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Amy Hood
Jun 6, 20218 min read
Portrait Highlight - Sarah Parker Remond - African American abolitionist, lecturer & physician
Sarah Parker Remond (1826 - 1894) African American slavery abolitionist, lecturer and physician. Born free in Salem, Massachusetts to...
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Amy Hood
May 26, 20214 min read
Lindy Hop Portrait Highlight - Frankie Manning - American dancer, instructor, and choreographer
Frank Manning (May 26, 1914 – April 27, 2009) was an American dancer, instructor, and choreographer. He was one of the prime creators of...
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Amy Hood
May 22, 20214 min read
Portrait Highlight - Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia - campaigner for women's suffrage in New Zealand
Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia (22 May 1868 – 10 October 1920) was a campaigner for women's suffrage in New Zealand, a suffragist who inspired...
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Amy Hood
Apr 27, 202110 min read
Portrait Highlight - Mary Wollstonecraft - English writer, philosopher, advocate of women’s rights
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797) English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women’s rights. Mary was born to Elizabeth Dixon and...
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Amy Hood
Apr 25, 20217 min read
Portrait Highlight - Ella Fitzgerald - American jazz and swing singer
Ella Fitzgerald (1917 – 1996) American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She...
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Amy Hood
Apr 22, 20214 min read
Good Rockin' Tonight - Creating Colour - Part 2
Hello and welcome back folks! In the previous post I began explaining how I go about drawing one of my illustrations; reference photos,...
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Amy Hood
Apr 15, 20216 min read
Good Rockin' Tonight - Creating Colour - Part 1
Though I do try to share step-by-step naratives on Instagram, I thought, for a change, it might be fun to break the process down even...
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Amy Hood
Apr 7, 20215 min read
Portrait Highlight - Billie Holiday - American jazz and swing singer
Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959) [Eleanora Fagan] was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music...
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Amy Hood
Mar 15, 20215 min read
Portrait Highlight - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) American lawyer and jurist, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the...
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Amy Hood
Nov 8, 20203 min read
Remembrance Day Print Release
I do believe it was in my last post that I declared my fascination with the Second World War; the commaraderie, the fashions, music and...
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Amy Hood
Mar 31, 20201 min read
Women's History Month
Well, what a month it's been. Understatement of the millennium Amy, I hear you say. Indeed. At the start of March I was setting out on...
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