Ep.93 – Defying Gravity: Matilda Joslyn Gage
Description
Matilda Joslyn Gage was the single most important and influential champion of women’s rights and the Suffragette Movement, so why have you never heard of her? Well, if you’ve ever seen Wicked or The Wizard of Oz, it turns out you have! Join us this week as Sarah shares the incredible life story of L. Frank Baum’s mother-in-law.
Sources:
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-feminist-inspired-witches-of-oz-180985334/
- https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Free_Thought_Magazine/uuw5AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA337&printsec=frontcover
- https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_National_Cyclopaedia_of_American_Bio/U11DAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA244&printsec=frontcover
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120219230415/http://www.matildajoslyngage.org/gage-home/bringing-gage-to-life/who-was-matilda-joslyn-gage/
- https://pacny.net/freedom_trail/Gage.htm
- https://sallyroeschwagner.com/latest-news-1/f/curious-minds-the-radical-suffragist-who-history-erased
- https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/matilda-joslyn-gage/
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