Sophie Munro Charles-Genevieve-Louis-Auguste-Andre-Timothee d’Eon de Beaumont, 1728 – 1810 Better known as the Chevalier d’Eon, d’Eon was born in Tonnerre, Burgundy, to Louis d’Eon de Beaumont and Françoise de Charanton. D’Eon excelled in school as a child and went…
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’12 Days of Christmas’ Quotes
Mary’s letter spoke of some of the pictures and cathedrals she had seen…I hardly know what swelled in my throat as I read her letter – such a vehement impatience of restraint and steady work. Such a strong wish for…
History News Network Q&A FOR “A WARRIOR OF THE PEOPLE”
The following interview has been made available to the WHN by Joe Starita and his publisher, St Martin’s Press, New York. It was prepared initially for the History News Network. WHN Admin. Susan La Flesche is a…
EDITH MORLEY: THE FIRST FEMALE PROFESSOR IN BRITAIN
Edith Morley: the first female professor in Britain Edith Morley’s 1944 memoir, Before and After, was written a few years after retiring as the first female professor at an English university. This absorbing story, now published in book…
How Biblical Double Standards Killed Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Run
How biblical double standards killed Hillary Clinton’s presidential run November 11, 2016 8.54pm AEDT Jo Henderson-Merrygold Jo Henderson-Merrygold PhD Candidate in Biblical Studies and Queer Theory, University of Sheffield Disclosure statement Jo Henderson-Merrygold receives…
A WARRIOR OF THE PEOPLE: Part 2
Excerpted with permission from A Warrior of the People by Joseph Starita. Published in November 2016 by St. Martin’s Press. On March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche received her medical degree―becoming the first Native American doctor in U.S. history.…
A WARRIOR OF THE PEOPLE: Part 1
Part 1 Excerpted with permission from A Warrior of the People by Joseph Starita. Published in November 2016 by St. Martin’s Press. On March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche received her medical degree―becoming the first Native American doctor in…
Money, Politics and Equal Rights for Women
©Bernadette Cahill 2016 On October 15, 1851, Clarina Nichols – abolitionist and women’s rights and temperance advocate – told an audience of a thousand the harrowing tale of a woman who had worked hard all her life and…
The Creation of Radclyffe Hall
Gill Rossini In July 1928, author Radclyffe Hall published her now iconic novel The Well of Loneliness. It was a brave, some said foolhardy attempt to sway public opinion in favour of a sympathetic attitude towards homosexuality in Britain and…