchen on the top floor! Yes, it was hot and would be inconvenient for us today, but then, they had servants who also lived on that top floor. At that time, it was often that the shop or business run by "Papa" was on the first floor front...

One final piece of info I found very intriguing was that when eating, the child always ate with another person, from the same plate... I imagined that this started when the child first began eating, but continued on into later life for companionship?

A new dance was devised, and you learned the steps so you

shined the best when you performed the ballet with your

partners. The strange stringed instrument called the violin,

invented by Andrea Amati, made you feel as though you

floated when you danced. You loved its rich

and mournful sound.

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After the basic story comes a new section, "Why was the Renaissance so important to art?" which hones in on several artists who actually shaped this time period and includes examples of their work, while discussing the components of their work including perspective, balance and proportion, etc.

Directly thereafter is a small gallery of the famous people from Italy, some of whom were already presented and some not. For instance, included among many others, is Artemisia Gentileschi, who painted beautiful paintings and many others, who was trained by her father when all the art academies refused to allow her to study because she was a woman... And, of course, the important Glossary follows!

Extraordinary book suitable for all, but aimed toward older students who would be studying the Renaissance at school. Those interested in Renaissance in Italy would be especially pleased to see such a book for children and grandchildren! Highly recommended!

GABixlerReviews

Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best of 2012 for her first book, award winning author Carole P. Roman started writing as a dare from one of her sons. Using an imaginary game she played with her grandson as a base, Captain No Beard was born."Captain No Beard- An Imaginary Tale of a Pirate's Life" has not only been named to Kirkus Best of 2012, it received the Star of Exceptional Merit, and won the Pinnacle Award for 2012. "Pepper Parrot's Problem with Patience" Book 2 in the series, received 5 Stars from The ForeWord Review The Clarion Review. Strangers on the High Seas has won second place in the Rebecca's Reads Choice Awards 2013. It has followed with six more books to the series. This year, Captain No Beard and the Aurora Borealis was named to Kirkus Best 2015. The entire cultural non-fiction series If You Were Me and Lived in... was named Best Series by Shelf Unbound. She has begun work on two new series that will be released in early 2016.
Motivated by her love of yoga, Roman has written a book that not only teaches four poses, but shows how easy and accessible yoga can be. 
Her new non fiction series, "If You Were Me and Lived in..." combines her teaching past with her love of exploration and interest in the world around us. The debut book in the series, "If You Were Me and Lived in...Mexico" has won the Pinnacle Award for Best in Children's Non Fiction 2012. France, South Korea, and Norway. Rebecca's Reads has given If You Were Me and Lived in...Norway an honorable mention in the 2013 Choice Awards. If You Were Me and lived in ...France won second place. ForeWord Review has nominated If You Were Me and Lived in...France for best in children's non fiction literature 2013. They will be followed with Kenya, Turkey, India, and Australia. She plans to do Portugal, Greece, and Argentina next year.
Writing for children has opened up a whole second act for her. While she is still working in her family business, this has enabled her to share her sense of humor as well as love for history and culture with the audience she adores. Roman lives on Long Island with her husband and near her children.

Prolific Writer Begins New Historical Series...If You Were Me and Lived in...Ancient Greece - Wow!

I admit it, I'm already hooked on Carole Roman's new Historical series exploring the cultural possibilities of what it was like during different time periods around the world. For me, it was ancient history that most caught my attention waaaay back when I was forced to learn...LOL... Seriously, I have been so impressed with Roman's ability to make those school lessons in geography and history so colorful and fun, that she makes children--and some of us adults--continue to learn and study these topics through her excellent full-color illustrated stories.

Greece is our first stop on our tour and will be followed by Renaissance Italy, which I'm especially looking forward to and then on to Elizabethan England. Colonial America is up next so be prepared for the tour du jour...!

All of the art work is done by Mateya Arkova...The book says, "the illustrations take the readers in a funny cartoonish world with bright pastel colors and curvy lines leading to great adventures...The cover photo provides the "feel" but the inside illustrations are much more detailed reminiscent of the topics to be covered in this series: occupations, food, clothing, and recreation... The narrative and length of this series is also much more extensive and could easily be used as the basis for discussions and lessons for older students,  as the author suggests.

If You Were Me and Lived in...
  Ancient Greece

By Carole P. Roman

Illustrated by Mateya Arkova

The author sets the tone first by displaying a typical scene in Greece:

Greece may have looked like this in the year 350 B.C. What are the differences?

Immediately readers will see that there are only animals that are used to move things... No cars anywhere! How did we ever manage? I think We can already see that the time period would have been much slower and we would probably live in one location for most of our early years... Indeed, most individuals, when asked where they lived, did not say Greece but instead identified themselves as Spartans or merely named the city in which they lived., But then we get into the details...

