Queen Victoria's Secret Daughter

From the Mail Online : Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 marked the refulgent patriotic zenith of the British Empire.  Standing less ...

Queen of Sheba

From Travel Blackboard : The legend of the Queen of Sheba came face-to-face with reality this week after an archeologist uncovered vast amou...

Mayan Women

From UCR Today : Contrary to popular belief, women played a central role in Maya society before the arrival of Spanish explorers in the earl...

Ancient Indian Women

From The Hindu : Though women from India's ancient past have been generalised by early historians as a uniform group conditioned in the ...

Eleanor of Aquitaine

For those with an interest in this formidable medieval queen, please listen to the podcast I have written for " The History of England ...

Zenobia - Queen of Palmyra

As news reaches us that the ancient citadel of Palmyra is under siege (see The Australian newspaper article), here is a small piece I have ...

Mexican Politics - Josefina Vazquez Mota

From the LA Times : A former congresswoman and education minister, Vazquez Mota, 51, has eagerly embraced her historic position as Mexico...

Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme

From The Guardian : A man whose daughter was murdered by her violent boyfriend has handed in a petition at Downing Street calling for a chan...

Mother Goddess Image Found

From The Hindi : The first-ever ‘Mother Goddess' image carved in sandstone rock — representing the earliest perception of idolising woma...

Notable Ethiopian Women

From Tadias  - an article on women filmmakers from Ethiopia: Documentary filmmaking holds a special place in the history of African women’s ...

Forgotten Femmes

Margaret Chase Smith From Bangor Daily News : "A Facebook campaign to get Margaret Chase Smith included on a list of influential Americ...

More Notable Women

Namira Salim From The National : "Having walked where most women, and men, could only dream of walking, Namira Salim is busy preparing ...

Play: Top Girls

From EADT 24 : As some of the most powerful and eccentric women from myth and history sit down for dinner in 80s Britain, entertainments wri...

Alina Fernandez at Wilkes University

From Wilkes University : Alina Fernandez, the daughter of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, will share her first-person, intimate account of growin...

Summer Reading

Some interesting books that I would like to read over the remainder of summer (in the southern hemisphere). The Book of Lost Fragrances by M...

Female Flatfoots of Old Chicago

From Chicago Mag : Strayer's story reminded me of one of her contemporaries, one of the most fascinating and inspiring figures in early ...

Madam CJ Walker

From Styleite : Opportunities for Black people — and especially for Black women — in the years following the abolition of slavery were few a...

Anna - Countess of the Covenant

I have just finished reading the fascinating story of Lady Anna Mackenzie - Anna, Countess of the Covenant by Lady Mary McGrigor - and what...

Aviatrix Bessie Coleman

From DoD Live : A young woman from rural east Texas, who grew up in a hardscrabble existence as one of 13 children born to poor sharecropper...