Tag Archives: Women

1918: Munitions Girls

Posted on May 7, 2020 by corvusfugit

Stanhope Forbes: The Munitions Girls (1918)

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1966: Dublin Sky

Posted on April 19, 2020 by corvusfugit

Evelyn Hofer: Dublin Sky (1966); from Dublin: A Portrait (1967).

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1957: South to Southwesterly Winds Tomorrow

Posted on April 14, 2020 by corvusfugit

Kay Sage: South to Southwesterly Winds Tomorrow (1957)

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1953: And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur

Posted on April 13, 2020 by corvusfugit

Leonora Carrington: And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur (1953)

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2018: New City

Posted on February 5, 2020 by corvusfugit

Rim Lee: New City (2018); from a series.

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1927: Festival

Posted on February 2, 2020 by corvusfugit

Maruja Mallo: La Verbena [The Festival] (1927)

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370 BC: Numberless Democrituses Like Himself

Posted on January 26, 2020 by corvusfugit

The pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus (c. 460 – c. 370 BC) believed in an infinite universe, and therefore in an infinite number of worlds. Some might be bigger or smaller than earth, he concluded; some might have more moons or suns, … Continue reading →

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1979: Angel

Posted on December 26, 2019 by corvusfugit

Graciela Iturbide: Mujer Ángel, Desierto de Sonora, México [Angel Woman, Sonora Desert, Mexico] (1979)

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1972: Black Children Keep Your Spirits Free

Posted on October 6, 2019 by corvusfugit

Carolyn Lawrence: Black Children Keep Your Spirits Free (1972)

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1807: No Less Sacred to Them than the Tie of Marriage

Posted on September 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

I passed a few days in the valley of one of those streams of northern Vermont, which find their way into Champlain. If I were permitted to draw aside the veil of private life, I would briefly give you the … Continue reading →

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