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 →
Mary Church Terrell on Standing for Suffrage
2020-09-28
Mary Ellen Church Terrell (1864-1954) is known as the Mother of African American suffrage. Read More →
Helena Swanwick on War & Peace
2020-08-23
Helena Swanwick was a feminist, peace activist, and journalist. Read More →
Mary Hunter Austin on Observing the Desert
2020-08-09
Mary Hunter Austin was a feminist, naturalist, and prolithic writer.Read More →
Catherine Beecher on Exercise
2020-05-26
“Woman’s great mission is to train immature, weak, and ignorant creatures to obey the laws of God; the physical, the intellectual, the social, and the moral.” Catherine Esther Beecher Born in 1800 into the famous Beecher clan which included Harriet Beecher Stowe of Uncle Tom’s Cabin fame and the infamous preacher Henry Ward Beecher, Catherine, as the oldest daughter, took over care of her nine siblings after her mother passed away when she was sixteen. When her fiance died in a shipwreck, she decided to use the money he left her to further the education of women. In 1824, she established the Hartford Female SeminaryRead More →