A Mother's History of the 20th Century
The main message here is that "A Mother's History of the 20th Century" is the full, formal name of my auto-biography, which is brought to you in sections, memoirs in the form of web pages, and not as a hard copy book to read. Please be sure to check out all the nooks and crannies (some categories have drop down choices).
My story comes to you as subjects and themes, not as a chronological list with dates like a resume.*
I always hated "History" as a school subject, because it was just a boring list of names and dates, and mostly military-political history at that (i.e. Wars) which I disliked. After all, one of my birthday parties was seriously ruined by the announcement that USA had just declared war on Japan, signalling our entry into World War II.
The study of Art History, and more recently the research for a family history, opened my eyes to what real History truly consists of: a social history of humans that goes way way back... to the Antiquities, to other countries, to pre-history and even to rock bottom evolution, science and the origins of art and language itself. And so it goes... history spreads into all other "subject" areas of life.
*When all the blog essays have been mounted I will list them in chronological order, where possible. This page will then become a site map
(Currently under construction: More info is coming soon.)