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 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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Judy Chicago’s The Birth Project (1980-1985): The Power of Parturition and Textile Arts
When I walked into The Birth Project exhibit in the Judy Chicago retrospective at the the de Young...
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Woman Writer Willa Cather: A Forever View of the Mountain
A couple of years back, my sister Theresa and I visited the grave of novelist Willa Cather and her...
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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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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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Being Poor While Female in 19th Century Woman Writer Charlotte Brontë’s Villette (1853)
Nearly eighty years after the publication of woman writer Charlotte Brontë’s novel, Villette,...
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