Victorian London was a city of contrasts. The splendor of aristocratic salons neighbored the misery of…
Kategoria: Forgotten Women
Who Was Teresa Potulicka? Insurgent, Nurse, Heiress
At the age of 99, Teresa Potulicka-Łatyńska, the last representative of an aristocratic family that shaped…
Chrobry’s fourth wife. Who was Oda really?
In the early eleventh century, royal marriages rarely had anything to do with affection. Oda of…
Death of Dagny Juel. A story that still shocks
For a decade, Dagny Juel Przybyszewska inspired the greatest artists of her era, becoming a legend…
Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria. The Princess History Forgot
A Bavarian Princess on the Threshold of a Great Career Maria Anna’s birth on November 28,…
Karina Chikitova. The heroine who inspired the world
When three-year-old Karina Chikitova disappeared in the Yakutian forests in July 2014, no one gave her…
Alice Ball. The Woman Who Stopped Leprosy
In 1915, a young chemist from Seattle faced a challenge that medicine considered unsolvable. Alice Ball…
Gertrude Ederle – The First Woman to Conquer the English Channel
In the 1920s, women fought for the right to vote, and sports remained a male domain.…
Saint Kinga. Her Marriage Broke Conventions
Saint Kinga, wife of the Kraków Duke Bolesław the Chaste, was an exceptionally pious person. Unlike…
Maria Morska. Feminist, Scandalist and Literary Icon
Maria Morska was one of the most intriguing cultural figures of interwar Poland. An actress, journalist,…