Women’s History Month
Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Sarah Hagglund
Sarah Hagglund is a Boston-based art historian and currently works in the Division of European and American Art at the Harvard Art Museums. She received her BA in History and Anthropology from Kent State University and her MA in the History of Art and Architecture from Boston University. Her research focuses on 17th-century Italian women…
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Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
Several years ago, My Own True Love and I visited the headwaters of the Mississippi at Lake Itasca State Park, in Minnesota, as part of our multi-part road trip along the Great River Road. There we learned that Henry Rowe Schoolcraft “discovered” and named the headwaters of the Mississippi.* We also learned that Schoolcraft developed…
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Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Ruth Scheuing
Ruth Scheuing is an artist who works in textiles, with a focus on how textiles communicate through patterns, as language and mythology and how they reflect women’s history as well as global trade. Her work often explores new technologies, such as computerized Jacquard looms and GPS (Geographical Positioning System) technology, Google Earth and Satellites. Recent…
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