When Jane Austen died on July 18, 1817, her older sister, Cassandra, was overcome with grief. “She was the sun of my life, ...

Cassandra Austen, sister to the beloved novelist Jane, was a talented amateur artist. She is finally getting her moment in ...

Here was a woman, in the era of peace and love and social change, who was both a nun and an artist, and a political one at that. Kent used her art to convey messages of hope and social justice.