Nov 03 2009
Subversive Historian – 11/03/09
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Olympe de Gouges
Back in the day on November 3rd, 1793, French playwright and feminist Olympe de Gouges was sent to the scaffold to meet her death. As women were central to the drama of the French Revolution, Gouges emerged in the years that followed as a voice that articulated the shortcomings of the sweeping changes in society. …
Olympe de Gouges
Back in the day on November 3rd, 1793, French playwright and feminist Olympe de Gouges was sent to the scaffold to meet her death. As women were central to the drama of the French Revolution, Gouges emerged in the years that followed as a voice that articulated the shortcomings of the sweeping changes in society. …
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When economic times are tough, state budget cuts almost always target public education, and when they do, arts and music education is almost always the first to be cut. It’s a sad story for young people, their parents, and teachers who are involved in arts education. But on a broader scale, it it leaves communities with a creative deficit, …
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