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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Friday August 17, 2007 - 25 Fond memories of chocolate assignment Continued from page 19 1996, the Achievement Award for Human Rights for Women from Jewish Women International in 1997, Media Watch's Dodi Robb Award and induction into the Order of Canada in 1998, the Amnesty International Media Award in 2000 and in 2002, and the International Athena Award for Women in Leadership and the UNIFEM Canada Award (United Nations Development Fund for Women) two years ago. She has also received an Honorary Doctor of Law degree from Royal Roads University (2000) and two Honorary Doctors of Letters from McGill University (2002) and St. Thomas University in New Brunswick (2004). Armstrong's forte is writing about women's oppression as a result of civil strife and cultural misogyny. Her 1997 article about Afghanistan for Homemakers magazine brought 9,000 letters and worldwide attention to the abuses the women and children of that country suffered at the hands of the Taliban. She was the first Western journalist to write an eyewitness account of the plight of Afghan women. "Her journalism career has taken her to conflict zones in Bosnia, Somalia, Rwanda and Afghanistan," Diane Ganong continued. Her best-selling book, Veiled Threat: The Hidden Power of the Women of Afghanistan, published in 2002, "brings to life the struggles in Afghanistan where women's rights are not respected." Women overcoming adversity seems to be the underlying theme of Armstrong's work. Her new book, The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor: The First Woman Settler of the Miramichi, tells about a 20-year-old woman who escaped from England with her family's black butler in 1775 to start a new life which eventually took her into the wild frontier of northern New Brunswick. The book, culminating 10 years of research, is a slight departure from her earlier work as it marries fact with fiction to tell the story of Charlotte Taylor, Armstrong's great, great, great grandmother. "I have just finished reading the book and I can tell you it's an absolutely incredible Canadian story and a New Brunswick story in particular," said David Ganong. "I recommend this book to everybody, especially if you care about the history of New Brunswick." Armstrong, delighted at the recognition, has fond memories of St. Stephen. "It was the only assignment in my 30 years of journalism where I could bring one of my children," said Armstrong. She brought the youngest of her three children, Anna, who was six years old at the time. "My job is to cover zones of conflict and to find out what happens to women and girls in very dangerous places like Somalia, Rwanda and Afghanistan and I've never been able to bring my kids to work. "I brought my daughter to St. Stephen and I'll never forget the way your town made her feel like she was the Queen of Chocolate." Armstrong describes her life's achievements as "beads on my string." During one lengthy layover at Heathrow Airport in London, England, on her way home from Afghanistan some years ago, "I met a friend and as I told her about my experiences during lunch she told me, `I think you've collected another bead for your string.' "It was a most poignant remark for my life and the fascinating work I've been allowed to do is about collecting beads for my string. Certainly coming to St. Stephen all those years ago is one of these beads. "My most recent bead on my string is my book about Charlotte Taylor," continued Armstrong. "How could I resist telling this story? Here you have a runaway girl, a lover, an escape across an ocean into total wilderness and survival against all odds, three husbands, 10 children and a mystery man." 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