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Remembering Alethia “Lethe” Tanner: Reframing her Story of Self-Emancipation.
Given the outcome of the most recent American presidential election, the story of Alethia ‘Lethe’ Tanner (c. 1785–1864) feels particularly necessary to recount and reclaim.
Matilde Impavido
Aug 811 min read


The Power of the Loving Woman: A Take on Mildred Loving
I believe all Americans.... should have that same freedom to marry.
Alicia Gruenert
Apr 310 min read


Lee Miller: Model, Surrealist, War Journalist
Miller’s most profound work was created during her time as a war journalist and photographer.

Michelle Hassall
Jan 57 min read


Annie Oakley: A Feminine Force in the Masculine World of Sharpshooting
Born towards the tail-end of America’s infamous ‘Wild West’ era, Annie Oakley (1860 - 1929) emerged as a pioneering figure.

Florence James
Nov 3, 202413 min read


'Ar'n't I a Woman?': The Life and Activism of Sojourner Truth
Within abolitionist and early feminist history, especially Black feminist history, many recognise a single name: Sojourner Truth.

Kathryn Berry
Aug 4, 20246 min read


Hazel Scott: Pianist, Protestor, Pioneer
“I’ve always known I was gifted, which is not the easiest thing in the world for a person to know..."

Kathryn Berry
Apr 14, 20246 min read


Remembering the Female Pioneers of Early Cinema
“There is nothing connected with the staging of a motion picture that a woman cannot do as easily as a man

Isobel Wright
Oct 1, 202310 min read


Suzanne Césaire: The missing mother of the Negritude movement
Is it the eternal plight of women then, to be erased from the textbooks, the movements, from history itself?

Mayu Sadler
Sep 25, 20236 min read


Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock-n-Roll
Easily one of the most overlooked artists of the 20th century, Sister Rosetta Tharpe paved the way for rock-n-roll artists...

Ayila Houngbo
Jul 29, 20236 min read


Marsha, instigator? activist
‘My life has been built around sex and liberation’

Abby Louise Woodman
Mar 29, 20234 min read


"Unbossed and Unbought": Shirley Chisholm
‘Unbought and Unbossed’ are the two words Chisholm described herself within the publication of her autobiography, the title her life’s motto

Abby Louise Woodman
Mar 22, 20236 min read


Susan and Mrs Stanton
Always “Susan” and “Mrs Stanton” in their letters, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are fundamental in conversations of equality

Abby Louise Woodman
Mar 1, 20238 min read
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