Posts Tagged ‘women’s suffrage’
Everlasting Gardens: The Poet’s Song of Seasons – Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 17, 1864 Dearest Gardeners, On this day, we pause to honor the birth of Jane Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald, a Canadian poet whose voice still rings with gentle wisdom across the years. Hailing…
Read MoreA Gentle Voice from the Garden: Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 8, 1922 On this day, as the last mountain ash berries gleam against pewter skies, we remember Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald, whose poetic voice still echoes through the gardens of Maritime Canada. Today…
Read MoreDame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan: The Botanical Pioneer Who Commanded Both Fungi and Forces
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 27, 1967 My dearest garden confidantes, today marks the solemn anniversary of the departure of one of our most illustrious botanical heroines – the incomparable Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, who left our earthly…
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This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 17, 1916 It was on this day that a photograph preserved for posterity captured two titans of women’s suffrage—our own Nellie McClung standing shoulder to shoulder with the formidable British firebrand Emmeline…
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