In 1922, a young woman from provincial Georgia took the New York stage as the winner…
Margaret Fredkulla: The Queen Who Ruled Denmark
In the 11th century, Scandinavian kingdoms waged constant wars. To put an end to the bloodshed,…
Emma Paterson: Founding Women’s Trade Unions
In Victorian England, where working-class women performed the toughest jobs for a fraction of male wages,…
Matthew Arnold: Victorian Poet and Culture Critic
Matthew Arnold was born on Christmas Eve, 1822, in Laleham on the Thames. The son of…
Melpomeni Dina Gianopoulou. Unsung Greek Heroines of the Holocaust
In 2019, at Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem, a long-awaited reunion took place after more than seven decades.…
Gertrude Tuckwell: London’s First Woman Judge
When the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act came into force in the UK on December 24, 1919,…
Anandibai Joshi: Pioneering Indian Women
When Anandibai Joshi stood before an audience in Serampore in 1883 to announce her departure for…
How Halina Birenbaum Survived Four Nazi Camps
Halina Birenbaum survived the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek, Auschwitz, the death march, and Ravensbrück. She lost her…
Agnes Waterhouse. First Witch Execution in England
In the summer of 1566 in Chelmsford, one of the first English witch trials unfolded, ending…
Plautilla Nelli: Florence’s Forgotten Renaissance Artist
In sixteenth-century Florence, where art was a male domain, a fourteen-year-old girl from a wealthy merchant…