Cassi Clark

December 1894 Then, it ever, came perfect day. The clear atmosphere brought the mountains into bold relief. A glance at their strong outline, striking fearlessly against the cloudless sky, would fill any soul with inspiration. What wonder, then, that the women of Colorado stepped forth on the morning of the 6th of November, with enthusiasm unbounded, to exercise for the first time the crowning act of citizenship. Conscious of being critically watched by forty-two states, they

This is an address made at the Congress of Women, held in the Woman's Building, World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 by Mrs. Lydia Prescott a professional teacher, native of Michigan. She was educated in Grand Rapids, Mich., and Denmark Academy, Iowa. So much of what she says holds true in America today, particularly among the "conservative" cultures dominated by men who impose the inferiority of women to fulfill their own power. Let us all take note and understand that

I have been thinking a lot about dominence and subordination between men and women (see the previsou post) the gist of it being that in our push to make men senstivite we have forced our own Venus Natures to be condemed as dirty and depraved. We have taken the chase that men desire and tarneished it as slutty. We are Goddesses to be desired, not sluts. From Online Etymology Dictionary: slut (n.) c. 1400, "a dirty, slovenly, or untidy woman," according to OED "Of doubtful orig

Writing and publishing are never easy. An author is a slave to beaten path to the doors of rejection after rejection. And if a book is chosen to be published, the author becomes the slave of the publisher's mandates: edit this, change that, sell here, interview there, write another book, meet insane deadlines. But we do it becuase we love our jobs, and work is hard no matter the field. But to write as a woman even as late as the early twentieth century had additional perils.

I decided to write Woman of Ruinous Face in oder to explore the lasting affects of male domination on female relationships. In researching women's clubs, I found the origin of modern womanhood. Where once women worked beside men in their feilds to support and feed their families, industrialization created a world where men could support their wives and so condemned them to "Ladydom," a place where a woman need never leave her house and know more about the world than a poper s