Tag Archives: Working Women

Doris Lessing: Reluctant Feminist

Posted on November 19, 2013 by carto

Posted on the web: “Goodbye to Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook wouldn’t be the same without you.” The posting by the Golden Notebook bookstore in Woodstock included a link to the obituary published by the N.Y. Times: Doris Lessing, the … Continue reading →

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London – The Twilight of the Gods

Posted on August 24, 2012 by carto

Summer reading takes us to London.  Something is not quite right in London’s beautiful Hampstead Heath Park. Is a dog-walker hugging that majestic English Oak? No, she is talking to it. How odd. Oh the infamy of it all – … Continue reading →

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Love, Murder and Ritual Execution: Atwood and Homer Telling the Tale

Posted on April 10, 2012 by carto

Odysseus’ boat riding the waves of Penelope’s flowing hair, illustration by Sarah Burgess Cherry. Once upon a time, in the tiny island kingdom of Ithaca off the coast of Greece, Penelope ruled while her husband Odysseus was away: first he … Continue reading →

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Adrienne Rich—American Poet is Dead at 82

Posted on March 30, 2012 by carto

Anthologist and poet Rita Dove included three poems from Adrienne Rich’s The Fact of a Doorframe: selected poems, 1950-2001 in the Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry. Adrienne Rich, influential poet and writer, is dead at 82. Rich’s distinguished career … Continue reading →

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Homage to Women–International Women’s Day

Posted on March 9, 2012 by carto

Homage to Women by Mico Kaufman stands in a small shaded park on Market St. in  Lowell, MA. The statue is part of the Lowell National Historical Park, which celebrates the textile industry that was founded in the mills along … Continue reading →

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Gertrude Stein: The Novel Ida, Fame and Celebrity

Posted on February 29, 2012 by carto

Alice B. Toklas was 29 years old in 1908 when she left her home in San Francisco for Paris. She met Gertrude Stein the day she arrived in Paris and the star struck Toklas was moved to write: “She was … Continue reading →

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Alabama—Crossing Over, African-Americans, Descendants of Slaves

Posted on February 20, 2012 by carto

The quilt in the photo was one of bed covers featured in the 2006 De Young Museum exhibition The Quilts of Gee’s Bend. All the quilts in the exhibit were hand-made by the women of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Many of … Continue reading →

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