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March is
Women's History Month
Women's History Month from the Library of Congress
Women's History Month 2024 from history.com
History of Women’s History Month from the
Our own Women's History section
30+ Easter Egg Decorating Ideas from A
Pumpkin and a Princess.
Dyed
Minion Easter Eggs An egg-decorating tutorial from
A Pumpkin and a Princess that walks you through the steps.
Easter Activities, Crafts, and Games from Apples 4 the Teacher. Poems, puzzles, coloring, crafts, recipes, printables, worksheets, and more.
Easter Activities from DLTK. Cards, coloring, crafts, dyeing easter eggs, games, poems, printables, recipes, worksheets, and links!
Easter Craft - Easter projects for all ages. A part of Kidfolio. 53 pins of various projects with differing levels of difficulty and media. Plenty of egg projects included.
Easter Fun from Squigly's Playhouse. Includes 21 arcade games, matching, word games, puzzles, and coloring.
Easter Games from Primary Games. Over 15 games plus puzzles and coloring!
Interactive Easter Game eCards from Blue Mountain. 19 free interactive little fun games for kids, from the Blue Mountain greeting cards people. They emailed us about their games! Thanks!
Printable Easter Coloring Pages from sheknows has 20 different pages for children to color. It is easier to Save these and then print your saved copies. The younger kids love to color these.
Top 10 Easter Crafts for Kids from Craftulate. A nice list, with photos and directions, of 10 craftsy things little fingers can make for Easter.
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Please join us in honouring Section Officer Phyllis Latour Doyle for a lifetime of dedicated service. Lest We Forget.
WWII uncovered: Women's History Month: Honouring Phyllis "Pippa"
Latour Doyle Heroine of the SOE
Born in South Africa on 8 April 1921, Phyllis "Pippa" Latour was
an orphan by the age of 3 years old. Adopted by her French father's cousin,
Pippa relocated to England in 1939 to finish her education. In November of
1941 she joined the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) as a flight mechanic
for airframes.
"They took a group of about 20 of us away for training. It was unusual
training – not what I expected, and very hard. It wasn't until after my first
round of training that they told me they wanted me to become a member of the
SOE. They said I could have three days to think about it. I told them I didn't
need three days to make a decision - I'd take the job now." - Phyllis
"Pippa" Latour Doyle - Stuff New Zealand November 25, 2014 interview
Latour officially joined the Special Operations Executive on 01 November 1943
and was commissioned as an Honorary Section Officer.
According to the New Zealand Army News: "She parachuted into Orne, Normandy
on 01 May 1944 to operate as part of the Scientist circuit, using the codename
Genevieve. Pippa worked as a wireless operator with Resistance member Claude
de Baissac, or “Denis,” who was also a southern-African, and of Mauritian
origin, and his sister Lisé de Baissac (the courier). Denis had to plug gaps
in the SOE’s northern France operations caused by double agents and lay the
groundwork for an anticipated Allied landing. For Pippa’s cover story, De
Baissac had forged papers showing she had left Paris to study painting. Within
days of dropping into France, Latour made contact with London, using a safe
house belonging to a doctor, before shifting to de Baissac’s farmhouse headquarters."
"Word got back to the network that an informer was among the resistance
group who collected Pippa and that the Germans had discovered her parachute.
Forced to move, Pippa, who by now was working closely with de Baissac’s sister
Lise, known as “Odile,” fled on a bicycle and set up in a barn. Using radio
sets hidden round the countryside, Latour sent a stream of coded reports to
London." - Squadron Leader Beryl E. Escott, Mission Improbable: A salute
to the RAF women of SOE in wartime France
"Small of stature, Latour, who was fluent in French, posed as a teenage
girl whose family had moved to the region to escape the Allied bombing. She
rode bicycles around the area, selling soap and chatting with German soldiers.
When she obtained any military intelligence, she encoded it for transmitting
using one-time codes that were hidden on a piece of silk that she used to
tie up her hair. At one point, she was brought in for questioning, but the
German authorities did not think to examine her hair tie, and she was released."
(Beryl E. Escott et. al)
Following the war, Phyllis married Patrick Doyle, an Australian engineer.
The couple relocated to Kenya, then Fiji, Australia and eventually settling
in Auckland New Zealand. Pippa and Patrick had four children.
A highly decorated veteran of World War II, Phyllis Latour Doyle was honored
with the Member of the Order of the British Empire, Croix de Guerre 1939–1945,
France and Germany Star, Defense Medal and on 25 November 2014 she was awarded
the Legion of Honor, France’s highest military honor.
Pippa passed away on 07 October 2023 at the age of 102 years old.
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Going in Animals
This NASA site explains eclipses and how to
watch them safely.
You will also want to look at Eclipse
Explorer! and its detailed,
interactive graphics.
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Going in Dinos and Paleo
The Emirate of Sicily ruled Sicily from the 800s,
after chasing the Byzantines out.
In 1071, Norman adventurers conquered
southern Italy, Sicily, and Malta. They liked
the Muslim artists who carved ivory horns
like the one above
and patronized the arts.
Count Roger I of Sicily
owned this horn.
Yasuke, the Samurai from Mozambique!
from Ancient Origins and Archeology
Yasuke, a tall African man, arrived in Japan
in 1579 and made history as the first
foreign-born man to become a samurai warrior.
Yasuke was originally a slave from
Mozambique and was brought to Japan
by Portuguese traders. The powerful Japanese
warlord Oda Nobunaga was fascinated
by Yasuke's tall stature and dark skin, and
upon seeing him, ordered his servants to
try and rub the "black ink" off his skin.
Despite this strange encounter, Nobunaga
took Yasuke into his service, granting
him a sum of money, a house, and a
katana. From then on, Yasuke loyally
served Nobunaga as an honored samurai,
fighting alongside him in fierce battles.
He went from being a piece of
Portuguese property to a member of
the Japanese elite.
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"The slave trade lasted for almost four hundred years. This saw over 12 million slaves being transported across the Atlantic ocean on American and British ships in the greatest forced migration history has ever seen. This article tells the stories of four slaves. Captain Tomba, The Nameless Man, The Boatswain, and Sarah are just a few of the millions of slaves traded as commodities. These human commodities are transported to work as field laborers in plantation and factories. From Hub Pages
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Hi, kids! I'm Dakota! I am one of the Brittanies here at
Good Sites for Kids! I'm a retired hunter and a mama.
My fur-sister Lily and I are American Brittanies, both
rescues, and both South Dakota natives. When we're not
helping out on the site, we patrol the property,
chase rabbits and squirrels, say hi to the kids at the school
playground and the dogs next door, rack out on our beds, ask
for treats, and hang out with our humans!
American Brittany Rescue (Lily) National Brittany Rescue (Kodie)
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