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Heroines Quilt IX: Renée Good
On January 7, 2026, Renée Good was murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the Turbulent States of America by an immigration officer. Good embodied much that could be held up as both heroic and tragic. As a mother of three, an award-winning poet and described by her...
Heroines Quilt IX: Sacajawea
I love going on hikes. I am most comfortable in nature and exploring our world. Girls who go on adventures always inspired me. I think I learned about the story of Sacajawea when I was in high school. It seemed like a crazy thing for the men explorers to hire this...
Heroines Quilt IX: Dr Jane Goodall
Who is Jane Goodall? Jane Goodall is one of the most famous nature activist and conservationists. When she was young, her father gave her a chimpanzee stuffie and her journey toward loving chimpanzees and nature started. She didn’t have enough money for college, but...
Heroines Quilt IX: Nana Mata
My Nana – Nga Mata ō tumu - was born in the Cook Islands and lived on one of the fifteen islands, called Aitutaki, until she was fourteen. Nana and her family then moved to New Zealand for better work opportunities. Once in New Zealand she had to acclimatise quickly...
Heroines Quilt IX: Denise Huxtable
My girlhood heroine was Denise Huxtable from The Cosby Show and A Different World, portrayed by actress Lisa Bonet. Denise was the big sister I never had. As the oldest of three children with two younger brothers, I often felt the weight of responsibility without...
Heroines Quilt IX: Artemisia Gentileschi
Growing up as an artist, Frida Kahlo was my first heroine. I was captivated by her personality, her style, and the fearlessness behind her work. But as my artistic skills developed, I found myself searching for inspiration in painters who worked within my favorite...
Heroines Quilt IX: Malala Yousafzai
Even though we are the same age, but she is my hero—Malala Yousefzai. I am 29 years old and feel like I have known who Malala is and the amazing things she has done for most of my life. I remember hearing about this girl who was shot for wanting to go to school,...
Heroines Quilt IX: Nannie
In my girlhood heroine race, it’s a close contest between Wonder Woman (those boots! those cuffs!), the Bionic Woman (so speedy! such good hearing!), and my grandmother, Nannie, who couldn’t fly or bend steel, or jump very high. As far as I know she didn’t fight...
Heroines Quilt IX: Grandma Nettie
My great-grandmother Nettie Wilhemina Kummer loomed large in my girlhood, despite her passing when I was only a baby. My great-grandmother was a tiny woman – less than five feet tall – but the stories of her life filled me with wonder and with the assurance that women...
Heroines Quilt IX: My Mum
Today, young girls might think they need superpowers or a flashy costume to change the world. But true heroines are often the quiet ones, like my mum—the woman who shaped my life with her quiet strength. She was born into the post-World War II era, where...