This week we are highlighting a couple of badass ladies that we plucked out of the 2 books that came to our attention via listeners or followers of the pod - the first black librarian Belle da Costa Greene came from Lori's book, and from Karen's book, astrophysicist Dr. Mazlan Othman!
Lori Zimmer's book: "I'm not your muse" -
From the publisher: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lori-zimmer/im-not-your-muse/9780762485383/?lens=running-press
From Amazon (she has other books so search her name if you love art!):
Lori's instagram: @thelorizimmer
Karen Wang Diggs' book "Awesome Asian Women"
From independent book seller Book Hampton :
https://www.bookhampton.com/book/9781684817238
From Amazon: https://a.co/d/dwhB94p
Author Website: herstoryinhistory.com
Karen's Instagram: @herstoryinhx
Publisher instagram: @mangopublishing
(we were not paid to link any of the above, btw)
The reliquary triptych we mentioned that is displayed in the Morgan Library is this thing: https://www.themorgan.org/objects/item/93248
You can read about the women we discuss on the pod on my blog every week: Kellymcclain.blogspot.com
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