A Venetian Palace in Boston: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
A Unique Museum In 1903, Isabella Stewart Gardner built a Venetian palace to house her massive art collection. Today, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum…
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Wheaton, Illinois: Charming, Abolitionist Past, and So Green!
Wheaton is a suburban city in Milton and Winfield Townships and is the county seat of DuPage County, Illinois, United States. It is located…
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The Power of One Book review
One can often find oneself engrossed in a book, believing/wanting it to be the real world while you are reading it. However, this illusion…
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Hemingway: A How-To Guide to Living the Life of Literature’s Manly Man
Disclosure: I understand the sexism inherent within the title. It is intended as somewhat tongue-in-cheek, though by society’s standards I would definitely label…
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Original Mother’s Day Proclamation – By Julia Ward Howe
Written in 1870 by Julia Ward Howe, the following proclamation explains, in her own impassioned words, the goals of the original “Mother’s Peace Day”…
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In the Name of the Family by Sarah Dunant, A Novel about Renaissance Italy
Possessed by a passion for the Renaissance, I have become an ardent follower of author Sarah Dunant. This author has produced five works of…
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Interview with Rejected Princesses’ Jason Porath
Jason Porath isn’t the sort of person you’d initially expect to be running a blog about unsung historical women. A straight white man from…
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Rejected Princesses – Women Too Awesome, Awful or Offbeat for Kids’ Movies
When you flip through a history book, it becomes clear pretty early on that men take up the majority of the pages. From kings…
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Vittoria Colonna: Female Star of the Italian Renaissance
During her lifetime, Vittoria Colonna was the most famous woman in 16th century Italy renowned for her poetry and piety. She was a leader…
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‘13th’, A Conversation with Ava Du Vernay and Oprah Winfrey
“As I went to explain what was happening now, it became unreasonable and incomplete to try to tell the story of now without telling…
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Women’s History Month: A Time to Celebrate!
March is National Women’s History Month. Since 1987, the President of the United States makes an annual proclamation designating the month of March as…
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Susan B. Anthony – Human Rights Activist
Quakers are taught that ‘there is that of God in everyone’ and that our interactions with others demonstrate this truth. Because of this fundamental…
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