Greece is located in the Mediterranean Sea in southeastern Europe at the crossroads between Asia, Frica, and Europe. It is officially known as the Hellenic Republic today and was called Hellas (Hel-las) in ancient times. The area has a long history dating back thousands of years. Greece was the first advanced civilization in the region, giving it the title of "the Cradle of Western Civilization." Ancient Greece created the foundation for many modern western societies, from legal and government systems to cultural features like literature and philosophy, as well as the Olympics.

Athens is currently the capital of Greece, and the first people settled there around the 11th-7th century B.C. That makes it one of the world's oldest cities.

Of course we must meet some of the children of this ancient country. At that time Alexandros or Linus were popular if you were a boy. They might name your sister Melitta or Theodora... and check out the typical home where families would congregate and eat...

Most days, your diet would consist of bread, cheese, olives, figs, and grapes. There was usually a lot of fish available, but meat was only eaten on special feast days when you were celebrating something special...

And do you know what they used for napkins?! Bread! That bread was then used to feed their pets... Cool, right?

But you know what was coolest of all about Greece? They are proud to say that they introduced a system of politics called demokratia or ruled by the people! They are responsible for creating the democratic principles that we, here, in the United States (and other countries) now are governed by. It is Greece's most enduring contribution to the modern world!

We knew thee of old,
Oh, divinely restored,
By the lights of thine eyes
And the light of thy Sword

From the graves of our slain
Shall thy valour prevail
As we greet thee again-
Hail, Liberty! Hail!

And added just for enjoyment by all!

See what happens when we started learning with Carole Roman? Wow! I enjoyed this trip immensely...And one of the little side additions that readers will quickly point out is that we had guides on this trip...The youth on the cover appears on each of the inside stories, looking on or actually telling us what is happening...And...in a tiny corner, we get to meet the ancient Greek gods that were worshiped at that time...For instance,

Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty. She loved the myrtle tree, and her favorite birds were the dove and swan.

The extra touches in these books made me consider this much more than the average children's book...It is worthy of acquiring as a magnificent addition to a home library for use to individuals of all ages, including the older children who may be studying ancient Greece in school. An exceptional well-done to both the author and illustrator. The book has 54 pages, jammed with additional narrative about the country. It also includes a total list of the gods and goddesses as well as a glossary for all the terms included. Impressive, Carole Roman. You should be proud of this new series!


GABixlerReviews

Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best of 2012 for her first book, award winning author Carole P. Roman started writing as a dare from one of her sons. Using an imaginary game she played with her grandson as a base, Captain No Beard was born."Captain No Beard- An Imaginary Tale of a Pirate's Life" has not only been named to Kirkus Best of 2012, it received the Star of Exceptional Merit, and won the Pinnacle Award for 2012. "Pepper Parrot's Problem with Patience" Book 2 in the series, received 5 Stars from The ForeWord Review The Clarion Review. Strangers on the High Seas has won second place in the Rebecca's Reads Choice Awards 2013. It has followed with six more books to the series. This year, Captain No Beard and the Aurora Borealis was named to Kirkus Best 2015. The entire cultural non-fiction series If You Were Me and Lived in... was named Best Series by Shelf Unbound. She has begun work on two new series that will be released in early 2016.
Motivated by her love of yoga, Roman has written a book that not only teaches four poses, but shows how easy and accessible yoga can be. 
Her new non fiction series, "If You Were Me and Lived in..." combines her teaching past with her love of exploration and interest in the world around us. The debut book in the series, "If You Were Me and Lived in...Mexico" has won the Pinnacle Award for Best in Children's Non Fiction 2012. France, South Korea, and Norway. Rebecca's Reads has given If You Were Me and Lived in...Norway an honorable mention in the 2013 Choice Awards. If You Were Me and lived in ...France won second place. ForeWord Review has nominated If You Were Me and Lived in...France for best in children's non fiction literature 2013. They will be followed with Kenya, Turkey, India, and Australia. She plans to do Portugal, Greece, and Argentina next year.
Writing for children has opened up a whole second act for her. While she is still working in her family business, this has enabled her to share her sense of humor as well as love for history and culture with the audience she adores. Roman lives on Long Island with her husband and near her children.

History-Busting, Outrageous, Glorious Novel, The Renegade Queen by Eva Flynn - Consider it A Must-Read for Women!

You may be among the women and men who have never heard of Victoria Woodhull. As the video above shows, as Hillary Clinton fights on to the possibility of the presidency, Eva Flynn has written a novel about Victoria Woodhull, the first woman ever nominated to become president of the United States!

