Women Behind the Curtain: Voltairine

<p>Voltairine de Cleyre (1866-1912) was an American anarchist, writer, poet, and lecturer. Her radical and compelling works critiqued the deeply confining world of women during her time and would go on to drive the foundational ideas behind the second-wave of feminism. </p> <p><strong>For Further Reading:</strong></p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/146531/pearl-of-anarchy">Pearl of Anarchy</a></li> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/voltairine-de-cleyre-american-radical/">Voltairine de Cleyre: American Radical</a></li> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/obituaries/voltairine-de-cleyre-overlooked.html">Overlooked No More: Voltairine de Cleyre, America’s ‘Greatest Woman Anarchist’</a></li> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.marxists.org/subject/anarchism/voltairine-de-cleyre/1932/anarchism-and-american-traditions.html">Anarchism and American Traditions</a></li> </ul> <p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">This month, we're pulling back the curtain to reveal women overlooked in their own lifetimes or in our historical accounts of the eras in which they lived. We're talking about the activists, thinkers, leaders, artists, and innovators history has forgotten.</p> <p>History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn’t help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should.</p> <p>Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we’ll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educat