Comments on: His mother-in-law convinced him to join the Theosophical Society in 1892 https://www.isegoria.net/2022/12/his-mother-in-law-convinced-him-to-join-the-theosophical-society-in-1892/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 21 May 2026 16:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2022/12/his-mother-in-law-convinced-him-to-join-the-theosophical-society-in-1892/comment-page-1/#comment-3577296 Jim Thu, 08 Dec 2022 21:47:08 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49469#comment-3577296 Everyone knows that what America always needed, and what the Founding Fathers self-admittedly set out to achieve by throwing down the gauntlet before the British Parliament, was woman voters.

]]> By: McChuck https://www.isegoria.net/2022/12/his-mother-in-law-convinced-him-to-join-the-theosophical-society-in-1892/comment-page-1/#comment-3577029 McChuck Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:00:44 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49469#comment-3577029 So, LF Baum’s MIL was a pagan harridan whom he used as the basis for the Wicked Witch of the West? That’s what I’m getting from this article.

]]> By: bob sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2022/12/his-mother-in-law-convinced-him-to-join-the-theosophical-society-in-1892/comment-page-1/#comment-3577026 bob sykes Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:09:41 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49469#comment-3577026 I believe the 1852 convention was held in West Chester, Pennsylania. Another was held in Seneca Falls, NY, but I don’t know when. (My wife is a feminist.)

There is a considerable literature on the meaning of the Wizard of Oz, and it is generally interpreted as a Populist diatribe:

https://wr.english.fsu.edu/College-Composition/Our-Own-Words-The-James-M.-McCrimmon-Award/Our-Own-Words-2005-2006-Edition/The-Wizard-of-Oz-More-Than-Just-a-Children-s-Story-by-Lauren-Houlberg

The Cowardly Lion is William Jennings Bryan. (His Cross of Gold speech was filmed and is on YouTube.) The movie differs from the book in that Dorothy’s slippers are supposed to be silver, not ruby, and the silver slippers on the gold road represented a bimetallic currency.

Loved the movie. The books are somewhat tedious.

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