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June 30, 2018 by lauracarroll Leave a Comment

Viola Desmond, a Canadian Civil Rights Trailblazer

Viola Desmond

by Chelsey Wren

When I reflect on inspirational women without children, Viola Desmond is one of the first to come to mind. As a Canadian, I’m ashamed to admit that I didn’t know about this civil rights trailblazer until earlier this year. Her refusal to give into racial segregation happened almost a decade before Rosa Parks (another civil rights hero who had no children) made a similar stand.

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July 18, 2017 by childfreeday Leave a Comment

Mary Astell: A Life With No Children in the 1600s

by Rachel Chrastil, Ph.D

London, 1694. At age twenty-eight, Mary Astell held a distinct vision for the life well lived. In her Serious Proposal to the Ladies, Astell proposed that unmarried women seek their spiritual and intellectual improvement in dedicated institutions.

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