How suffragist Matilda Gage inspired the witches of Oz
Part of what makes L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Ozsuch an enduring story—providing inspiration for countless other books, movies, television shows, musicals and beyond—is its compelling, dynamic, self-possessed female characters…which is all the more impressive when you remember that women weren’t even allowed to vote at the time of Baum writing it. And […]