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Panel on "Warning Signs of Domestic Violence"

Oct.17.2011

Sheila Isenberg and JoAnne Myers will lead a panel discussion on “Warning Signs of Domestic Violence” at the two-day Marist College 20th Annual Women and Society Conference.  The panel is from 1:30 to 3:30 pm Saturday in Fontaine Hall at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, where Isenberg is adjunct professor of English and Myers is associate professor of Political Science and Women’s Studies, and chair of the Women & Society Conference. 

sheila's Latest Blogs

Jan.16.2012 - 2:32 pm
But now it's time to start a new book. After Muriel's War, I took about six months off, then began thinking of a new topic. It's an interesting one, closer to my first book, Women...
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Jan.16.2012 - 2:32 pm
But now it's time to start a new book. After Muriel's War, I took about six months off, then began thinking of a new topic. It's an interesting one, closer to my first book, Women...
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Mar.10.2011 - 12:42 pm
(Originally published at New York Women in Communications' website for Women's History Month.) When Helen Muriel Morris entered the world on November 23, 1901, her hometown of...
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Nov.22.2010 - 11:43 am
Muriel's War book talk in San Diego.
Muriel's War will be published in two weeks which means the e-book version will be available then, and I'm trying to follow through on all my publisher's planned publicity, plus...
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Comments from sheila

Sep.10.2009 - 2:43 pm
In response to: Muriel Gardiner: Hero
Hi Brenda, Thanks for writing about Muriel! The biography is in process and I expect it will be completed and...
Aug.20.2009 - 8:44 am
In response to: Giant Size X-Men #1
That's why I'm finally writing a biography of a woman, Muriel Gardiner, working title Her War. She was a WOMAN, as they...
Aug.20.2009 - 8:23 am
In response to: Giant Size X-Men #1
Had no idea. As a kid, I read "Archie and Veronica" and on occasion, "Wonder Woman."
Aug.20.2009 - 7:42 am
In response to: Giant Size X-Men #1
Loved the blog entry! I only wish there were X-Women when I was a kid. Are there?
Jun.03.2009 - 4:42 am
In response to: DC yields treasure
My neighbor just came over and apologized. He even kissed me on the (unwilling) cheek. My form of acceptance of his...

Published Reviews

Muriel's War: An American Heiress in the Nazi Resistance
Apr.28.2011
Published by Jerusalem Post
"With Muriel’s War, Sheila Isenberg has performed an act of historic justice, at long last giving Muriel Gardiner the credit she deserves for her acts of...