Aristocrat Lady Charlotte Bertie navigated a surprising and adventurous life marked by familiar disapproval, business acumen, and a transformative second marriage leaving behind a legacy of industrial...
“Prisons, as you know, have been my hobby” wrote the prominent suffragette Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton. An influential British activist as well as a writer, speaker and campaigner for votes for...
This retelling of the sixteenth century introduces the reader to a gallery of amazing women, from queens to commoners, who navigated the patriarchal world in memorable and life-changing ways. Amy Licence...
When Count Henry of Anjou and his formidable wife Eleanor of Aquitaine became king and queen of England, they amassed an empire stretching 1,000 miles from the Pyrenees to the Scottish border, including...
In 19th-century Newcastle, women played essential yet underappreciated roles in society, balancing labor, family, and activism, particularly in the suffragist movement.For much of the nineteenth century,...
For centuries women’s history has been dismissed, or ignored entirely. Women make up half of society, and yet few pages have been written about women’s history, their lives, and contributions. It...
Chronicles the lives of four women who defied societal expectations, challenging marriage norms and carving their own paths from 1609 to 1949.As the fight for women’s rights continues, and while men...
Our earliest written sources for Greek mythology, Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, feature women prominently as drivers of the narratives. Though they occupy a variety of roles and speak eloquently for...
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