And what a book! My first word was outrageous... But it wasn't about Victoria that I meant it. It was the world in which she lived; it was shocking, appalling, and "almost" too 

"He (her father) was going to take Byron once,"  I say, crying again at the memory of it, "and sell him to the circus."

unbelievable to accept. Except we know that it was probably all true. Flynn openly admits that she chose to write a sympathetic book about Woodhull. I can't blame her. For me, she was a woman who, perhaps, if she lived today, would have already been president! Not a hard statement to make, once you've read her story...  

Winner of the 2016 IPPY Gold Medal for Adult Fiction

The Renegade Queen:
For President

By Eva Flynn

One of the most controversial issues about which Victoria Woodhull spoke about was "free love..." So I thought I would address that first. You see, her father not only physically abused her, but sexually abused her as well (as he did her sister who is also a character in this book.) 

But it was on the discovery of her talent to talk to the dead, by

...Mama call for me, "Victoria!"
I run to Mama. Mama is in a blue and
green plaid dress wringing her hands,
strands of hair falling out of her brunette
bun, making her look either crazy or
overworked.
"Your chores. We need firewood, and the
meal has to be cooked," Mama says.
"I was playing with Hester, Odessa, and
Mary," I said.
Mama looks at me, clearly taken aback.
"They are dead."
"They are alive in the spirit world. I can
see them," I say.
Mama grabs my shoulders, "Don't
lie to me child."
"I'm not," I say. "You could see them
too, but they are hiding right now."
Mama holds out her hands to the
heavens, "Sweet Jesus, sweet baby Jesus!"
She then rocks back and forth on her
feet and begins speaking the nonsense
tongue talk...Jesus! Hallelujah!"
I watch, entranced, wondering if this
is what Mama did the night I was
conceived...
~~

Victoria, that things got even worse. Her mother spent much time in prayer, speaking in tongues, concerning this ability. While her father immediately saw it as a money-making "gift."

Victoria and later her sister, were pulled into a monumental scam which was based upon Victoria's ability to speak to the dead...and the more money they made, the worse it became for Victoria and Tennessee. Soon they lost all control of what they were forced to do with their bodies...so that money kept coming in...

It was that degradation brought about by their father that molded the need, the mandate that they have a right to decide who they loved...and bed... 

Indeed Victoria was rescued from her father by marriage. Both Dr. Canning and Victoria did fall in love, but for Canning, he was really already wed...to drink...and prostitutes...

And because women were not allowed to seek divorce, Victoria was once again caught--she had the ability to freely love her husband, who instead turned away, seeking from her only the money she earned to acquire the two obsessions that owned him.

Father smiles and kisses my
forehead. "Girl, your worth has
never been known, but to the
world it will be shown." This is
what Father tells me when he
wants me to do something I do
not want to do...
"Do you want to talk to the dead?"
"A woman like you was meant
for the living...He laughs and
grabs me...
~~~

This novel is full of things that have always been important to me...so many that I can't possibly cover them in a review. I can only say that I wish I had know this woman because I know she would have been a friend, and certainly a woman for whom I would have voted!

"Conceived in a canvas brothel at a
Methodist revival, born to a horse thief
and a crazed simpleton, a humbug sold
into marriage, an adulteress mother
with a halfwit. And to think you can
compete with a Vanderbilt..."
Tennessee says.
"Vanderbilt!" James says and stands
up. "That's it, I will introduce you."
~~~

Her history of being conceived during a tent revival where, as was the routine--prostitute tents surrounded the main tent to take care of those overcome with emotion?--certainly began an unforgettable life of a woman...who, by design, has been mostly left out of all historical materials except in the fairly recent past.

The point when Victoria becomes involved in politics brings readers more into the historical activities and individuals who were involved at that time. One, in particular, Susan B. Anthony, is portrayed quite differently than anything you may have heard about her in other historical documents. It certainly was entertaining and added to the drama of the book, though some of it may have been added by the author. Still there are elements of truth that comes through for the majority of the book...Eva Flynn has followed history while creating a fascinating, colorful, powerful, compelling and yet sad story of what women were going through before formally given the rights that should have been theirs from the very beginning.

Flynn's novel is obviously based upon extensive research (and includes her references in the back of the book. In her Author's Note she begins: It can take years to recognize a visionary; it can take longer to appreciate the deep sacrifices made in a desperate desire to construct a new work... She notes that she wanted Victoria to finally have a voice of her own--a voice apart from what is left from her own writings and speeches...

It is the opinion of this reader that she has completely succeeded in what she set out to do. And in doing so, she has created the image of a vibrant, intelligent, strong woman who survived...and moved on to greatness, greater greatness than has been achieved since then! A truly exceptional novel...that's why I consider it a must-read for young female adults and older women and, of course, interested men! And a perfect time to read it...before the upcoming election for President!


