The war-hungry women written out of photographic history

The war-hungry women written out of photographic history Lee Miller was famous for her shots of the second world war, but there were many ot...

More Beauty Secrets From The Past

Article from the Daily Mail : Women and vanity have always gone hand in hand.  Indeed, archaeologists have been known to find the remains of...

Women Rulers of the Maldives

From an article in Mint Press by Dr Milena Rampoldi : In her book, Bahriye Üçok gives us a general overview of the history of the Maldives....

Blanche Mortimer Found

From Medievalists dot com : The discovery of a body inside a church memorial has caused amazement in the world of archaeology and surprised ...

Obit: Professor Halet Çambel

From Hurryet Daily News : One of the most important figures in the archaeology world, Istanbul University’s retired academic Professor Halet...

Mysterious Mona Lisa - Update

Well, the tomb of what is believed to be Lisa Gherardini, model for da Vinci's Mona Lisa is about to be opened and the remains DNA test...

Joan of Portugal

The following is a guest post by Laura Diaz on an intriguing woman from Spanish history.  Please enjoy! Joan of Portugal Joan of Portugal is...

Julia Pierson: Head of Secret Service

From CNN : Julia Pierson was sworn in Wednesday as the first female director of the Secret Service in its 148-year history. She took the sta...

The Bones of Arsinoe IV

From UPI : Circumstantial evidence has led Austrian researcher Hilke Thur to conclude the bones of a young woman discovered in the ancient G...

Update: Amber Toppah

I would like to add an update to my September blog on Amber Toppah.  The image used was not correct.  As such I have updated the post with t...

Mary Leakey - Matriarch & Archaeologist

From the Christian Science Monitor : She was a talented artist, specializing in early Stone Age, able to flawlessly draw early tools and art...

Mayte Almeida - The Story Continues

Further to my blog post on Mayte Almeida in May 2009, comes this update. Having retired from the ariplane business, Mayte has diversified h...

Legacy of Begum Akhtar

From the Hindu Business Line : Once the toast of cultural circles, artistes and musicians often slip out of public memory as soon as they qu...

Women in Advertising

From Advertising Age :  In the "Mad Men" view of the world, women were just beginning to make headway in the industry in the 1960s...

Obit: Joan Uebelhoer

From the News Sentinel : When no one else spoke against inequality, Joan Uebelhoer did. Uebelhoer, longtime activist for the rights of women...

First Female Kiowa Leader

From the Native American Times : While Kiowa women have always been integral to the workings of the tribe in political, cultural, and social...

Oceanographer Marie Tharp

From Huffington Post : On February 2, 2009, thanks to  Google Ocean  , the ocean floor's topography was revealed for millions of people ...

Amelia Earhart - Case Closed

Fred Noonan & Amelia Earhart I have just finished " Amelia Earhart - Case Closed " by Mike and Marjie Markowski, the revised e...

Amelia Earhart - Lost Evidence?

From CNN : CNN reported Sunday that a 1937 photo may be key in finding, with certainty, the final resting place of Earhart as well as her na...

Lady Anne's Great Books of Record

From Science Daily : A three-year study into a set of manuscripts compiled and written by one of Britain's earliest feminist figures has...