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ELIZABETH BLACKWELL, BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATOR

September 23, 2023 • Patty

The eighteenth century proved to be the time for budding female botanists. Women
were allowed to pursue the study of plants and encouraged in illustration, but
any deeper interest such as, a professional career, in the actual science of the
field was discouraged. It seems a natural evolution that women who have always
been involved in herbal preparations for the sick in their homes would develop
such an interest. Those who came from a wealthy family with an education would
be the ones to push the boundaries. Elizabeth Blackwell would be one of those
women.



Women and the gardren


THE WOMEN OF KEW – WORKERS

August 21, 2023 • Patty

Marianne North (1830-1890) Marianne North is known at Kew for her botanical oil
paintings. She traveled the globe twice, once in each direction, with a purpose.
She intended to paint as many flowering tropical species as she could and any
others she saw along the way. Her travels eventually made her sick and she died
before the age of 60. Her collection of 832 oil paintings of over 900 species of
plants, resides in a studio space in Kew Gallery that Marianne had constructed
and paid for herself. Born in Hastings, England, to an aristocratic family,
Marianne was educated as a gentlewoman. She had a fine singing voice and took
music lessons. She could draw and paint well but did not receive any…

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First Ladies, Women and the gardren


THE WOMEN OF KEW – ROYALTY

July 20, 2023 • Patty

Kew Gardens in England is one of the world’s most renowned botanical gardens.
Kew has a very long history and has seen and undergone many changes in its time.
It is a place that has been farmed on, built upon, designed, land added to and
removed, re-designed, re-built, over and over again by its various owners. It
has been graced by the designs of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown and others of
equally great import and reputation. While men deservedly bear the majority of
the honors there are many women in Kew’s history that deserve more recognition.
I will present this in two parts. The list is long, so let us begin.



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MADAME DE POMPADOUR

June 21, 2023 • Patty

Why start with the Madame, you are thinking. Reasonable question of course. The
Madame has been on my mind since a certain history class in high school. I had a
wonderful teacher, a woman whose name is long forgotten, who taught me french
and history. She gave details to people and events I could never have realized
were so important. Like when Marie Antoinette was to be sent to the guillotine,
the night before her hair turned white! Imagine what that says to a ten or
eleven year old. One day she told us of  Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of
Louis the XV King of France. I am sure there was some important information said
that day but all…

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BLACK WOMEN WRITERS OF THE 19TH CENTURY II

January 28, 2021 • Maggie

First part here: Black Women Writers of the 19th Century Black Women Writers
Through Civil War and Reconstruction The nineteenth century was a formative
period in African-American literary and cultural history. Law and practice
forbade teaching blacks to read or  write. Even after the American Civil War,
many of the impediments to learning and literary productivity remained.
Nevertheless, more African-Americans than we yet realize turned their
observations, feelings, and creative impulses into poetry, short stories,
histories, narratives, novels, and autobiographies. Harriet Wilson (1825-1900)
Considered the first female African-American novelist, Harriet Wilson has also
been called the first African-American of either gender to publish a novel on
the North American continent. Her novel Our Nig, or Sketches from the Life of…

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MARY GRANVILLE PENDARVES DELANY 1700-1788

January 16, 2021 • Patty

“I have invented a new way of imitating flowers” (Mary Delany) I have come
across the name Mary Delany twice in my research, usually in the field of
botanical art. I thought her art interesting but perhaps not worth commenting
on. Then I changed my mind. A new book on her life came into bookstores last
year and that is where I stumbled upon The Paper Garden, Mrs. Delany {begins her
life’s work} at 72, by Molly Peacock. Her life is simply fascinating. This book
is well written and full of interesting tidbits; well worth reading. Along with
The Paper Garden and other sources, I will tell you about Mrs. Mary Delany of
London and hope that it tempts you to…

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Women and the gardren


THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GARDEN

December 7, 2020 • Patty

The Ancient Egyptian garden goes back to 2800 BC. It was formal in structure.
Attached to the house was the portico, a covered porch that could be supported
by pillars. The portico connected the house to the outdoors and the garden. In
the center of the garden was a pool, either rectangular, oblong or T-shaped.
Around the pool could be trees of fig, palm, sycamore, pomegranate, nut trees
and jujube. Sometimes arbours of grapevines circled the outer edges of the
garden. Flowers would be grown in beds or in pots lining walkways to the house.
Flower beds tended to be in solid colours and contained cornflowers, poppies,
papyrus, daisies, mandrakes, roses, irises, myrtle, jasmine, mignonettes,
convolvulus, celosia, narcissus, ivy, lychnis,…

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THE MARY GARDEN

December 7, 2020 • Patty

The Medieval period in Europe was an interesting but bumpy time for women. Women
were viewed as the instrument of evil, an attitude encouraged by the church.
They were subservient to men and led degraded lives. There existed anti-feminist
literature and the fabliaux, which are rhymed verses that spoke of contempt for
women and their deceit. In the early twelfth and thirteenth centuries this
attitude began to change. Part was due to the introduction of the chivalric code
of honour. The cult of chivalry, or courtly love, existed only among the
nobility. The gentlewoman who looked for love or romance outside of marriage
found it with the chivalric knight’s attention. Women of nobility enjoyed great
attention, were deferred to and…

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NUR JAHAN, MOGHUL QUEEN PART 2

October 23, 2020 • Patty

“ …she erects very expensive buildings in all directions – sarais, or
halting-places for travellers and merchants, and pleasure gardens and palaces
such as no one has ever made before.” – Pelsaert The Mughal period in India was
one where culture and the arts were of great importance to the royal family and
the ruling classes below them. Nur Jahan was fortunate indeed to have lived in
this time and to have been born to a wealthy and powerful family. She was
skilled in two languages, was considered an accomplished poet, designed and
created clothing and jewellery, an art lover and collector, and she is famously
known for her prowess as a huntress, her horsemanship and long black hair. It…

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NUR JAHAN, MOGHUL QUEEN – PART 1

September 21, 2020 • Patty

Of all the women I have researched and written about so far,the story of Nur
Jahan is the most complete, the most reasonably well documented, and plenty has
been written about her. In the first part of this post I will focus on the life
of Nur Jahan with reference to the gardens. From Wikipedia: The Mughal Empire or
Mogul (also Moghul) Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power
in the Indian subcontinent south (India Pakistan Bangladesh) and from about 1526
to 1757. The Mughal emperors were Muslims and direct descendants of Genghis Khan
through Chagatai Khan and Timur. At the height of their power in the late 17th
and early 18thcenturies, they controlled most of the subcontinent….

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