Max Dashu and the Suppressed Histories Archives
The Association for Study of Women and Mythology Board of Directors has selected Max Dashu and the “Suppressed Histories Archives” as 2020 recipient of the Brigit Award for Excellence in the Arts. The award is given in recognition of her decades of contributions as American feminist historian and artist focused on female iconography, mother-right cultures and the origins of patriarchy, along with extensive teaching, publications and cultural as well as political activism.
Max’s creation of the “Suppressed Histories Archives”, researching and documenting women’s history, makes the full spectrum of women’s history and culture visible and accessible through more than 15,000 slides and 30,000 digital images. Her work as work as a feminist art historian features pan-cultural & global inclusion of women shamans and priestesses, witches and the witch trials, folk religion and pagan European traditions, and evidence in support of egalitarian matrilineages.
Past winners of the Brigit Award include Layne Redmond, Lydia Ruyle, The We’Moon Collective and Anna Crusis Women’s Choir.
See the 2020 Brigit Award letter, and learn more about the Suppressed Histories Archives and Max’s publications and artwork.
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