Category Archives: Women

“Beauty is in The Eye of The Gazer.” ― Charlotte Brontë

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Loredana Isabella

Gertrude Stein once said, “I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed.” Certainly that is the case with today’s subject, Charlotte Brontë.  There’s a good reason for this. We know from personal letters that … Continue reading →

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The Mother of All Mothers

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

She “wanted it to be a holy day, a day of sentiment, not profit,”  dismissing greeting cards as “a poor excuse for the letter you are too lazy to write.” First celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial … Continue reading →

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Violet Jessop ~ Miss Unsinkable

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 363 of Colourisation Project – May 5 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Lucky or unlucky? Either way she lived to tell the story through her compelling memoirs titled, … Continue reading →

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Mad-Hatter Hedda Hopper

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 360 of Colourisation Project – May 2 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Let’s face it, Hollywood would be bland without its gossip columnists. There have been many; Perez … Continue reading →

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Beatrice Webb ~ Social Reformer

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 358 of Colourisation Project – April 30 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  A socialist utopian, she coined the term “collective bargaining.” She was at the core of the … Continue reading →

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Carolyn Jones’ Crowning Glory

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 356 of Colourisation Project – April 28 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  You may not immediately recognise today’s colourisation subject with her bob haircut. Texan born actress, Carolyn … Continue reading →

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Henri La Fontaine ~ A Woman’s Man

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 350 of Colourisation Project – April 22 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  Henri La Fontaine was of a rare enlightened breed; a male champion of women at a … Continue reading →

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Caresse Crosby ~ An Uplifting Story

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 348 of Colourisation Project – April 20 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  Necessity, they say is the mother of invention. The modern day bra was borne out of … Continue reading →

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Daphne du Maurier ~ Master of Suspense

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 347 of Colourisation Project – April 19 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  As a young woman of 24, negotiating the alleyways of Venice, I recall spooking myself out, … Continue reading →

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Jessie Street ~ Australian Activist Ahead of Her Time

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 346 of Colourisation Project – April 18 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  She was the only Australian woman delegate at the founding of the United Nations in 1945; … Continue reading →

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