Strange Sisterhood
New Zealand Suffragettes
In 1893, New Zealand became the first country to give women the right to vote.
 
Sister Suffragette scene from
Mary Poppins
 
New Zealand suffragettes led by Kate Sheppard.
http://www.christchurchdailyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/suffragettes2.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The White Marmorean Flock"

Charlotte Cushman

Charlotte Cushman

 
"Strange sisterhood of American lady sculptors who at one time settled upon the seven hills in a white marmorean flock" - James Joyce
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harriet Hosmer
1830 - 1908

 

Zenobia in Chains

Harriet Hosmer. Zenobia in Chains. 1859.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GrYP0fOT-ho/SirwdBfXRJI/AAAAAAAAC1Q/O-i3PIt410o/s1600-h/DSCF0427.JPG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Hiram Power. Greek Slave. 1847.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cdwHnqCgQ_uK15IdGmBwdw
Harriet Hosmer. Zenobia in Chains. 1859.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbglasson/403367720/in/photostream/lightbox/

 

"I have tried to make her too proud to exhibit passion or emotion of any kind." - Harriet Hosmer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beatrice Cenci

Harriet Hosmer. Beatrice Cenci. 1857.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Beatrice_Cenci_Front_by_Hosmer.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Puck on a Toadstool

Harriet Hosmer.  Puck on a Toadstool.  c. 1855 - 56.
http://media.agnsw.org/collection_images/1/1167%23%23S.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edmonia Lewis
1845 - after 1911

 

Edmonia Lewis

Henry Rochner. Carte-de-visite of Edmonia Lewis. c. 1870.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/image/954327/index.html?cat=37

 

"I am going back to Italy to do something for the race - something that will excite
the admiration of the other races of the earth." - Edmonia Lewis