The Secret Life of Lady Liberty

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The Secret Life of Lady Liberty by Robert R. Hieronimus, Ph.D., and Laura E. Cortner is available from Inner Traditions, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble. Autographed copies (which come with a special bonus) are available for purchase directly from the authors.

“This is an impressive study of the cultural politics of the Statue of Liberty, ranging from Roman Libertas and the emancipation of slaves to women in matrilineal cultures of North America. Along the way, the book dips into the varied iconography of Liberty in folk art and editorial cartoons; European perceptions of Indigenous women and Native origins of U.S. democracy; goddesses, allegorical female figures and Black Madonnas; slavery abolition and women’s suffrage; and imperial “manifest destiny.” The Mohawk art of John Kahionhes Fadden provides a potent counterpoint to Euro-American symbolism. There are some amazing stories in here, including the fact that the abolitionist and feminist Laboulaye’s conception for the statue originated at his 1865 party celebrating the Union victory and emancipation from slavery.”

— Max Dashú, historian and founder of the Suppressed Histories Archives

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