Episode 85: Artemisia Gentileschi

by | Mar 4, 2017 | Biography Episode, Episode, Podcasts, Shownotes

 

 

 

There are people who define Artemisia’s life by the trauma she endured, it’s where they begin her story and where they return time and time again.

We aren’t those people. While her rape as a teenager must have influenced her, what this Master Baroque painter did after that is where we spend most of this episode. (We do suggest that an adult preview the audio of this episode before letting kids listen.)

Self Portrait as the Allegory of Painting
Self Portrait as the Allegory of Painting
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Episode 84: Ida B. Wells

by | Feb 11, 2017 | Biography Episode, Episode, Podcasts, Shownotes

Ida B. Wells- born a slave, educated in a post-Civil War south and left to care for her family at an early age. She grew to become a teacher, a writer, a crusader for civil rights, a suffragist, a wife and mother. A woman of strength and character who dared to speak up and challenge those who desired to oppress others, even when her own safety was at risk.

How could we not talk about a woman like this?

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