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Sofanisba Anguissola, Painter, 1532-1625
Sofanisba Anguissola was a portrait painter during the Italian Renaissance. (You may have heard of other Renaissance painters such as Artemesia Gentileschi, Michangelo and Leonardo DaVinci.) She was born in 1532 in Cremona, Italy to a family of minor nobility. Her...
A Naked Baby Doll at the Check out Stand
Dolls for Boys When my son was a toddler, he adopted one of his older sister's dolls, declared it a boy doll instead of a girl doll and renamed it. Despite the wide selection of clothes available, he preferred that his doll was naked. I was cool with all of that, so...
Wonderful Photos of Black Fatherhood
The Chicago Reader has a lovely photo essay of black fathers with their kids. We need more images like this! Author W. D. Floyd writes: At a Father’s Day speech in 2008, Obama claimed that there are too many Black fathers missing from too many homes and that it...
Rachel Ruysch, Dutch Flower Painter with Ten Children!
Rachel Ruysch, 1664-1750 Rachel Ruysch was a Dutch flower painter who is known for her amazing detail and accuracy. She was the first financially successful artist of her time period, the Baroque period. She was born into a wealthy family that included artists,...
Kid Inventor: Ellie Skalla, Invented the game Galactiquest!
Sixth grader Ellie Skala, of Oak Park, Illinois invented a game, entered it in a contest at the Chicago Toy and Game show, in their Young Inventor Challenge. Her idea was picked up by Pressman Games and is available for sale at Target stores this year, 2019! She says,...
Edmonia Lewis, Black American Sculptor
Mary Edmonia Lewis was a sculptor in America at a time when it was difficult for any woman to be a sculptor, and significantly more difficult for a black woman to do so. Author Kirsten Pai Buick, author of the book Child of the Fire, about Edmonia Lewis, says that...
Women Inventors Placemat!
Have we mentioned the placemat is here? It's here! One day at breakfast, over a year ago, my daughter looked up from her Inventors of the World placemat asked sadly, “Why is there only one woman on this?” I said “There are more than that! I have a whole book of them...
#1000BlackGirlBooks founder Marley Dias
Representation Matters! Have you heard about Marley Dias? When she was in 6th grade, she wanted to read more books with black girls as the main character, so she started a champaign and set out to find 1000. “I knew I was frustrated by the lack of diversity in the...
Children’s Books with Characters on the Autism Spectrum
Here at Being Bold, we believe that representation matters! We all need to see ourselves in books and on screens, so we were excited to see this list! The blog What Do We Do All Day has created a list of children's books with characters on the Autism Spectrum, see the...
Statue of Jane Austen coming to Bath!
Bath was chosen as the city since Austen's parents lived there and some of her books are set there. "It will also be good to go a little way to redress the fact that less than 3% of all statues in the UK are of historical, non-royal women," said Mr Crossey, of the...
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