Lula White on A Good Education
2023-02-22
Not Just a Madam: Lula White of Basin Street GettingRead More →
Emma Hardinge Britten on No Limits
2023-01-31
Born in London, Britain in 1823, Emma Hardinge Britten had a varied career as a professional singer, pianist, actress, and spiritualist, and like Anna Dickinson, became a popular orator during the American Civil War.Read More →
Sophia Hawthorne on Devotion
2022-12-14
Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, (1809-1871) was the devoted and artistically giftedRead More →
Anna E. Dickinson: On Fame
2022-11-10
Anna Dickinson (1842-1932) was a major celebrity of her time.Read More →
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson: America’s Shining Star
2022-10-25
Once upon a time, Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (1842 to 1932)Read More →
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 →