by Chelsey Wren
“But how will you leave a legacy if you don’t have children?” This is a question many childfree people hear time and time again. The truth is, there are many ways to leave a legacy that have nothing to do with having children. Read on to learn about a childfree woman who spent a century leaving her mark on the world.
[Read more…] about Rita Levi-Montalcini: A 103-Year Legacyby Crystal Money
It is without fail that, when a couple takes the leap of marriage, the pestering for offspring begins. The question is never ARE you have having kids, but rather WHEN. Then, after you explain your choice to not have kids, you are often met with a dismissive ‘Oh you’ll change your mind’ or ‘You just don’t know what you want.’ A childfree marriage is valid and complete without kids, and I have admired how the always funny Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have handled the naysayers when it comes to their choice to be married without children.
[Read more…] about Married Without Children: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossiby Emma Palmer
Polly Higgins was working as a corporate and employment law barrister in 2005, when she was representing someone who had suffered a serious workplace injury. Towards the end of the case, during a moment’s silence waiting for the judges, Polly looked out of the window, thinking: ‘The Earth has been badly injured and harmed too, and something needs to be done about that.’ She reports that her next thought was life-changing: ‘The Earth needs a good lawyer, too.’
[Read more…] about Celebrating the Life and Work of Ecocide Lawyer Polly Higginsby Laura S. Scott
Author of Two is Enough: A Couple’s Guide to Living Childless by Choice
Like many of my peers growing up in the 60s and 70s, I was a big fan of Louisa May Alcott’s novel “Little Women.” Although it was written in 1868 (becoming an instant bestseller) these characters still resonated with me 100 years later.
[Read more…] about Louisa May Alcott: A Profile of Courage and Self Determination
J.O. Raber’s book, Famous – But No Children, has great lists of people from history who did not have children. We have featured some of his lists here; to add to them, here is a list of “Founders” who did not have children: [Read more…] about Founders Who Did Not Have Children
by Laura LaVoie, 2015 Childfree Woman of the Year
Following from my Part 1 of Men Without Children in History, here are a few more amazing men in history who didn’t have children. Like the others I have written about, while it is nearly impossible to tell if these men were NotDads by choice, it is an interesting look into the minds that developed our modern world. [Read more…] about Men Without Children in History: Part 2
