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    Portrait Highlight - Ida B Wells American journalist, educator and civil rights leader
    Amy Hood
    • Jul 16, 2021
    • 12 min

    Portrait Highlight - Ida B Wells American journalist, educator and civil rights leader

    Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862 – 1931) American investigative journalist, educator, & an early leader in the civil rights movement. She was...
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    Portrait Highlight - Emmeline Pankhurst Political activist, founder & leader of the WSPU
    Amy Hood
    • Jul 15, 2021
    • 12 min

    Portrait Highlight - Emmeline Pankhurst Political activist, founder & leader of the WSPU

    Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 – 1928) British political activist and founder and leader of the British suffragette movement (WSPU) Emmeline...
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    Portrait Highlight - Millicent Fawcett - British feminist & suffragist, political and union leader
    Amy Hood
    • Jun 11, 2021
    • 6 min

    Portrait Highlight - Millicent Fawcett - British feminist & suffragist, political and union leader

    Millicent Fawcett (1847-1929) British feminist and suffragist, intellectual, political and union leader, and writer. Millicent was born...
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    Portrait Highlight - Sarah Parker Remond - African American abolitionist, lecturer & physician
    Amy Hood
    • Jun 6, 2021
    • 8 min

    Portrait Highlight - Sarah Parker Remond - African American abolitionist, lecturer & physician

    Sarah Parker Remond (1826 - 1894) African American slavery abolitionist, lecturer and physician. Born free in Salem, Massachusetts to...
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    Spring Book Round-up
    Amy Hood
    • May 31, 2021
    • 8 min

    Spring Book Round-up

    The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed that there haven't been any book reviews since the end of February, the main reason being I...
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    Portrait Highlight - Wu Chien-Shiung - Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist
    Amy Hood
    • May 31, 2021
    • 9 min

    Portrait Highlight - Wu Chien-Shiung - Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist

    Wu Chien-Shiung (吳健雄; May 31st, 1912 – February 16th, 1997) was a Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist who made...
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    Lindy Hop Portrait Highlight - Frankie Manning - American dancer, instructor, and choreographer
    Amy Hood
    • May 26, 2021
    • 4 min

    Lindy Hop Portrait Highlight - Frankie Manning - American dancer, instructor, and choreographer

    Frank Manning (May 26, 1914 – April 27, 2009) was an American dancer, instructor, and choreographer. He was one of the prime creators of...
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    Portrait Highlight - Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia - campaigner for women's suffrage in New Zealand
    Amy Hood
    • May 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    Portrait Highlight - Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia - campaigner for women's suffrage in New Zealand

    Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia (22 May 1868 – 10 October 1920) was a campaigner for women's suffrage in New Zealand, a suffragist who inspired...
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    Portrait Highlight - Ichikawa Fusae - Japanese feminist, politician and women's suffrage leader
    Amy Hood
    • May 15, 2021
    • 10 min

    Portrait Highlight - Ichikawa Fusae - Japanese feminist, politician and women's suffrage leader

    Ichikawa Fusae (市川 房枝, May 15, 1893 – February 11, 1981) was a Japanese feminist, politician and a leader of the women's suffrage...
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    Portrait Highlight - Sylvia Pankhurst - English artist, suffragette, and anti-fascist activist
    Amy Hood
    • May 5, 2021
    • 6 min

    Portrait Highlight - Sylvia Pankhurst - English artist, suffragette, and anti-fascist activist

    Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (1882 - 1960) English artist, campaigner for the suffragette movement, prominent left communist and anti-fascist...
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    Portrait Highlight - Mary Wollstonecraft - English writer, philosopher, advocate of women’s rights
    Amy Hood
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 10 min

    Portrait Highlight - Mary Wollstonecraft - English writer, philosopher, advocate of women’s rights

    Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797) English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women’s rights. Mary was born to Elizabeth Dixon and...
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    Portrait Highlight - Billie Holiday - American jazz and swing singer
    Amy Hood
    • Apr 7, 2021
    • 5 min

    Portrait Highlight - Billie Holiday - American jazz and swing singer

    Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959) [Eleanora Fagan] was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music...
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    Portrait Highlight - Aretha Franklin - American singer, actress, and civil rights activist
    Amy Hood
    • Mar 25, 2021
    • 5 min

    Portrait Highlight - Aretha Franklin - American singer, actress, and civil rights activist

    Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and civil rights...
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    Portrait Highlight - Vera Lynn - English singer, songwriter and entertainer
    Amy Hood
    • Mar 20, 2021
    • 5 min

    Portrait Highlight - Vera Lynn - English singer, songwriter and entertainer

    Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (1917 – 2020) was an English singer, songwriter and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were...
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    Portrait Highlight - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
    Amy Hood
    • Mar 15, 2021
    • 5 min

    Portrait Highlight - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) American lawyer and jurist, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the...
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    Women's History Month 2021
    Amy Hood
    • Mar 9, 2021
    • 13 min

    Women's History Month 2021

    As you may have gathered, I like drawing portraits of women. I rarely draw a male portrait, not because I have anything against men, but...
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    Portrait Highlight - Sarojini Naidu - Indian political activist and poet
    Amy Hood
    • Feb 13, 2021
    • 3 min

    Portrait Highlight - Sarojini Naidu - Indian political activist and poet

    Sarojini Naidu (née Chattopadhyay 13th February 1879 – 2nd March 1949) Indian political activist and poet. A proponent of civil rights,...
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    Portrait Highlight - Una Marson - Jamaican Feminist, Activist and Writer
    Amy Hood
    • Feb 6, 2021
    • 5 min

    Portrait Highlight - Una Marson - Jamaican Feminist, Activist and Writer

    Black History Month Una Marson (6th February 1905 - 6th May 1965) Jamaican feminist, activist and writer, producing poems, plays and...
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    January Book Round-up
    Amy Hood
    • Jan 29, 2021
    • 5 min

    January Book Round-up

    I realise that this seemingly has nought to do with my drawing, but I thought I might start doing a little round-up every now again of...
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    Remembrance Day Print Release
    Amy Hood
    • Nov 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    Remembrance Day Print Release

    I do believe it was in my last post that I declared my fascination with the Second World War; the commaraderie, the fashions, music and...
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