Tag Archives: Women

2015: Under Construction

Posted on August 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Anna Pantelia: from the series Recycle (2015) (source)

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1937: Celebration

Posted on August 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Workers’ wives celebrate end of CIO strike of Caterpillar Tractor Company East Peoria, Illinois, April 9, 1937 When the historic UAW sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan, ended after a month and a half on February 11, 1937, it unleashed a … Continue reading →

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1947: Mister

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Gottlieb: Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, Downbeat, New York, NY (ca. Feb. 1947) (source)

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14th Century: Watch as I Become a Buddha Even More Quickly than That!

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

The Lotus Sutra is one of the central texts in the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism and, for some, is thought to contain the complete and final teaching of the Buddha. It was composed at the turn of the millennium. In … Continue reading →

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1959: Even a Kid Knows it’s Wrong to Cross a Picket Line

Posted on August 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

“Helen Martinez and her children (her grandchild was too young to picket) wear placards announcing that Tex-Son workers are on strike.” (source)

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1784: First Woman to Fly

Posted on August 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

On June 4, 1784, at the age of 19, a French opera singer named Élisabeth Thible became the first woman aeronaut in history by ascending in a hot air balloon in Lyon. A painter named M. Fleurant had been scheduled … Continue reading →

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1943: Day Shift

Posted on August 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Francis Criss: Day Shift (1943)

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1910: Portrait of a Woman

Posted on August 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Portrait of a woman by an unknown photographer; Senegal, c. 1910. Her hair style is called nguuka. “Created using black wool to produce two symmetrical voluminous spheres held by a textile on top of the head, this hairdo became popular … Continue reading →

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1776: The Resurrection of the Universal Friend

Posted on August 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Born in Rhode Island in 1752, Jemima Wilkinson would become, at the age of 25, the first American-born woman to found a religious group—following what she claimed was her death and resurrection. She abandoned her birth name, asked to be … Continue reading →

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1998: Qajar

Posted on August 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Shadi Ghadrian: Qajar #3 (1998) (source)

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