by 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
by Rachel Chrastil
I find inspiration in both famous childfree people and the less-sung individuals who created meaningful lives for themselves without children. We sometimes find them in unexpected times and places. One such person is an ordinary woman from pre-revolutionary France who had no children – a skilled tailor named Louise Le Mace. [Read more…] about No Kids in Pre-Revolutionary France: Louise Le Mace
by Laura LaVoie, 2015 Childfree Woman of the Year
In my work for The NotMom, I get to research and write about NotMoms from history. I was able to dive deeply in to the esoteric life of Pamela Coleman Smith. Then I took the WayBack machine to explore the life of Hypatia of Alexandria. And I have a pretty neat article coming soon on a historical NotMom in a slightly more contemporary setting. [Read more…] about Men Without Children in History: Part 1
By Laura S. Scott
When I was writing Two is Enough—my book on childfree couples—I wrote to Dame Helen Mirren, asking if she would consider writing a short foreword for my book. Soon after I received a letter from her personal assistant, saying that Dame Helen would not be able to write the foreword, as she was currently fully committed, acting in stage production in London, but she added that Helen wanted to wish me the very best. [Read more…] about A Doffed Hat to Dame Helen Mirren, Actress
