Amy HoodJul 16, 202112 min readPortrait Highlight - Ida B Wells American journalist, educator and civil rights leaderIda Bell Wells-Barnett (1862 – 1931) American investigative journalist, educator, & an early leader in the civil rights movement. She was...
Amy HoodJul 15, 202112 min readPortrait Highlight - Emmeline Pankhurst Political activist, founder & leader of the WSPUEmmeline Pankhurst (1858 – 1928) British political activist and founder and leader of the British suffragette movement (WSPU) Emmeline...
Amy HoodMay 15, 202110 min readPortrait Highlight - Ichikawa Fusae - Japanese feminist, politician and women's suffrage leaderIchikawa Fusae (市川 房枝, May 15, 1893 – February 11, 1981) was a Japanese feminist, politician and a leader of the women's suffrage...
Amy HoodApr 27, 202110 min readPortrait Highlight - Mary Wollstonecraft - English writer, philosopher, advocate of women’s rightsMary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797) English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women’s rights. Mary was born to Elizabeth Dixon and...
Amy HoodMar 15, 20215 min readPortrait Highlight - Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg (March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) American lawyer and jurist, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the...
Amy HoodMar 9, 202113 min readWomen's History Month 2021As you may have gathered, I like drawing portraits of women. I rarely draw a male portrait, not because I have anything against men, but...
Amy HoodJan 29, 20215 min readJanuary Book Round-upI realise that this seemingly has nought to do with my drawing, but I thought I might start doing a little round-up every now again of...