Myth: Women & Children First

From the Boston Herald : According to a recent study by two Swedish economists, that brand of gallantry is not only dead, it was buried at s...

Dutchman builds replica Noah's Ark after flood dream

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Abandoned Women

From the Daily Record : THEY are the women history has chosen to forget – the 2500 Scots banished to Tasmania  for the pettiest of crimes. T...

Review - Calling Invisible Women

Review of "Calling Invisible Women" by Ben Steelman at Star News Online : Ever since H.G. Wells' 1897 novel, the notion of inv...

Anonymous in Their Own Names

From We-enews : Edward L. Bernays, Heywood Broun and Harold Ross have long been lauded as media innovators, their accomplishments chronicled...

Long Haired Village

From The Nation : HAIR is very important to women, who generally use it to highlight their features, but for the women of the ethnic Yao peo...

Misattributed Female Firsts

From Policymic : As America mourns the passing of Sally Ride, much has been written about her status as the first female American astronaut....

Results of Amelia Earhart Search

Further to my blog post on More On Ameilia Earhart Search , comes this from Heritage Daily : Earhart, who was the first female to fly solo a...

Obit: Marjorie Chibnall

From the Telegraph : She was known for her many studies of Anglo-Norman history, including, most notably, her mighty six-volume edition and ...

Baby Cages - 1930s Parenting

From Nine MSN Health & Wellbeing : It's possibly wrong to judge other ages by the standards of our own, so we'll try to reserve ...

Historic Newspapers

If you do not know already about this great service, then here is the lowdown. Historic Newspapers   offers you a selection of original news...

Most Beautiful Princess - Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna

Christina Croft talks about " Most Beautiful Princess – A Novel Based on the life of Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia". In the ea...

More on Amelia Earhart Search

Following on from my blog post on Amelia Earhart - New Evidence , comes this article from Discovery News : Components of Amelia Earhart'...

Divorce Rights For Bangladeshi Hindus

From the China Post : Unlike her Muslim compatriots, Tarulata Rani is unable to inherit anything from her family, cannot divorce and cannot ...