Manifest Destiny: Goddesses Protecting, Comforting, Reminding Citizens of Their Ideals, Their Destiny

Nations are most often personified as feminine, appealing to the country’s spirit, like goddesses or mothers protecting their children or appealing to a nation’s highest ideals or destiny.

By John Gast (painter) – The goddess or guardian angel Columbia, representing the spirit of America, guides pioneers safely across the plains to build a nation of pe…