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Showing posts with label Encyclopedia Britannica. Show all posts
Sunday, November 27, 2022

Galla Placidia, "the Last Roman Empress"

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Galla Placidia, queen of the Visigoths, empress of Rome, regent of the empire (died 27 November 450) Galla Placidia, the woman who would bec...
Friday, October 9, 2020

Harriet Hosmer: She "Knew Herself to be a Sculptor"

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Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, American Sculptor (born 9 October 1830) Harriet Hosmer,  photo by Matthew Brady The name of Harriet Hosmer came t...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Back to the Future, Part 14: More Good News for Women--We're Still Missing!!

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Back to the Future, Part 14: Women and Wikipedia I rarely refer to Wikipedia in my posts. It's not that I'm a research snob (we...
Thursday, November 22, 2018

"Mad Anne" Bailey and the Revolutionary War

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Anne Hennis Bailey, Scout and Courier in the American Revolution (died 22 November 1825) Born in 1742, Anne Hennis emigrated to the col...
Thursday, November 1, 2018

Maria Magdalena of Austria, Regent of Tuscany

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Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess and Co-Regent of Tuscany (died 1 November 1631)* Born in the city of Graz on 7 October 1589,...
Monday, October 15, 2018

Jadwiga of Poland, Queen Regnant of Poland

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Jadwiga, Queen of Poland (crowned 15 October 1384) Born in 1373, Jadwiga was the youngest of three daughters born to Elizabeth of Bosni...
Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Labor Organizer "Mother Jones": "Pray for the Dead and Fight Like Hell for the Living"

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Mary Harris Jones, "Mother Jones," Labor Organizer and Activist (baptized 1 August 1837) Union membership is at an all-time...
Saturday, June 16, 2018

Mary Katharine Goddard, Publisher, Printer, and Patriot

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Mary Katharine Goddard (born 16 June 1738) To be absolutely honest, I never enjoyed studying the American Revolutionary War when I was ...
Sunday, January 14, 2018

Eleanor of Provence, Queen and Regent of England

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Eleanor of Provence, queen of England (married 14 January 1236) Eleanor of Provence was one of the four daughters of Berengar, count o...