https://jourms.org/women-cultural-agents-the-beguines-educators-and-caring-mothers/ Title: Portrait of Marguerite Porete — Acrylic Painting by Alicia Campos Massó was painted in 2025. Description: A contemporary painted portrait of Marguerite Porete, author of “The Mirror of Simple Souls,” created by artist Alicia Campos Massó

Art Exhibit Review May 2025 The Etruscans were not exactly Italian people; instead, they lived in modern Italy between the 8th and 3rd centuries, in the region of Etruria. Italy, as we know it today, was only unified as a nation in 1861. Although Etruscan civilization was eventually absorbed by Roman culture, Etruscans influenced religion, art, architecture, and even aspects of Roman governance. However, although women in Etruscan society held significant power and social age

MAESTRAS at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain Prehistoric cave paintings and artifacts reveal the long history of the artistic expression of women, displaying their intellectual capabilities, community orientations, and creative spirits. Professor Dean R. Snow shows evidence that women painted caves, erasing unwarranted assumptions that male hunters painted hunting scenes. Women have always been not only the creators of life and unifiers of communities but