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 | Feb 1, 2023 | Newsletters
I think about Ruth Gruber whenever I read about women correspondents in WWII. Ruth wasn’t exactly a combat correspondent, however. She was an experienced newspaper reporter by 1940, starting first with the New York Herald Tribune. By 1941 she was a government... 
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 | Nov 2, 2021 | Newsletters
“I would use my words and images, my typewriter and my camera as my tools. I had to live the story to write it, and not only live it – if it was a story of injustice, I had to fight it.” While not typically considered a war correspondent, the iconic Ruth Gruber... 
by Mari K Eder | Apr 1, 2021 | Newsletters
“All humans are human. There are no humans more human than others.” This powerful statement is posted on the wall at the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond. This quote is from Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire, Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance...