Poll: Who Was the Most Interesting Woman Ruler?
Saturday March 30, 2013
Who was the most interesting woman ruler in history? Choose from among these queens, empresses, and pharaohs. Click to vote, and to see how others have voted:
1) Catherine ... Read More
Short Life with Large Impact
Wednesday March 27, 2013
She died after a fall from a horse at age 25 on March 27, 1482, but in her short life, Mary of Burgundy became a ruler when she was twenty ... Read More
Learn About the Triangle Fire
Monday March 25, 2013
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25, 1911, was a key event in labor history and women's history. The factory was a typical shop where immigrant women and ... Read More
Women in Congress: Do You Know Them?
Saturday March 23, 2013
More than 200 women have served in the United States Congress, including some very colorful figures. Do you know who these famous firsts were?
Who was the first woman to ... Read More
First Author and Poet in the World
Friday March 22, 2013
She is the first author and poet in the world we know by name. A daughter of the great Akkadian king, Sargon, she helped solidify his power by raising ... Read More
Causes of the Witch Craze?
Thursday March 21, 2013
"Why were middle-aged and old women, with a few young maidens, singled out as the special victims of that terrible mania of superstition which for fifteen hundred years lighted lurid ... Read More
Anna and the King -- How True Is the Story?
Wednesday March 20, 2013
A 1944 book, Anna and the King of Siam, gave rise to the stage and movie musical, The King and I, and then to the 1999 movie, Anna and the ... Read More
Hannah Snell, Female Soldier
Tuesday March 19, 2013
She's Britain's most famous female soldier in history -- well, maybe except for Boudicca -- and Hannah Snell even managed to get a military pension for her service! Read ... Read More
Jane Austen on History
Friday March 15, 2013
About history, Jane Austen put these words in the mouth of one of her characters: "The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars and pestilences in every page; the men ... Read More
Was There a Woman Pope?
Wednesday March 13, 2013
In about the 13th century, a story began circulating about a Pope who was revealed to actually be a woman. The story took on new life with the Protestant ... Read More
Gender-Bending in the 18th Century
Wednesday March 13, 2013
Who was this character? She lived most of her life disguised in male clothing, led a life largely unavailable to women -- though she met another woman disguised as ... Read More
Equal Pay in the UK
Monday March 11, 2013
In the UK, a walkout at a Ford Motor Co. sewing machine plant in 1968 led to significant pressure for equal pay for women: The 1968 Dagenham Women's Strike
A History of International Women's Day
Friday March 8, 2013
From its roots in labor history to support internationally through the United Nations, International Women's Day has been a time to reflect on women's rights: progress, changes needed and heroines ... Read More
Two-Time Nobel Prize Winner
Thursday March 7, 2013
Marie Curie is one of the rare Nobel Prize winners who has won two of those awards -- and in different fields, too. One in chemistry, one in physics. ... Read More
Wisdom Guiding Science
Wednesday March 6, 2013
Science was traditionally personified as a woman, ironic in times when women were not permitted or encouraged to pursue the study of science. In this 19th century image, the goddess ... Read More