by Laura S. Scott, Childfree Author and Documentary Filmmaker
When Betty White passed away on December 31, 2021 at age 99, I went into a deep mourning. I had never met Betty White but at some semi-conscious level I had adopted her as a role model growing up, likely while watching the Mary Tyler Moore and the Golden Girls television series and the Hollywood Squares game show.
[Read more…] about Betty White – A Lifetime of Creative Expression and Caringby James Glazebrook
International Childfree Day is all about celebrating childfree people, so my wife Zoe Noble and I are beyond excited to see Dolly Parton finally getting her flowers. After six decades of sublime singing and songwriting, Dolly has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, heralded as “a living legend and a paragon of female empowerment”.
[Read more…] about Our Favourite Dolly Parton Quotes that Empower Living our Best Childfree Livesby Emma Duval
Adventure, career changes, international travel, charitable and philanthropic projects … these are goals shared by many childfree women today which were achieved over a hundred years ago by Marie Marvingt (1875–1963), a multi-talented French athlete, aviator, and journalist who was nicknamed the “fiancée of danger.”
[Read more…] about Marie Marvingt: Daredevil, Humanitarian, and Childfree – 100 Years Agoby Lucas Chaney, 2020 Winner Selection Panel Member
When my wife Gina and I went on our annual international vacation to New Zealand last November, we were pleasantly surprised to find a rather large childfree community there! We learned that its former Prime Minister, Helen Clark, was notably childfree. This got us interested to learn more about Helen, her accomplishments and how she has promoted the childfree life…or at least has defended it.
[Read more…] about A Notable Childfree Leader: New Zealand’s Former Prime Minister Helen Clarkby 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 DeterminationJ.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
