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CNY's own #MatildaJoslynGage was such a badass. Radical feminist, suffragist, abolitionist & L. Frank Baum's mother-in-law. Erased from history for being ahead of her time. Without her, we wouldn't have the land of Oz. Seeing the movie #Wicked this weekend? Thank Matilda!
The Feminist Who Inspired the Witches of Oz
The untold story of suffragist Matilda Gage, the woman behind the curtain whose life story captivated her son-in-law L. Frank Baum as he wrote his classic novel
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November 23, 2024 at 1:26 PM
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Due to #MatildaJoslynGage women won the right to vote, enslaved people became free, & the land of Oz came to be! This is #HERstory
Journey w/ me down Matilda's Yellow Brick Road!
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#Wicked 💙📚 #Booksky #Oz #BlueSkyMonday #TheWizardOfOz #EastCoastKin
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February 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Excellent show about Margaret Rossiter, who unearthed the lost (buried) women of science.
#MatildaJoslynGage #TheMatildaEffect
#WomenInSTEM #Women’sScientist #HistoryOfScience #Women’sHistory #Suffragists

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She uncovered the lost women of science and made history
Podcast Episode · Ideas · March 16 · 54m
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March 17, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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For #InternationalWomensDay #WomensHistoryMonth let's celebrate Abolitionist & Suffragette Leader #MatildaJoslynGage

My poem Matilda's Roses w/ my photos, on cards on my site & at the #MatildaJoslynGageCenter gift shop, in my print & audiobook, & poster below!

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Matilda's Roses The Rose is bright & lovely, & so is truth when treated right, but do not treat her roughly Or the thorns of justice will smite, The hand that tries to bind us, & take away our rights! Matilda was a rose of truth, A beacon for us all, & her many daughters carry on, Always answering the call! We bloom into righteous women, Speaking up in marble halls, Gathering our sisters, Helping each other when we fall. Beautiful in her strength, Glorious, like a blooming rose. She glowed with righteous justice, The golden road of equity she chose. She was the inspiration for Dorothy, A feminist trailblazer child, Oz was birthed through her dreams for equity, And so a better world Baum styled, Based on friendship, kindness, and equality, A place for all to live as one, But it was Matilda who gave this fantasy breath, And through her fire the fight begun. Through speeches, books, and papers, She fought for equity & rights for all. But she died before seeing justice, Though votes for women were installed, Not everyone won freedom, Though slowly, walls did fall. Matilda's story is rarely told, She was an early white ally, She stood for EVERYONE oppressed, On this hill of justice she would die. She was Abolitionist, Suffragette, & "She Who Holds Up the Sky," She was an early vegetarian, & “Separation of Church & State!” was her cry. We must never forget her, & her stalwart belief in rights, For EVERYONE oppressed, Not just for privileged & whites. We must go to her home on the Underground Railroad, & place our "I voted!" stickers, On Matilda Joslyn Gage's gravestone! For it was SHE, not Anthony, who had the rigor, To work so hard for one and all, To receive justice, rights, and equity, Whether Black, White, or Indigenous, She understood the intersections & complexity. We must never forget Matilda, And how Roses were her flower, They are beautiful in their justice, But are sharp if you forget their power.
March 9, 2025 at 4:54 AM
otterdojustice.bsky.social
For #WorldArtDay today, I'm exploring both the visual & literary arts!
It's #PoetryMonth , so I'm including my #poem on Abolitionist Suffragist #MatildaJoslynGage, Matilda's Roses, which will be in my upcoming book to be released this month! #Booksky 💙📚
#AColorADAyPRIL #Peach #Roses #GardenSky
Matilda's Roses A Poem by Ashley Anne Strobridge of Astrobridge Artistry Poem text: The Rose is bright and lovely, And so is truth when treated right, But do not treat her roughly Or the thorns of justice will smite, The hand that tries to bind us, And take away our rights! Matilda was a rose of truth, A beacon for us all, And her many daughters carry on, Always answering the call! We bloom into righteous women, Speaking up in marble halls, Gathering our sisters, Helping each other when we fall! The fight is not yet over, For justice for one & all, For Women, Indigenous, Black, Brown,& Asian, And for all creatures great & small, And to keep religion out of politics, We must not drop the ball! Beautiful in her strength, Glorious, like a blooming rose. She glowed with righteous justice, The golden road of equity she chose. She was the inspiration for Dorothy, A feminist trailblazer child, Oz was birthed through her dreams for equity, And so a better world Baum styled, Based on friendship, kindness, & equality, A place for all to live as one, But it was Matilda who gave this fantasy breath, And through her fire the fight begun. Matilda's story is rarely told, She was an early white ally, She stood for EVERYONE oppressed, On this hill of justice she would die. She was Abolitionist, Suffragette, And "She Who Holds Up the Sky," She was an early vegetarian, And separation of church & state was her side. We must never forget her, And her stalwart belief in rights, For EVERYONE oppressed, Not just for privileged & whites. Through speeches, books, & papers, She fought for equity & rights for all. But she died before seeing justice, Though votes for women were installed, Not everyone won freedom, Though slowly, walls did fall. We must go to her home on the Underground Railroad, And place our "I voted!" stickers, On Matilda Joslyn Gage's gravestone! For it was SHE, not Anthony, who had the rigor, To work so hard for o… Photo Description: A Macro image of a pale peach- colored David Austen Rose, in near full-bloom, in the bottom right of the image. Its petals are gently curling back to reveal new depths to the center of the rose in deeper and deeper shades of coral. In the upper left hand corner of the photo is another rose bud, round and new, just beginning to disclose her similarly soft coral hues from her green surroundings. Photo Description: A horizontally oriented photo with a newly blooming coral rose bud at its center, petals tightly ar- ranged in the typical spiral rose shape around each other, with two loos- er petals beginning to open fur- ther at the edges. The rest of the photo features leaves, stems, and thorns of the rose bush, in striking colors of deep greens and russet reds, contrasting the bright warm colors of the flower in the center.
April 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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#OTD July 4, 1876 Suffragists crash the Centennial Celebration in Independence Hall to present the “Declaration of the Rights of Women” written by #MatildaJoslynGage “the woman who was ahead of the women who were ahead of their time”
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July 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Due to #MatildaJoslynGage women won the right to vote, enslaved people became free, & the land of Oz came to be! This is #HERstory
Journey w/ me down Matilda's Yellow Brick Road!
#WomensHistoryMonth
#Wicked 💙📚 #Booksky #Oz #TheWizardOfOz #IntersectionalFeminist
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