by Mari K Eder | Feb 4, 2025 | Newsletters
On Veterans Day 2023, a new exhibit opened at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. “Our War Too: Women in Service” was a remarkable tribute to the over 350,000 women who served in uniform during World War II. This major exhibit recognizes the contributions... 
by Mari K Eder | Dec 3, 2024 | Newsletters
Once I started reading about the exploits of men and women in World War II, I found it difficult, if not impossible, to stop. I read a number of autobiographies and memoirs of the women I’ve written about: Alice Marble’s early memoir, The Road to Wimbledon, Undercover... 
by Mari K Eder | Nov 2, 2022 | Newsletters
I was unlucky when I started researching many of the people I wrote about in The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line. It was February 1st, 2020 and the world was on the verge of a massive change. Just days after signing the contract to write the book for my amazing... 
by Mari K Eder | Jan 4, 2022 | Newsletters
So many of the women I’ve written about in The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line, faced a crisis of faith in their young lives. Some found themselves struggling for a chance to prove themselves, yearning for acceptance, hoping to find a sense of belonging. Others... 
by Mari K Eder | Dec 1, 2021 | Newsletters
Last week I checked in with my former boss, just to see how he and his wife were doing. It’s unavoidable; we soon were talking politics and the state of the nation. “I don’t know where my America has gone,” he said sadly. “I just don’t understand how we got...