Angelica Shirley Carpenter
Historian and author of a biography on Matilda Joslyn Gage, interviewed in the episode about Gage's life and influence on figures like L. Frank Baum.
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Feb 26, 2026 • 54min
The suffragist who was too radical for Susan. B. Anthony
Sally (Rush) Wagner, radical feminist scholar who restored Matilda Gage’s legacy. Angelica Shirley Carpenter, historian and biographer of Gage. Donna (Dawna) Dingwall, producer and narrator who unearthed archival material. They trace Gage’s abolitionist roots, her clashes with Susan B. Anthony over religion and race, links to L. Frank Baum and Oz, her attacks on organized religion, and the campaigns to revive her erased legacy.
