Women's History 2014

Every child needs a hero. Mine was Great Aunt Virgie - a larger than life presence who stood barely five feet tall, wore an apron, tied her hair in a bun,…

Strolling through the State House in Montpelier , looking at the many portraits of governors, legislators, and other notable Vermonters on its walls, it…

Rachael Robinson Elmer may be Vermont’s most talented unknown artist. She was born in 1878 to artist parents at Rokeby, her family’s Ferrisburgh home and…

I recently read Book of Ages, Jill Lepore’s new book on Jane Franklin and her relationship with her famous brother Benjamin Franklin. The book is about a…

Dewees Cochran lived and worked in Norwich from 1947 to 1960, where she fashioned some of the dolls for which she is best known – her “portrait,”…

During a recent Vermont Symphony orchestra concert, I found myself counting bow ties in an effort to assess whether or not there was equal representation…

When Clara Sipprell tucked her knee length hair into her safari hat and jumped into her convertible automobile to drive through New York City in the…

In recognition of Women's History Month, VPR again collaborated with the Vermont Commission on Women in March, 2014, to present a series of stories about…

Martha Wood Belcher’s career as an artist spanned two centuries and two continents. She fulfilled the traditional roles of mother, sister, daughter and…