Henry VIII's Christmas Message

If King Henry VIII were alive today, he might say... I LOVE COMMENTS

DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES, QUEEN OF EVERYONE

photograph: George Biard What makes a woman great? Is it celebrity, like Marilyn Monroe? Is it saintliness, like Mother There...

Captain Nichola Kathleen Sarah Goddard (May 2, 1980 - May 17, 2006)

  Captain  Nichola Kathleen Sarah Goddard, MSM, was the first female Canadian combat soldier killed in combat, and the 16th Canadia...

Isabella D'Este, the Grand Lady of Renaissance

EBJ- Series: Legendary Women in History painting by Titian   Born in Ferrara (1474), and the eldest of six children, Isabella wa...

Those Scandalous Etruscan Women

Those Scandalous Etruscan Women By Barbara Lambert Author The Whirling Girl If there were a prize for getting unfa...

Fashion in the days of Marie Antoinette

I have always been enchanted with the 18th century - it is definitely a favourite of mine. I came across this video in my research for one o...

18th Century Noblewoman's Fashion

Fashion has come a long way. Most days, when around the house, you can find me in a nice roomy t-shirt and yoga pants. But in the 18th centu...

THE EMPRESS THEODORA - THE WORLD'S FIRST FEMINIST

She was born in the year 500, though history is unsure where. Her father trained bears; her mother danced bare. Yet she grew up to ma...

Women Who Ruled: Mahpeyker Kosem Sultan of Ottoman Turkey

By Lisa J. Yarde For women who ruled, it seemed as if power and enduring happiness could not often coexist. While they lived, these...

IF ROMEO AND JULIET GOT MARRIED

THE WOMAN BEHIND LOVE'S GREATEST MONUMENT Colin Falconer Mumtaz Mahal In the west we think of Romeo and Juliet as the arch...
 

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