Utah (US): We, the women
Source: Deseret News
Women have always been trailblazers in the West. Why are some states falling behind?
She usually returned library books on time. But Emily Bell McCormick wanted to keep this one. As her mother read aloud the story of Joan of Arc, the image of an ironclad teenager leading an army clung to her memory.
“It’s truly against all odds, but she had a mission and nothing was going to deter her, even if it cost her her life,” McCormick recalls. “I think it was maybe my first time hearing a powerful woman’s story.”
Click here to read the full article published by Deseret News on 28 September 2022.
Women have always been trailblazers in the West. Why are some states falling behind?
She usually returned library books on time. But Emily Bell McCormick wanted to keep this one. As her mother read aloud the story of Joan of Arc, the image of an ironclad teenager leading an army clung to her memory.
“It’s truly against all odds, but she had a mission and nothing was going to deter her, even if it cost her her life,” McCormick recalls. “I think it was maybe my first time hearing a powerful woman’s story.”
Click here to read the full article published by Deseret News on 28 September 2022.