Author Archives: Jack

In the sweltering summer of 1846, an 18-year-old woman named Susan Shelby Magoffin left behind the manicured comfort of Kentucky’s plantations to step into the raw unknown of the Santa Fe Trail. She wasn’t just setting out on a honeymoon; she was unknowingly making history as the first documented Anglo woman to undertake the journey. […]

“After a week away in the sun with our beautiful girl, it hit me hard: so many people still don’t know how to interact with kids with disabilities and their families. So let me say this loud and clear: 1️⃣ They’re just kids. They want to play. They might think you’re funny. They just want […]

The mother of legendary actor and producer Kirk Douglas—and grandmother of Michael Douglas—was Bryna Danielovich (Demsky). She came from the village of Ceausi, in the Mogilev Governorate of the old Tsarist Empire. As a young woman, she became engaged to Herschel, who soon left for America. A year later he sent her money for the […]

In Paris, 1776, a young girl named Sophie Germain was born into a world where mathematics was forbidden to her. Her family hid her books, believing numbers were no place for a woman. At night, they even took away her lamps. But Sophie refused to surrender her passion. Wrapped in blankets against the cold, she […]