On International Women’s Day, I celebrate my mother, Marjorie Ransom.

Self-labeled M & M (Mom & Marjorie), she’s a trailblazer. She + my father David served as the 1st ‘tandem couple’ in the U.S. foreign service (before that, women officers resigned when they married). She found creative ways to balance marriage, motherhood, career, and personal pursuits. Never one to slow down, she’s spent the past […]