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| System ID: | jl-ed3ba99a0216f2c136875bfa1285f832 |
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| Title: | How the wonderful women of Oz pull back the curtain on L. Frank Baum's feminism |
| Link: | Original article on cbc.ca |
| Region: | GB |
| Topics: | baums; baum; curtain; wizard; l; wrote; frank; women; feminism; oz; pull; gage; womens; wonderful; Matilda Joslyn Gage; L. Frank Baum; Land of Oz; Feminism; Suffrage; Witchcraft; Children's literature; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; Progressivism; Women's rights; Susan B. Anthony; Iroquois; Methodism; Editorial; CBC Radio; Indigenous peoples |
| Datetime: | 5/24/2026, 5:47:02 PM |
| Summary: | Evan Schwartz, author of Finding Oz: How L. Frank Baum Discovered the Great American Story, says Baum not only wove feminist themes into his stories, but throughout his own life, too. “Frank Baum was extremely progressive,” Schwartz told Ideas producer Dawna Dingwall. Gage “was one of the great 19th century feminists, and she had an enormous impact on L. Frank Baum,” said Hearn. One of 24 illustrated pages from the first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is displayed at the Wizard of Oz Museum in Wamego, Kan. Gita Dorothy Morena is the great-granddaughter of L. Frank Baum.... |
