The Monstrous Regiment of Women

 Redrawing the Lines of Power--Women's Family Trees I have just finished hanging a framed poster that was a recent gift from my son: ...

Sybil Ludington and her "Midnight Ride" (26 April 1777) Listen, my children, and you shall hear  Of the midnight ride of Pau...

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...

Nicholaa de la Haye, castellan of Lincoln (second battle of Lincoln, 20 May 1217) Nicholaa de la Haye (c. 1150-1230) was the eldest daug...

Louise-Félicité Guynement de Kéralio (19 January 1757-31 December 1821) I've been reading Carolyn Harris's recent book on Henr...

Hillary Clinton, Candidate for President of the United States of America (28 July 2016) On Thursday, 28 July 2016, Hillary Rodham Clin...

Men, Women, and “History” A few days ago, I ran across Andrew Kahn and Rebecca Onion’s  essay in Slate —“Is History Written about Men, b...

Anna Comnena (born 1 December 1083) "Born and bred in the Purple"-- porphyrogenita --is the way the Byzantine princess Anna C...

Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes (murdered 30 September 1888) Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes were murdered in Whitechapel,...