Well, I Laughed
Two Best Friends pt.1: Out of the Blue
Discover a women ahead of her time and instrumental to the women's rights movement. Discover who is Matilda Gage? From radical parents to radical children, Matilda dreamed of a better future. A future she did not live to see, but whose influence has been seen by millions this year. Learn more about the women who battled "Wicked" misogyny and how this impacted her son, L. Frank Baum and his later works in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Chapters:
00:14:28 Matilda Electa Joslyn Gage
00:54:47 Matilda's Legacy
00:59:13 L. Frank Baum
01:26:50 Writing the Book
01:37:45 The Allegory
01:53:54 The Truth
02:10:10 Continuing the Story
Photos Referenced:
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Matilda Gage in the 1850s - Courtesy of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Center |
Sources:
Matilda Gage/L. Frank Baum
Matilda Joslyn Gage - National Women's History Museum
The Feminist Who Inspired the Witches of Oz - Smithsonian
Matilda Joslyn Gage - National Parts Service
Matilda Joslyn Gage's legacy and her impact on Oz - Spectrum News
Matilda Joslyn Gage - National Women's Hall of Fame
Frank Baum, the man Behind the Curtain - Smithsonian
The Matilda Effect
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 - The Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911 - The Nobel Prize
The Wizard of Oz
The Book (1900): The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: (Illustrated first edition. 148 original full-color illustrations) - Frank L Baum
The Movie (1939): The Wizard of Oz - HBO
The Wizard of Allegory - Henry Littlefield in The Baum Bugle Vol 36, No 1, 1992 via The Oz Club
The Wizard of Oz: Parable on Populism - Henry M Littlefield on Amphigory via Web Archive
A short analysis of the Wizard of Oz - Medium (Ezra Godson)
Behind the Curtain: The Wizard of Oz's Political Allegory Decoded - Medium (B.W. Harris)
Populism and the World of Oz - National Museum of American History
Populism in the Wizard of Oz - Plodding through the Presidents
No, the Wizard of Oz isn't a political allegory - The Royal Blog of Oz