Celebrating Trailblazer Margaret Fuller (1810-1850)
Happy Birthday to Margaret Fuller, born on May 23, 1810. Our collective gifts to Margaret are the...
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The Power of Her Paintbrush: The Story of Theresa Bernstein by Janice Hechter
Children are an ideal audience for highlighting historically marginalized women. Such works expose...
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In Her Name: Matilda Joslyn Gage, Woman Writer and Activist (1826-1898)
A while back, I came upon a term I had not heard before, the Matilda Effect. It’s defined as a...
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Woman Writer Nan Shepherd: Compelling Quiescence
Recently, I dreamed of a mountain—New Hampshire’s Mount Monadnock. In the dream, I was on a...
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The Awakened Woman: Remembering and Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams by Woman Writer Dr. Tererai Trent
In celebration of Black History Month, here’s an update on the woman Oprah Winfrey says was...
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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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Margaret Larkin’s Gendered Journey of Resistance Part 2: Cold War Battles
If you haven’t already, read Part 1: From Cowboy Ballads to Cold War Battles: Margaret...
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Woman Writer Brenda Ueland: Sharing an Exhilarating Existence
In preparation for a women’s writing group, I was lining up well-known teachers of writing, those...
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Frankenstein by Woman Writer Mary Shelley (First published in 1818)
I finally read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, considered one of the greatest horror stories ever...
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