Jone's Women's History Blog

Nina Simone (1935-2003), the "High Priestess of Soul" in the 1960s, was always difficult to classify into a particular musical style: soul, blues, jazz, protest -- all of the above ... Read More

Finding a female body seems like the stuff of television drama, CSI style. But this one is different: she's been dead about 18,000 years, and she belongs to a ... Read More

Thanksgiving may not bring to mind visions of women's history -- but these articles will show the key roles several women have played in the history of Thanksgiving and its ... Read More

Find some choice quotes from writer Maya Angelou.

She was the sister of King Henry VIII, married off to the King of Scotland in a typical dynastic marriage. She was the mother of a king and the ... Read More

The Divine Sarah - Sarah Bernhardt, one of the most popular and acclaimed actresses of all time -- had some interesting things to say about her life and art. ... Read More

Lady Catherine Grey, sister of England's Nine Day Queen, Lady Jane Grey, had her own problems with the succession of England. Here's her biography.

Queen consort of Richard I -- and sadly neglected by him -- she was escorted from Navarre to Sicily to meet her husband by her new mother-in-law, Eleanor of Aquitaine, ... Read More

Her mentor, St. Francis of Assisi, is better known, but Saint Clare is herself one of the more recognized female figures of the Middle Ages. She helped to establish ... Read More

Agnodice's story, while perhaps mythical or apocryphal and not historical, nevertheless highlights the situation for a woman 2500 years ago who might have wanted to practice medicine.

California's First Lady, Maria Shriver, has urged the board of the state history museum to transform the museum -- including a new design and a focus on the history of ... Read More

After attending a reenactment event and seeing a huge selection of books on the Civil War, only one of which focused on women's roles, I tried to identify the best ... Read More

Environmentalist Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan woman, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2004 for her work to promote justice, freedom, and ecological viability in Africa. She is the ... Read More

Saint Margaret, the patroness of Scotland, was Malcolm III's queen -- the king who defeated the real Macbeth of history. She is known in history as the mother of ... Read More

Find out more about the life of Christa McAuliffe, the "teacher in space" who was killed when the Challenger space shuttle exploded in 1986.

Women artists may have been less visible throughout history than male artists, but these books retrieve some of that history. Most are well-illustrated. This collection includes books that cover a ... Read More