Rahab the Harlot

From Bible History Daily : In the Book of Joshua, Rahab (a heroine nonetheless known as “Rahab the Harlot”) assisted two Israelite spies in ...

Mary Toft - Bunnies In The Oven

From the Wellcome Library : In November 1726, a woman named Mary Toft was at the center of a public debate that included some eminent physic...

Mary Pearcey - Jill The Ripper?

From History Channel : It’s true that while many theories about the killer’s identity have emerged over the years, some of them more implaus...

La Malinche - Heroine or Temptress

A small army of Spaniards left Cuba in February 1519 on eleven ships headed for the Mainland. The expedition was led by Hernán Cortés who ha...

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...

Review: Pope Joan (Lawrence Durrell)

This work by Lawrence Durrell is a 1954 translation of the Greek  Papissa Joanna  of Emmannuel Royidis which was written in 1886.  As such, ...

Aelfhtryth of Devon

Aelfthryth was a controversial figure - wife of King Edgar,  mother of Aethelred the Unready.  But it is the murder of her step-son Edward t...

Wallis Simpson - That Woman

From the Sydney Morning Herald : ALMOST everyone knows the story of King Edward VIII's abdication to marry the American divorcee Wallis ...