Reads tagged with “women”
Adrienne Rich on Resistance, the Liberating Power of Storytelling, and How Reading Emancipates
“The decline in adult literacy means not merely a decline in the capacity to read and write, but a decline in the impulse to puzzle out, brood upon… argue about, turn inside-out in verbal euphoria, the ‘incomparable medium’ of language…”
Literary Witches: An Illustrated Celebration of Trailblazing Women Writers Who Have Enchanted and Transformed the World
From Sappho to Toni Morrison, an homage to writers who have wielded the power of the mind in language with uncommon virtuosity.
How Pioneering Firefighter Brenda Berkman Won Women’s Right to Heroism
“My uniform is emblematic of my philosophy that people should try to leave the world better than they found it.”
Florence Nightingale Visits a Mosque: The Founder of Modern Nursing on Women, Islam, and Religion’s Power Structures
“It was so pleasant to see a place where any man may go for a moment’s quiet, and there is none to find fault with him, nor make him afraid.”
Stunning Drawings of Seaweed from a Book by Self-Taught Victorian Marine Biologist Margaret Gatty
The tenderness of feathers meets the grandeur of trees in the otherworldly life-forms of the seas, which offered an unexpected entry point for women in science.
The Woman Who Smashed Codes: The Untold Story of Cryptography Pioneer Elizebeth Friedman
How an unsung heroine established a new field of science and helped defeat the Nazis with pencil, paper, and perseverance.
Germaine de Staël’s Guide to Haters: The First Modern Woman on Meritocracy, the Psychology of Why the Masses Rejoice in Tearing Down Successful Individuals, and the Only True Measure of Genius
“The life of man, so short in itself, is still of longer duration than the judgment and the affections of his contemporaries.”
Meet Cipe Pineles: The Remarkable Life and Illustrated Recipes of the Forgotten Pioneer Who Blazed the Way for Women in Design and Publishing
A labor of love four years in the making, celebrating a trailblazing woman who shattered multiple glass ceilings.
Stitching a Supernova: A Needlepoint Celebration of Science by Pioneering Astronomer Cecilia Payne
“These moments are rare, and they come without warning… They are the ineffable reward of him who scans the face of Nature.”
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