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Lucy Knox, Family Traitor
Portrait of Lucy’s daughter bearing the same name, Lucy Flucker Knox Thatcher, via Wikipedia. The Revolution divided families and communities based on loyalty to the crown. At the age of 14, Lucy Flucker Knox joined the ranks of traitors - abandoning her family’s...
Sybil Ludington, Midnight Rider
Statue of Sybil Ludington on Gleneida Avenue in Carmel, New York by Anna Hyatt Huntington, via Wikipedia It was a dark night in April 1777, about 9 p.m. The American Revolution was taking over the country, pitting neighbor against neighbor. In Putnam County, New York,...
Walls Are Not Required
I was intrigued when our good friend Paul Orselli (of POW! Paul Orselli Workshop, Inc.) posted a new blog addressing the question of whether or not museums need to have walls, or buildings as such. He very kindly mentioned Girl Museum as an example of a successful...
CALL FOR ARTIST SUBMISSIONS
Throughout history nature has been a source of inspiration for artists, offering a space for reflection, comfort and awe. In today’s increasingly endangered and destabilized climate, reflections on our connection to and responsibility for nature are more pertinent...
Why We Need Girls’ Studies: Miranda Sachs
Welcome to Girl Museum’s interview series, Why We Need Girls' Studies, for 2024. We have many exciting interviews this year with important scholars in the field to get insights about what we are all doing in this space to further our understanding of girlhood and...
Eve: A Review
Thoughts on Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution. Cat Bohannon was a life-drawing model. She seemed to enjoy it. It was money and she used it not just to be observed unclothed, but to observe those who were drawing her. I could write...
Why We Need Girls’ Studies: Hannah Maitland
Welcome to Girl Museum’s interview series, Why We Need Girls' Studies, for 2024. We have many exciting interviews this year with important scholars in the field to get insights about what we are all doing in this space to further our understanding of girlhood and...
Happy New Year
Hey hey hey everybody! Hope that you all had a relaxing holiday and feel rejuvenated to take on this new year. While we feel excited to get back into the work, things are likely going to be, let’s say, unpredictable. All the signs point to a really challenging year,...
Happy End of the Year
Whoop whoop! We made it through 2023 and that is an achievement! We have gone through so much this year, but are truly grateful for the support of our community. As always, you mean the world to all of us here at Girl Museum. Thank you for helping us celebrate girls...
FIXATIONS: Girlhood in Childhood scholars’ creative writing and art
Writers who express the theme of girlhood in their work usually explore the transitive aspect of being a girl child. For this post of FIXATIONS creative writing series, I have had the pleasure of interviewing Becky Muralles about the shift between girlhood and...