rosco rathbone
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I've been thinking a lot lately about wise female rulers such as Ozma, Glenda the Good Witch, and so on. It might be nice to live in a magic land where tall females with noble brows and silver stars affixed upon their foreheads walked in golden sandals dressed in glowing, diaphanous robes. One look at the John R. Neill illustration of Ozma upon the frontispiece of my copy of The Emerald City Of Oz is enough to convince me that she would be a wise and just ruler. Her expression combines playfulness with gravity; love with calm abiding confidence.
I was interested to learn that Frank Baum's wife was a notable feminist of her time as was his mother-in-law.
I was interested to learn that Frank Baum's wife was a notable feminist of her time as was his mother-in-law.