Maya Dollarhide, Author at Women's eNews

Wiccan War Widows Win Their Sacred Burial Markers

By Maya Dollarhide ● Arts & Culture ● April 29, 2007

Wiccan war widows have prevailed in a 10-year struggle to have the VA accept their religion’s pentacle as a headstone symbol in U.S. military cemeteries. Fifth in a series on women changing religious institutions and practices.

More Women Taking Control of U.S. Harvest

By Maya Dollarhide ● Uncategorized ● November 28, 2002

Increasingly, women are becoming full owners and operators of farms in the United States, especially on smaller, organic farms.

County Board Nixes Witch’s Offer to Lead Prayer

By Maya Dollarhide ● Arts & Culture ● October 31, 2002

Real witches don’t spend Halloween sailing around the bright autumn moon on their broomsticks. Instead, they dress up for Samhain–the ancient Celtic celebration of the change of seasons, spirituality, energy, and, of course, goddesses.

Film on Deaths of Mexican Women Indicts Corruption

By Maya Dollarhide ● Uncategorized ● August 20, 2002

A documentary that will air tonight on PBS explores the unsolved killings of young women on the Texas-Mexico border. Also: Nigerian woman’s death-by-stoning sentence upheld.

Native American Women Vets Seek Recognition

By Maya Dollarhide ● Arts & Culture ● May 27, 2002

On this Memorial Day, countless Native American families will remember their grandmothers, mothers, and daughters who served in the United States armed forces–even without an official record of their service.

Cable Network Pushes Anti-Rape Legislation

By Maya Dollarhide ● Uncategorized ● May 6, 2002

As one part of its public policy agenda, Lifetime Television, a cable network for women, is pushing laws for the prosecution of rapists. Oxygen, with a similar target audience, encourages support for women running for elected office.

Exhibit Reveals the Humanity Hidden by the Veil

By Maya Dollarhide ● Arts & Culture ● January 25, 2002

An Afghan-born and Long Island-raised photographer asked recent women immigrants to don the borqa for a photo shoot and then show their faces to the world. The results are a dramatic exhibit now on view at the American Museum of Natural History.

Firefighter Berkman Is Two Kinds of a Hero

By Maya Dollarhide ● Arts & Culture ● December 31, 2001

A leader for the 25 women firefighters among 11,500 men, Lt. Brenda Berkman was one of the first on the scene on Sept. 11. In the 1980s, she was another kind of hero. She sued and won the right for her and other women to work as firefighters.

AP Photographer Captures Human Toll of Sept. 11

By Maya Dollarhide ● Uncategorized ● December 30, 2001

Amy Sancetta, a veteran AP sports photographer and Pulitzer Prize winner, captured not only the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack, but also the poignant fliers for missing persons and the generosity of small-town America.

Chaplain Comforts Rescuers, Struggles for Answers

By Maya Dollarhide ● Arts & Culture ● November 19, 2001

A chaplain on ground “consecrated with the dead” touched, helped and comforted rescue workers and rescue dogs. Some workers feared that lack of physical remains, only ash, meant souls would not go to heaven. Some said God didn’t–couldn’t–exist.

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