The Unsung Female Authors of English Romantic Literature
Read about the remarkable women who took part in the Romantic movement and challenged male-dominated narratives.
by Dr. Victoria C. Roskams
https://www.thecollector.com/female-authors-english-romantic-literature/
"I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint."
#OTD in 1925, 18-year-old Frida Kahlo forgot her umbrella. This tiny oversight changed the trajectory of her life.
Frida Kahlo’s Life-Changing Accident:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo
Anne Dacier, translator of Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey
Anne Dacier (1645–1720), French scholar and translator best known for the prose translation of the Homeric epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey.
by Marie Lebert
https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/author-biography/anne-dacier-translator/
Books about Anne Dacier at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39843
She Painted the First Known Self-Portrait of an Artist at Work—and Signed It—Nearly 500 Years Ago. Who Was Catharina van Hemessen?
Few women worked as professional artists in the 16th century. A new exhibition in Antwerp, Belgium, seeks to restore this Flemish painter to the pantheon of art history giants
by Meilan Solly
First women of philosophy
Philosophy was once a woman’s world, ranging across Asia, Africa and Latin America. It’s time to reclaim that lost realm
by Dag Herbjørnsrud
Books about or by women philosophers at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=women+philosophers
