Author of the novel CHASING NORTH STAR

Heidi McCrary – Author

Women’s Rights

  • Why Can’t Barbie Drive a Blue Car?

    Just an ordinary day at a local department store, shopping for my niece, who happens to be turning three this summer. Walking into the Young Girls area, I am suddenly smacked with an onslaught of PINK – pink T-shirts, pink shorts, pink socks, underwear, dresses and sneakers. Really? Pink sneakers? As clothing designers and retail…

  • Who’s the New Face for Women’s Rights?

    The woman who helped define the women’s movement recently paid a visit to our great city as a guest-lecturer of the Raise Your Voice series at Western Michigan University. As Gloria Steinem spoke before a packed house at Miller Auditorium, the energy was high with girlfriends and sisters, along with mothers and daughters – all…