Archive - A Woman to Know

July 2025

fed up with fairies

Elsie Wright, Frances Griffith and the Cottingley Fairies

Jul 31 •

Julia Carpenter

I was trying to give them something different

Ruth Wakefield, the Toll House Inn and the invention of a cookie

Jul 28 •

Julia Carpenter

on volcanoes, I forget everything

Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft and volcanology

Jul 25 •

Julia Carpenter

they are mermaids

Bonnie Georgiadis, Susan Backlinie and the Weeki Wachee Mermaids

Jul 22 •

Julia Carpenter

a good hat can be worn any time

Sally Victor and her many hats

Jul 18 •

Julia Carpenter

The Original Valley Girl

Probably not blonde

Published on Valley Girl • Jul 14

once upon a time

Dorothy Viehmann, Henriette Dorothea Wild and the Brothers Grimm

Jul 11 •

Julia Carpenter

hey, I invented those

Rommy Hunt Revson and the invention of the “scunci”

Jul 7 •

Julia Carpenter

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