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the web site of Austin-based writer Eileen Mcginnis.

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a blog about caregivers + creators throughout history.

 

Eileen McGinnis Writer. Researcher. Sidekick.

Mar 13
Mar 13 Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, and Collaborating with Kids

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parents in history

Feb 27
Feb 27 Your Brain on Parenting: The Burden of a Fearful Imagination

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modern parenting, science

Feb 13
Feb 13 Love and Cruelty: Psychologist Harry Harlow, Attachment Parenting, and Parental Ambivalence

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parents in history, science

Jan 30
Jan 30 “All the Single Ladies”: Dr. Mae Jemison, Stevie Nicks, + The Power of Alter Egos

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modern parenting, women in STEM

Jan 16
Jan 16 One Year Later: Author and Activist Frances Harper on Parenting Artistically

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parents in history

Jan 2
Jan 2 Alloparent Envy: Anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy on Motherhood, Personal + Primate

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parents in history, women in STEM

Dec 19
Dec 19 Dr. Ursula Franklin: The Badass Canadian, Quaker, Feminist, Materials-Scientist Aunt I Never Had

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parents in history, women in STEM

Dec 5
Dec 5 Misremembered Lines: Toni Morrison on Creating the Self through Community

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parents in history

Nov 21
Nov 21 Software Entrepreneurs Elsie Shutt + Stephanie Shirley: Mothers of Invention, Inventive Mothers

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parents in history, women in STEM

Nov 7
Nov 7 The Daddy Diaries: Charles Darwin, Fatherhood, + The Origin of Big Ideas

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parents in history, science

Oct 24
Oct 24 Dr. Lillian Gilbreth: A Fatigue Study in Seven Parts

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parents in history, women in STEM

Oct 10
Oct 10 “My Dear Mrs. Somerville”: Ada Lovelace on Motherhood + Math

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parents in history, women in STEM, Ada Lovelace

Oct 3
Oct 3 Potty training for creative types

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modern parenting

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