Stories from the Library: From Brontë to Butler

“From Brontë to Butler” draws on personal writings and objects to reveal the private lives and creative processes of women writers from the early 1800s to today. 

Anchored by Charlotte Brontë and Octavia E. Butler as chronological bookends, the exhibition brings together journals, letters, photographs, and personal items that bridge time, geography, and social context. Whether exploring family and marriage, work and gender roles, or the city of Los Angeles itself, the exhibition reveals common threads that connect individual experiences across generations.

Behind The Huntington’s glass cases, the layers of motherhood, career, friendship, family, and loss are revealed in private objects.
—Hyperallergic.com