by Mari K Eder | May 18, 2023 | Op-Eds and Commentary
Where are all the women? I’m not trained as a professional historian. But I have written about historical topics and published essays, articles, and books on historical events and people. I’ve learned a lot in the process. Over the past several years I’ve discovered... 
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 | Aug 3, 2021 | Newsletters
It was a beautiful late summer evening in Salzburg, Austria, perfect for a celebration and new beginnings. General Mark Clark, former Commander of 5th U.S. Army, now the Commander of U.S. Occupational Forces in Austria had just revived the Salzburg Music Festival. It... 
by Mari K Eder | Jun 1, 2021 | Newsletters
Each year on June 6th, we commemorate the landings of American and allied troops at Normandy, the massive invasion that heralded the beginning of the end of WWII. It wasn’t just on that day that beached flooded with soldiers. They continued to pour in for weeks to...