“A well-worn path”: A Visit to Margaret Fuller’s Cenotaph
It’s a spectacular time of year to explore Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge,...
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Joy Harjo: Healing Hearts and Nations
“My innate impulse is healing, which is also standing up for justice, which can heal hearts and...
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Joy Harjo: The Knowing (Muscogee (Creek)-American Woman Writer, b. 1951)
I was elated when I discovered that the Library of Congress had appointed Joy Harjo to a second...
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Visibility Matters : Where are the Women?
Out of forty monuments along the National Mall in Washington, DC, none celebrate women and their...
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Wildly Different: How five women reclaimed nature in a man’s world
I never tire of learning about women who defy the constraints of patriarchy. Sarah Lonsdale’s...
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An Uprush of Flight: Woman Writer May Sarton’s Grave
Each summer I return to New Hampshire and often drive through Nelson where May Sarton lived for...
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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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