by The Grandmothers | Oct 2, 2018 | Stories
I was about six or seven, visiting my grandfather’s farm in Vermont. He had dairy cows, who were milked every day by Mr. Doyle. I loved animals and seeing the cows. One day I went to the barn all by myself to watch the cows come into the barn at milking time. Mr....
by The Grandmothers | Oct 2, 2018 | News, Recipe for Action
When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her. -Andrienne Rich The events of the past few weeks have on an excruciatingly visceral level shown us the raw power of telling and listening well to stories. The survivor of a brutal...
by The Grandmothers | Oct 2, 2018 | News, Word to the Wise
Silent No More! Women are telling their stories of sexual assault. The stories often trigger memories in other women. They feel invisible tears winding through a dark silence that may have lasted for decades. The pain has been too great to allow it to come into the...
by The Grandmothers | Aug 28, 2018 | News, Recipe for Action
Please read first: Vote.org is a non-profit organization founded by a group of voter advocates that initially sought to provide greater access absentee voting online. The organization is staffed by paid employees and volunteers who work to put together online voter...
by The Grandmothers | Aug 28, 2018 | Stories
Little did I know that my last rotation, OB-GYN, in the spring of ’66 would change the course of my life. On our first day of that rotation, our student group headed up to a little amphitheater above a GYN operating room. On the table was a woman in her 20’s. She...
