CONTENTS

MEMORIAL

ELAINE POWELL
Janice Maruca
August 9, 1939 - August 29, 2000

ISSUE SEVEN
HELENE SOUTHERN SLATER
Late Blooming
Romantic love after age sixty!
Is it possible? For a woman?!! The odds
aren?t as bad as most women are taught to believe.
Excerpt from Footprints © 1997 Janice Maruca

MABEL ZIMMERMAN CUNNINGHAM
Losing Taylor
After many lonely years fighting a hostile
society, a woman finds stability and love in marriage.
The loss of her husband turns her life inside out again.
Excerpt from Jeremiah's Sister © 1997 Janice Maruca

ISSUE SIX

ANNE REGETS
Soph
A story that directly addresses
questions about the value of platonic
friendships between women.
Excerpt from Red Carnations
© 1997 Janice Maruca

CARLA CAPOBIANCO
I Did Almost Everything
The daily existence of an immigrant
wife-mother-businesswoman depicts the
Herculean nature of women's work.
Excerpt from Tell All the People
© 1997 Janice Maruca

ISSUE FIVE

HELENE SOUTHERN SLATER
Pop
Can a father nurture a daughter?
A self-made woman eulogizes her father
and talks about their unusual relationship.
Excerpt from Footprints
© 1997 Janice Maruca

OLGA SIKORSKI
The Old Block
A first generation American woman talks about her
girlhood, and the place that drove her to
try and change her fate.
© 2000 Janice Maruca

BEATRICE HILLHOUSE
Pavlova Dancing
A woman recalls the event in early
childhood when the direction of her life was set.
© 2000 Janice Maruca

ISSUE FOUR

EVA MARGOLINSKY
Heroines Without Medals
A woman remembers the courage of
her grandmother and mother in World War I.
© 2000 Janice Maruca

MABEL Z. CUNNINGHAM
Taylor
After many years of lonely struggle,
a midwestern schoolteacher finds love. Not
the kind of story found in a romance novel, but more
moving for its honesty and depth of feeling.
Excerpt from Jeremiah's Sister: A Woman's Tale
© 1996 Janice Maruca

OLGA SIKORSKI
The Spinster's Secret
Memory of an unforgettable woman
with an astonishing secret.
© 2000 Janice Maruca

ISSUE THREE

MABEL Z. CUNNINGHAM
Curriclum Vitae
How a Missouri woman with a disability
survives thirty-four years of prejudice
and ignorance in the school system.
Excerpt from Jeremiah's Sister: A Woman's Tale
© 1996 Janice Maruca

HELENE SOUTHERN SLATER
Bootstraps
An Afro-American woman's arduous struggle to get
a college degree and employment worthy of her abilities.
Excerpt from Footprints
© 1997 Janice Maruca

ISSUE TWO

CARLA CAPOBIANCO
Carnival---Part 2
An Italian girl's new husband suddenly
leaves for America and she finds herself
in a terrifying situation.
Excerpt from Tell All the People
© 1996 Janice Maruca

KATHARINE NASH
The Poetry of Bookbinding
The daughter of a suffragette
re-defines herself.
Excerpt from The Poetry of Bookbinding
© 1996 Janice Maruca

ANNE REGETS
Red Carnations
A passion for beauty and gardening takes
root in the harsh reality of the coal mines.
Excerpt from Red Carnations
© 1996 Janice Maruca

ISSUE ONE

KATHARINE NASH
Breaking the Rules
A childhood reminiscence that foreshadows
the shape of an entire life.
Excerpt from The Poetry of Bookbinding
© 1996 Janice Maruca

CARLA CAPOBIANCO
Carnival---Part 1
An Italian girl defies her family and pursues
a man she barely knows in an effort
to change her own destiny.
Excerpt from Tell All the People
© 1996 Janice Maruca

HELENE SOUTHERN SLATER
The Awakening
A sheltered middle-class Afro-American girl
discovers the real meaning of racism.
Excerpt from Footprints
© 1997 Janice Maruca