The Secret Life of Lady Liberty

Music Video Gallery

Over time readers of our book The Secret Life of Lady Liberty have sent us links to several music videos related to the American goddess. Here are a few—after watching them, check out our book to learn more about the symbolism and the history.

“This powerful and timely portrayal of Lady Liberty includes an exploration of the artistic, cultural, and historical contexts that have informed this cultural icon. Along the way, the authors delve into much women’s history and “exhume”> long buried feminists and feminist concepts such as Republican Motherhood as women created a political role for themselves prior to woman suffrage. It also depicts how ‘The Lady’ was used as an icon in the movement for the vote. The book packs a great deal of political punch and history while explaining the symbolism of women’s role in our political life — past and present — missing from even our higher education today.”

— Edith P. Mayo, curator emeritus in Political and Women’s History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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