A Danish Royal Affair

From History Today : In 1769 the German outsider, Johann Struensee, arrived in Copenhagen as the physician and companion to the deranged Chr...

Fear Of Reprisals Over "Saving Face"

From LINK : Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy made history earlier this year when she won Pakistan’s first Oscar, feted across the country for exposing ...

Hysteria or The Invention of the Vibrator

From the Examiner : Hysteria  deals with a rather dark period in women's history, and especially that of the medical profession. Set in ...

Thirty Performances That Remade Women's History

From Paste Magazine: Paste is celebrating with a look back at two decades worth of films and 30 talented female leads whose roles re-told an...

Film: The Flowers of War

From Film Journal International : Epic tale of young women desperate to survive the Japanese invasion of Nanking in 1937. China's Oscar ...

Film: Mozart's Sister

From the Sydney Morning Herald : In the 18th century, social convention dictated women in Europe were not allowed to play the violin. Maria ...

Four Women Western Writers

From New West : When we did the Western Literature Association survey of Most Important Authors, very few women made the list. Willa Cather ...

Cleopatra - Art Throughout The Ages

From the National : The Greek writer Plutarch first wrote about her in a book called Parallel Lives sometime around 100 AD. He said she met ...

Film - The Conspirator

From Gateway : " The Conspirator " is the story of Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), the only woman charged as a co-conspirator in the ...