overall intro blog post I was recently asked to provide an introduction to my some of my older posts and podcasts about early women photographers, and that provided me a chance to take a look […]
Impromptu Memory Lane
Category: Withington, Elizabeth
45 – A Rich Story
In today’s episode, we’re going to meet Delia B. Rich Miracle, a successful photographer from Emporia, Kansas in the late 1800s who had an intriguing encounter with a woman who became notorious as the black widow of Kansas.
32-Narrative Nuances
Today we pay a virtual visit to the American Historical Association’s 2019 Annual Meeting, as I give you a taste of my paper from that conference, which is all about nuances found in the multi-threaded narratives of early women artisan photographers.
30-A Trail Leads to Brooklyn
In today’s episode, we’re in Brooklyn, E.D. in the 1860s, on the trail of the talented – and tantalizingly obscure – Mrs. Lydia A. Hicks.
08 A Sensible Woman
Today we meet the remarkable Elizabeth Withington, who in the 1800s found success as a photographer while fashioning photographic tools from 19th century ladies fashions.