How many have you already heard of? 1. Artimisia (source for entire post) Basic Artemisia Facts: Known for: warrior queen – she joined Xerxes in his battle against the Greeks at Salamis
For Women’s History Month – 9 women rulers of the ancient world
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For Women’s History Month, meet Hatshepsut
Wikipedia introduces Hatshepsut as follows: Hatshepsut (/hætˈʃɛpsʊt/; also Hatchepsut; meaning Foremost of Noble Ladies; 1508–1458 BC) was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. Hatshepsut came to the throne of Egypt in 1478 […]
For Women’s History Month – meet Judy Chicago
Of Judy Chicago, wikipedia gives the following introduction: Judy Chicago (born Judith Sylvia Cohen; July 20, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large […]
For Women’s History Month – meet Matilda Gage
I only just discovered one of the most fabulous feminist foremothers ever – Matilda Gage. And if I may be blunt about it, I am pretty fucking pissed off that I am […]
For Women’s History Month, meet Sybil Luddington
She is called “the female Paul Revere.” She rode twice as far as Paul Revere, yet until recently had been largely forgotten by history. Known for: If the stories we have of her […]
For Women’s History Month, four African American women in sports
Althea Gibson From a poor and troubled childhood, Althea Gibson discovered tennis and her talent playing the sport. It was not until the year she was 23 that major tennis competitions were […]
For Women’s History Month – LSE book recommendations
The London School of Economics and Political Science calls the following ten books “must-reads” for Women’s History Month this year. I draw your attention to the review of Recoding Gender, which mentions […]
For Women’s History Month – books by American women that changed the world
The Yellow Wallpaper is especially important to me because I struggled greatly with depression and mental illness during four years of physical confinement within a very patriarchal marriage. Read it in full […]
For Women’s History Month – women who have won the Nobel Peace Prize, part 2
Interesting. Tools used by the women’s peace movement to end civil war in Liberia included a sex strike and also a threat to strip naked in front of the male peace conference […]
For Women’s History Month – women who have won the Nobel Peace Prize, part one
Women working for peace are always especially near and dear to my heart! Here are some winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. Since there are seventeen of them, I will present about […]
