Ask An Author Week #2: Shelley Mosley/Deborah Shelley
Question: If you could travel back in time for a month long vacation, which Era would you visit and why?
Shelley Mosley/Deborah Shelley: I would go back to Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 from July 15-August 15 so I could be at the very first Women’s Rights Convention. Hanging out with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and hearing her read the Declaration of Sentiments, wow! Getting to know Lucretia Mott and Amelia Bloomer, not to mention Frederick Douglass, would be amazing. And if I stayed a month, I could meet Susan B. Anthony, too. If it weren’t for these brave people, women wouldn’t have basic rights, like voting or owning property. They are my heroes.
I write as Deborah Shelley with Deborah Mazoyer. Our novels are in Dutch, Danish, French, Russian, Norwegian, Portuguese, and large type. My nonfiction includes: The Suffragists in Literature for Youth; Romance Today: An A-to-Z Guide to Contemporary American Romance Writers; The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Ultimate Reading List; and Crash Course in Library Supervision.Labels: Ask An Author, Deborah Shelley, Shelley Mosley
posted by Ingela F. Hyatt @ 6:04 AM
3 Comments:
At 7:18 PM,
starryann2000 said…
That would definitely be something to meet these people.
If you could meet a historical figure who would it be and why?
At 3:47 PM,
Babyblue22 said…
WOW!!!! Great answer!!!!
They should definitely be all of our heros!
~Afshan
At 4:49 PM,
Shelley Mosley said…
Hi Starryann and Babyblue22!
Thanks for your comments!
If I could pick any historical figure to meet, Elizabeth Cady Stanton would be at the top of my list. Here was a woman with a bunch of kids at home. Elizabeth lived in a society that believed women were basically their husbands' property, yet she led the fight for women's suffrage with her best friend, Susan B. Anthony. She worked toward this goal for more than 50 years, never giving up, never afraid to face down her opponents. Yet this woman, who was so instrumental in getting us the vote--and the right to own property--didn't live to see her dream realized.
Also on my list of historical people to meet would be Alice Paul, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Sojourner Truth, John Adams, and Frederick Douglass.
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