Catharine Weed Barnes on Is It Well Done?
2022-08-21
Nineteenth century photographer, Catharine Weed Barnes, took up her life’s work during a period of great excitement and change.Read More →
Laura Towne on Repairing Books
2022-04-27
Laura Matilda Towne was a trained homeopathic physician. However, she was also an abolitionist. When calls went out for volunteers to help the freed slaves in the Sea Islands of South Carolina, Towne volunteered to go.Read More →
Eliza Grier on Struggle
2022-03-21
Born a slave and freed by the 13th Amendment, Dr. Eliza Ann Grier, at first, set out to become a teacher. Then she set her sights higher.Read More →
Esther Howland on the Valentine Business
2022-02-19
Did you send a valentine to someone this year? Perhaps it was an ecard or maybe a commercially printed product. Or did you make your own? Meet Esther Allen Howard (1828-1904).Read More →
Caroline Howard Jervey on Happy Ladies
2022-01-23
Many romance writers of the past have quietly slipped into oblivion despite popularity during their lifetimes. One such author is Caroline Howard Jervey.Read More →
Sarah Josepha Hale on Beginning a Novel
2021-11-25
Widow, Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1877) wrote and worked to support her family. As editor of first the American Lady’s Book and then Godey’s Lady Book she was arbitrator of American fashion and letters for over forty years.Read More →
Harrriot Kezia Hunt on Critics
2021-09-27
Harriet Kesia Hunt might not have had a medical degree, but she is considered America’s first female doctor as well as a vehement women’s rights defender.Read More →
Ella Maria Dietz on Dreams
2021-09-03
Ella Maria Dietz was a successful Shakespearean actress and acclaimed poet who fought against the restrictions placed on women in the 1800s.Read More →
Edmonia Lewis on Struggle
2021-04-11
Edmonia Lewis was a self-made, internationally renowned woman sculptor at a time when few women were able to get their artwork seen and recognized.Read More →
Mary Ashton Livermore on Autobiography
2021-02-23
Mary Ashton Livermore was an author and poet, a noted journalist, abolitionist, public lecturer, and women’s right’s advocate. Read More →
Mary Harris Jones on Labor and Sin
2020-12-31
In 1902, Mary Harris Jones was being called “the most dangerous woman in America” because of her effectiveness. at labor organizing. Read More →