Academic Freedom – Ruth Frick O'Brien

Weasel Zippers Snip the Menu and if it says “oops” this means

Take it from the Weasel-Zippers, as a woman “writing politics” I’m effective enough to try to silence. They want to silence me. I may seek shelter in scholarship sometimes, but I will not be silenced.

Ruth Frick(s)

Here is a photo of my grandmother in 1913 in Des Moines Iowa– the caucus state. She would be thrilled-I think or should I say I speculate – to know not only was I given her first name by my parents but I am honoring her and her daughter Virginia Frick O’Brien in finally revealingContinue reading “Ruth Frick(s)”