Ancient History Jewelry Stories · Moon Honey Studios

Influential Women Jewelers- The Arts And Crafts Movement, Part 1

·40 min·4 clips
The Arts and Crafts movement judged women on the same standards as their male peers, truly respecting and uplifting their creative talents.
Host Melisse begins a multi-part series profiling influential but often overlooked women jewelers, starting with three pioneers of the Arts and Crafts movement: Marie Zimmerman, Florence Kohler, and Charlotte Newman. She explores the movement's socialist roots, its rebellion against industrialization, and how it uniquely created space for women to be judged on craftsmanship rather than gender.

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A careful look at women jewelers that treats ornament as design history.

Ancient History Jewelry Stories uses this Arts and Crafts episode to open a wide-ranging look at women jewelers from the 19th through the 20th century.

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You want a slow, detail-rich look at women jewelers in the Arts and Crafts orbit, with Marie Zimmerman as the standout centerpiece.

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