When I was in fifth grade, we had a career unit in our social studies class called “J.A. Biztown.” We learned about interview techniques, job applications, financial literacy and business skills and the whole course […]
Category: Writers
Christine de Pizan, the first person to write while female (as told by my ninth-grade self)
I promised months ago in my post on Caterina Sforza that I would talk about Christine de Pizan, the medieval figure I chose to be for Medieval Day in the ninth grade. In looking back at […]
Half a century before she could even vote, Victoria Woodhull ran for U.S. President
Recently, I’ve started to feel older. Not old, necessarily, just older and more aware of the history I’ve seen in my life. I’ve started to realize that I’ve lived through events that people will ask […]
Why I’ll never watch Dancing with the Stars without thinking about Beryl de Zoete
One of my many weird and wacky obsessions is “Dancing with the Stars.” I can’t get enough of it. I love watching the way that celebrities are taken out of their element and transformed by […]
Ida B. Wells: The Foul-Mouthed “Princess of the Press” who spoke out against the South’s horrific lynchings
Something I’ve noticed reading story after story about women throughout history is that so many accounts base the women they feature off of the actions of another woman. For instance, I’ve read about nearly ten […]
Victoria Ocampo: the power behind “the power of words”
This week has been one of the busiest of my life. On top of starting my new classes for the quarter and working on getting an apartment, this was my first week as the new […]