GABixlerReviews

Some of the gems found in Renegade Queen

Lee Surrenders! The Rebellion Ends!
...All I see are sad young men and
immigrant familites with a mixture
of hope and despair painted on
their faces.
~~~

April 15, 1865
Lincoln is assassinated. While
many are in shock, I am not.
Total war is total.

July 7, 1865
Hypocrites. Nothing burns my soul
more than a hypocrite. And politicians
are hypocrites, all of them...

Exclusive privileges. Women do not even
hae non-exclusive privileges and now are
accused of asking for special treatment.
Mr. Walters can rape, beat, stab, and
burn his woman and escape the noose, but
poor old Mary takes some money from
a stranger for a night's lodging and she hangs.
Exclusive privileges.
~~~

"Revolution?" James asks.
Before the word "revolution" is out of my
mouth, the air around us grows tense and
heavy. A thousand angels, the same ones
I saw when I was a child, circle around
James and I and form a protective sphere
of white light...
~~~

"What kind of vow?"...
"That no child would ever be born into a
troubled marriage. Byron is the way he is
beause his father was an addict when he
was conceived. No woman should be forced
into marriage like I was. We need a
revolution. We must cure the world of its
ills, so no woman has to be forced to
enter or remain in a marriage fraught with
misery.
~~~

"In all the world, there is no woman

banker," Vanderbilt says. "Fewer

than 100 women in this country own

stocks, even penny stocks."

"Change has to begin at some point

in history, and it might as well

begin with me," I say.

Lobbying is an activity that ladies
do not engage in, for a lobbyist is
the most loathsome individual,
worse than a whore and the moral
equivalent to the filth on the streets.
But if I act like a lady, then I will
have nothing except the kindnesses
afforded a lady. I'll gladly forego
kind words and soft gestures
from strangers in exchange for my
rights.

"Glory be! Hallelujah!"
I have found the word that
will change the course of history.
Citizens! I've done it, I've
done it...
"14th Amendment," I say.
"All persons born or naturalized
in the United States are
Citizens."
~~~

After a long day of fancy ladies, bears
and bulls, Tennessee and I take a carriage
to Dan Tucker's. As we get out of the
arriage, we notice Mr. Smith, the manager,
yelling at a drunk, dirty vagrant...
Tennessee and I walk into the restaurant,
trying to avoid staring at the man, as there
is no sense in adding to his public
embarassment. Before we can sit down,
Mr. Smith runs over...
"My dear Mrs. Woodhull, my dear Ms.
Claflin,  you are aware that I cannot
possibly serve two women unaccompanied
by a man at night." Mr. Smith says...
I nod and leave Tennessee and Mr. Smith
for one moment...I walk back with the
smelly bum on my arm. We are given a
reception of stares and jeers as his
unfortunate odor fills the tiny establishment.
"Mr. Smith," I say, "soup for three."
~~~

"We have too much to do to worry about

what future historians will think? I say. 

"As long as we get the vote, the historians

can cast me as the very devel and my

spirit would be undisturbed."

Stand ye calm and resolute,

Like a forest close and mute,

With folded arms and looks which are

Weapons of unvanquished war.

And if then the tyrantws dare,

Let them ride among you there;

Slash, and stab, and maim and hew;

What they like, that let them do.

With folded arms and steady eyes,

And little far, and less surprise,

look upon them as they slay,

Till their rage has died away.

Then they will return with shame,

To the place from which they came,

And the blood thus shed will speak

In hot blushes on their cheek:

Rise, like lions after slumber

Unvanquishable number!

Shake your chains to earth dew

Which in sleep had fallen you:

Ye are many--they are few!

Written to Victory from Train a supporter... 

Eva was raised on bedtime stories of feminists (the tooth fairy even brought Susan B. Anthony dollars) and daytime lessons on American politics. On one fateful day years ago when knowledge was found on bound paper, she discovered two paragraphs about Victoria Woodhull in the WXYZ volume of the World Book Encyclopedia.

When she realized that neither of her brilliant parents (a conservative political science professor and a liberal feminist) had never heard of her, it was the beginning of a lifelong fascination not only with Victoria Woodhull but in discovering the stories that the history books do not tell.

Brave battles fought, new worlds sought, loves lost all in the name of some future glory have led her to spend years researching the period of Reconstruction. Her first book, The Renegade Queen, explores the forgotten trailblazer Victoria Woodhull and her rivalry with Susan B. Anthony.

Eva was born and raised in Tennessee, earned her B.A. in Political Science from DePauw in Greencastle, Indiana and still lives in Indiana. Eva enjoys reading, classic movies, and travelling. She loves to hear from readers...

http://rebellioustimes.com/