Womantalk Ezine Index

Heroines from the Past

By Sharon Hughes | January 1, 2024 |

Florence Nightingale Heroine: a woman having the qualities of a hero; a woman admired and emulated for her achievements and qualities; the central female figure in an event or period. Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became known while serving as a trainer of nurses during the Crimean…

How Important is Family to You Really?

By Sharon Hughes | January 1, 2024 |

Who would argue that family impacts our life more than any other institution, no matter who we are – a president or a pedestrian guard; a movie star or a mailman? Depending on our family experience, we will rate that impact somewhere between positive and negative. But experience is not the only indication to how…

June 2019: Elisabeth Elliott

By Sharon Hughes | May 25, 2019 | Comments Off on June 2019: Elisabeth Elliott

Elisabeth Elliott Heroine: a woman having the qualities of a hero; a woman admired and emulated for her achievements and qualities; the central female figure in an event or period. Elisabeth Elliott is the wife of the late Jim Elliot, one of the four American missionaries who were killed by the Auca Indians in the jungles…

April 2019: Jill Stanek

By Sharon Hughes | April 11, 2019 | Comments Off on April 2019: Jill Stanek

  Jill Stanek Heroine: a woman having the qualities of a hero; a woman admired and emulated for her achievements and qualities; the central female figure in an event or period.   Over a decade ago, Jill was minding her own business, working as a nurse on the southwest side of Chicago. In a moment,…

Building a Marriage that Lasts a Lifetime

By Sharon Hughes | March 30, 2019 | Comments Off on Building a Marriage that Lasts a Lifetime

One day while at the radio studio, I was talking with two young, single men who were producing a show, and the subject of marriage came up. When they found out how long my husband and I have been married … and that we are still sincerely in love …their response was noteworthy. They were…

Operation Heartlift: Supporting Our Troops

By Sharon Hughes | December 7, 2018 | Comments Off on Operation Heartlift: Supporting Our Troops

For Years Changing Worldviews has supported our Troops and their familieswith events, care packages, etc. through Operation Heartlift. See our sister site for activites and outreaches supporting our Troops following September 11th attacks on our nation. The reports back from our Troops who are in harms way only validate how important it is for us…

March 2019: Irena Sendler

By Sharon Hughes | November 5, 2018 | Comments Off on March 2019: Irena Sendler

  Irena Sendler Heroine: a woman having the qualities of a hero; a woman admired and emulated for her achievements and qualities; the central female figure in an event or period.   Irena Sendler was born in Otwock, Poland, in 1910. When the Nazis invaded in 1939, Irena was a social worker and so had…

February 2019: Rosemary Schindler Garlow

By Sharon Hughes | March 19, 2018 | Comments Off on February 2019: Rosemary Schindler Garlow

Rosemary Schindler Garlow Heroine: a woman having the qualities of a hero; a woman admired and emulated for her achievements and qualities; the central female figure in an event or period. The niece of Oscar Schindler (of Schindler’s List ), the remarkable ‘Gentile’ man who outwitted Hitler and the Nazis to save more Jews from the gas…

‘Killing Girls’ Jill Stanek

By Sharon Hughes | January 22, 2018 | Comments Off on ‘Killing Girls’ Jill Stanek

January is Sanctity of Human Life Month, and we have aired, or re-aired shows on the subject, including with Jill Stanek, a nurse, who tells of her horrific experience finding a discarded baby aborted alive in the hospital she worked at, and how that led her to the White House for legislation to stop such…

Go on a Day Trip of Simple Compassion

By Sharon Hughes | April 5, 2017 | Comments Off on Go on a Day Trip of Simple Compassion

Compassion is the desire to ease another’s suffering; to alleviate another’s distress. More than a feeling, compassion is shown in service and giving. Mother Teresa was known, celebrated and admired for her compassion displayed in the slums of Calcutta, India, where she helped and cared for the poor and sick, who others had forgotten. You may never travel…