Laura Maria Caterina Bassi Veratti came into the world in Bologna in 1711 and spent her…
Kategoria: Forgotten Women
Mela Muter – The Polish Painter Who Conquered Paris
Maria Melania Mutermilch was born in Warsaw in 1876 as a daughter of an artistic family…
Mary Seacole. The Pioneer of Nursing
A Jamaican nurse combined traditional herbal medicine with Western practices and traveled to the Crimean front…
Anna Magdalena Bach. Singer, Copyist, Inspiration
A Baroque soprano married one of history’s greatest composers and became a key figure in preserving…
Melitta Bentz. The Woman Who Invented the Coffee Filter
A German housewife changed how coffee is brewed worldwide, using paper from her son’s notebook and…
Ela of Salisbury. The Woman Who Ruled Like a Sheriff
An aristocrat from 13th-century England left behind an extraordinary legacy. Ela of Salisbury not only managed…
Agnes of Austria. The Tigress of Kraków
Leopold III the Saint and his daughter Agnes connected Austria with one of Europe’s most important…
Why Did a Přemyslid Princess Marry a Pagan from Poland?
The marriage of Mieszko I and Dobrawa was neither a romantic impulse nor a haphazard decision.…
The Woman Who Killed Władysław Spindleshanks
History has known many princes who perished in battle or were betrayed by the powerful. But…
Maria Josepha – The Last Polish Queen
Polish historiography has written remarkably little about Maria Josepha of Habsburg – the last of the…