A Little Museum in Each Blog
January 5, 2014 10:37 PM Subscribe
Each of Historian Barbara Wells Sarudy's six blogs contains a wealth of esoteric treasures: "President John Adams declared, “History is not the Province of the Ladies.” Oh well, I'll give it a try."
Are you interested in Portraits of 18th Century American Women with Squirrels? Or perhaps the Poinsettia's Philadelphia roots? Or maybe a timeline of the Salem Witch Hunt. Also: Evidence of persecution in Puritan America. Photos of Ex-Slaves. Women in 19th Century Sport: Nimble, Supple, and Vivacious. A history of garden beehives in America. These are just a few of the posts I stumbled upon in my late-night web surfing.
Full blogroll:
*It's About Time: Searching centuries of Art, Nature, & Everyday Life for Unique Perspectives, Uncommon Grace, & Unexpected Insights.
*Early American Garden History
*Early American Public Pleasure Gardens and Grounds.
*19th Century American Women.
*18th Century American Women.
*17th Century American Women.
In addition to her astounding online output, Ms. Sarudy is also the author of Gardens and Gardening in the Chesapeake, 1700-1805.
Are you interested in Portraits of 18th Century American Women with Squirrels? Or perhaps the Poinsettia's Philadelphia roots? Or maybe a timeline of the Salem Witch Hunt. Also: Evidence of persecution in Puritan America. Photos of Ex-Slaves. Women in 19th Century Sport: Nimble, Supple, and Vivacious. A history of garden beehives in America. These are just a few of the posts I stumbled upon in my late-night web surfing.
Full blogroll:
*It's About Time: Searching centuries of Art, Nature, & Everyday Life for Unique Perspectives, Uncommon Grace, & Unexpected Insights.
*Early American Garden History
*Early American Public Pleasure Gardens and Grounds.
*19th Century American Women.
*18th Century American Women.
*17th Century American Women.
In addition to her astounding online output, Ms. Sarudy is also the author of Gardens and Gardening in the Chesapeake, 1700-1805.
Great find. It's like she's taken every cool thing she's learned in her career and dumped it out for everyone to see. It's a hugely varied collection of details.
The sports history is fascinating what with the lady balloonist of 1805 and other early pioneers. A woman brought tennis to the US via Bermuda and Staten Island? Who knew?
Plus, also, squirrels.
posted by putzface_dickman at 3:13 AM on January 6, 2014 [1 favorite]
The sports history is fascinating what with the lady balloonist of 1805 and other early pioneers. A woman brought tennis to the US via Bermuda and Staten Island? Who knew?
Plus, also, squirrels.
posted by putzface_dickman at 3:13 AM on January 6, 2014 [1 favorite]
There are not words. This is an amazing find! I'm home sick today and will marinate in these articles all damn day. Barbara Wells Sarudy is a total badass.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 6:27 AM on January 6, 2014
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 6:27 AM on January 6, 2014
Excellent stuff - thanks for the link to the early beehive info!
posted by jquinby at 6:38 AM on January 6, 2014
posted by jquinby at 6:38 AM on January 6, 2014
I foresee some additions to my RSS feeds out of this. Great post!
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