Diane Eickhoff has taught in a one-room schoolhouse, worked for civil rights and women’s rights, edited textbooks, served as a public relations director, and published widely as a freelance writer over three decades. Now, thanks to her work on Clarina Nichols and the early women’s rights movement, Diane Eickhoff has added more lines to her résumé: award-winning biographer, humanities scholar, captivating performer.
Raised on her family’s farm in Minnesota, Eickhoff has lived in New York City, Chicago, and her current home of Kansas City, where she moved with her husband in 1997.
Published Works: Revolutionary Heart: Clarina Nichols and the Pioneering Crusade for Women's Rights, Quindaro Press, 2006; Frontier Freedom Fighter: Clarina Nichols Diane Eickhoff has taught in a one-room schoolhouse, worked for civil rights and women’s rights, edited textbooks, served as a public relations director, and published widely as a freelance writer over three decades. Now, thanks to her work on Clarina Nichols and the early women’s rights movement, Diane Eickhoff has added more lines to her résumé: award-winning biographer, humanities scholar, captivating performer.
Raised on her family’s farm in Minnesota, Eickhoff has lived in New York City, Chicago, and her current home of Kansas City, where she moved with her husband in 1997.
Published Works: Revolutionary Heart: Clarina Nichols and the Pioneering Crusade for Women's Rights, Quindaro Press, 2006; Frontier Freedom Fighter: Clarina Nichols and the Early Women's Rights Movement, (audiobook), Quindaro Press, 2006 Awards: Winner, First Place, Kansas Notable Book, 2007 (Kansas Center for the Book); Book of the Year Award in Biography, 2007 (Foreword Magazine); Finalist in Nonfiction, Kansas City Star and The Writer's Place Award for best books by Missouri and Kansas authors; Ben Franklin Awards, finalist, biography/autobiography, 2007; IPPY finalist, biography, 2007.