Edmonia Lewis(1844-1907): An American Black Woman Sculptor Trapped in Structures Harder Than Marble
Edmonia Lewis had two problems. One: that she was not white and two: that she was not male. She...
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‘A Purse of Her Own’: The Things She Carried by Kathleen B. Casey
It’s easy to live without thinking about how things were before we came into existence. Perhaps we...
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From Cowboy Ballads to Cold War Battles: Margaret Larkin’s Gendered Journey of Resistance
Margaret Larkin was a poet, playwright, journalist, non-fiction author and labor activist. She was...
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MaVynee Betsch: Preserving History and the Environment
“It’s history and nature all wrapped together, baby.” -MaVynee Betsch Recently I visited the Best...
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Woman Writer, Educator and Activist Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955): Standing Tall in the Hall!
The crack in the bronze ceiling continued to widen when the 11-foot marble sculpture of Mary...
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Kamala Harris: Unapologetic Power
We ran this piece on Nasty Women Writers in 2021 after Harris assumed the role as Vice President...
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60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act: Writer and Activist Sarah Patton Boyle’s Brand of Courage
This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. The U.S. Senate passed the Civil...
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Ntozake Shange & Ifa Bayeza: Some Sing, Some Cry, Part I
Ntozake Shange. The name jumped to me from the screen. Searching around, I learned Shange, born...
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Journey to Freedom: Harriet Tubman Still on the Move
It’s quite fitting that the 9-foot bronze statue of Harriet Tubman, named Journey to Freedom is...
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