Posts Tagged ‘women in nineteenth century America’
Lydia Pinkham: Women’s Health Entrepreneur
I recently spent a week in Maine, visiting my BFF from graduate school. We indulged in history nerdery. We binge-watched Ride or Die on Netflix.[1] We ate great food. And we talked about the ideas that are driving me these days: women artists, women entrepreneurs, and what a young woman from the Midwest would have…
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From the Archives: Talking About Women’s History and Alias Agnes with Elizabeth De Wolfe
Sometimes plans go astray. I don’t have a new “Three Questions and an Answer” to share with you today. Luckily I have years of interviews that you may not have read the first time. I am pleased. Next up, historian and writing friend Elizabeth de Wolfe! * * * I have literally been waiting for…
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Alice Barber Stephens, Illustrator (Yes, Another One)
You may have noticed that I’ve been sharing the stories of women artists and illustrators over the last few months. I didn’t set out to look for them, but one woman led to another. Like women warriors, women journalists and women inventors, even women artists who were well known and successful in their time are…
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