Anthologies

Short Stories

Topics

Craft

Public Speaking Details

https://www.marycronkfarrell.net/speaking.html

Biography

Award-winning author Mary Cronk Farrell writes compelling history books about courageous unknown women who faced extraordinary danger to help shape American history. Mary’s new book Close-Up On War: The Story of Pioneering Photojournalist Catherine Leroy in Vietnam has received four starred reviews. Her other titles include Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific, a Washington State Book Award Finalist, Fannie Never Flinched: One Woman’s Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Right and Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army. Though written for teens, adult enjoy Mary’s books, too. She relates forgotten women’s stories with engaging and powerful language in her books, multi-media presentations and workshops. Farrell has appeared on TV and radio across the nation. She speaks to women’s groups, civic groups, and at museums, schools and libraries.