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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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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‘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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