Tag Archives: Women

1914: A Stone’s Throw

Posted on June 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Rocks thrown through the windows of Buckingham Palace by protesting Suffragettes in 1914: “If a constitutional deputation is refused, we must present a stone message.” “Constitutional methods being ignored drive us to window smashing.” In the United Kingdom, women over … Continue reading →

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1937: Mother and Child

Posted on June 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Dorothea Lange: Wife and child of tractor driver. Aldridge Plantation (1937) (source)

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1806: Beings Resembling the Human Species

Posted on May 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON The following account of an extraordinary phenomenon that appeared to a number of people in the county of Rutherford, state of North Carolina, was made the 7th of August, 1806, in presence of David Dickle, Esq. of county … Continue reading →

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1737: The One Was Dress’d as a Man

Posted on May 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

In the early 18th century, “Fleet Marriages” were clandestine and unsanctioned marriages that were conducted in London’s Fleet prison, or in the rough neighborhoods surrounding it. They took place away from the home parishes of the spouses, often without marriage … Continue reading →

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1750: Falsos silogismos de colores

Posted on May 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

The Mexican feminist, philosopher, and poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651 – 1695) wrote in Latin, Spanish, and Nahuatl. While a nun, she wrote prose, poetry, and drama on love, the status of women, and religion. When her … Continue reading →

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1505: The Dog Hidden Under the Hidden Unicorn

Posted on May 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

In 1934, restoration work on this early 16th-centruy portrait by Raphael revealed that sometime in the mid-17th century, an anonymous artist had painted over it in places, transforming it into a representation of Saint Catherine of Alexandria holding a spiked … Continue reading →

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1943: Lena Horne Doesn’t Entertain Racism

Posted on May 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

From Bartlett’s Book of Anecdotes (2000): Al Duckett, a freelance journalist during World War II, recounts the following story about Lena Horne: “She had been sent to a camp in the south to entertain the troops. She was scheduled to … Continue reading →

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2016: 揺・カプリス

Posted on May 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

Sculpture by Yoshitoshi Kanemaki: 揺・カプリス [Shaking ・ Caprice] (2016) See more here.  

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2012: This Painting is Untitled

Posted on May 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Françoise Nielly: Untitled 660 (2012) (source)

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1653: She Cursed and Swore like a Musketeer

Posted on May 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Christina, the Queen of Sweden from 1632 to 1654, famously rejected traditional gender roles, often wearing men’s clothing and excelling at traditionally masculine pursuits. She was also one of the most educated women of the Renaissance, had a mischievous sense … Continue reading →

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