darkhei-noam:Purim is coming - and it’s International (Working) Women’s Day too! ✊ So I

Purim is coming - and it’s International (Working) Women’s Day too! ✊ So I thought I would share some images of Esther as a working woman - a scribe! - in tribute to the many women who continue to mentor and inspire me. These images are from illustrated megillot from Italy, Germany, and Holland, ca. 1650-1750: the earliest images, to my knowledge, of female scribes in Hebrew manuscripts (although I’d be happy to be corrected!).