Jone's Women's History Blog November 2004 Archive

Rachel Speght was the first woman known to have published a women's rights pamphlet in English under her own name. Here are some works by or about Rachel Speght and ... Read More

A standard challenge: Why no women Mozarts? Besides the fact that there's only been one male Mozart, could we have known if Mozart's sister had great talent, given family and ... Read More

Was "Ephelia" even a woman? The identity of the writer and poet Ephelia, whose writing was licensed by the king's censor in 1678, has long been disputed by scholars. ... Read More

This 1858 editor's column was part of Sarah Josepha Hale's campaign to get Thanksgiving accepted as a national holiday in the United States.

Sorosis, a professional women's association, was created in 1868 by Jane Cunningham Croly, because women were usually shut out of membership in the organizations of many professions. Croly, for example, ... Read More

Some choice quotes from Joyce Carol Oates, contemporary woman writer who usually chronicles the lives of unhappy women. She wrote, "When people say there is too much violence in ... Read More

A brief profile of 20th century writer Fannie Hurst, whose novels sometimes became popular movies -- with Fannie Hurst writing the screenplay.

I've added a few portraits of famous women of history to the gallery on this site: Madame de Stael, the famous salon hostess and French writer Mary Lamb, British writer Queen Elizabeth I ... Read More

The author of the best-selling World War II history book, "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II,'' Iris Chang, has apparently committed suicide. This is ... Read More

A list of books about Queen Victoria, plus some biographies of her famous children and grandchildren. Queen Victoria is one of the most-studied, most-written-about women of history.

Biographical sketch of Mary of Modena, second wife of James II of England and mother of his son James the Old Pretender.

Barbara Honegger was a consultant at the Justice Department during the Reagan administration. She headed the department's gender discrimination agency review before resigning in August, 1983, the day after the ... Read More

Quotes from syndicated columnist Anna Quindlen, on life, feminism, Hillary Clinton, Princess Diana, nursing in public, and more.

Emily Dickinson, a creative poet of the 19th century, was known only by a small circle during her lifetime. It wasn't until after her death that most of her poems ... Read More

N. S. Gill, About's Guide to Ancient and Classical History, summarizes some of the difficulties in coming to conclusions about daily life in history. Her list certainly applies to ... Read More

Here's a list of two generations of descendents of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, showing their intermarriages with other royal houses of Europe.