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18TH CENTURY WOMEN
18th century women. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike – Scandal and Exile. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike was briefly a Crown Princess of Prussia until her refusal to play along with their double-standards got her exiled for life. Thoughts: 1 Comment. Lady Mary Montagu, Brilliant Autodidact Aristocrat. Lady Mary Montagu was an 18th centurynoblewoman
EQUAL UNDER THE LAW: MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACTS IN THE The Married Women’s Property Act 1870 was the first act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that substantially altered English common law to give married women more rights. Under the new act, a married woman could legally own and control any property she earned on her own after marriage, including wages, gifts, inheritance, or incomefrom
NETTIE STEVENS: A DISCOVERER OF SEX CHROMOSOMES Nettie Stevens: A Discoverer of Sex Chromosomes. At the start of the 20 th century, a female biologist was working to solve a scientific problem that had troubled humanity for ages. The problem was simple but daunting and it touched on how men become male and how women become female. Through her research work, biologist Stevens discoveredthat
LAW OF COVERTURE: WHY CALL A WOMAN BY HER HUSBANDS NAME Coverture was a set of laws that said that a married woman’s identity was “covered” by her husband’s. Under the law of coverture, a woman’s legal rights were subsumed by her husband’s when she got marriage. Legally, a husband and wife became one person: the husband. Upon marriage, the wife gave up her separate identityunder the law
THE NEW WOMAN & HER BICYCLE: WHY DID VICTORIAN MEN FEAR The so-called New Woman and her bicycle, a strong and independent woman who rode bicycles and wore cycling costumes like bloomers, became a symbol of gender equality and redefined femininity going into the 20th century. The Role of Women in the Victorian Era. In the 19th century, society held a view of separate spheres for men and women. ELIZABETH WOODVILLE, THE WHITE QUEEN Most people remember the Kings and the many battles but behind the scenes Elizabeth Woodville was always there, pulling strings to keep her children from harm and to bring them to greatness. With every turn she faced betrayal and danger as England’s White Queen. At around 1436 Jacquetta Woodville, wife to the Earl of Rivers, gave birth to THE DOCTRINE OF SEPARATE SPHERES: WHY A WOMAN’S PLACE WAS According to the theory of separate spheres, this was thought to be solely the domain of women. The proper or ideal woman, therefore, would be pure, submissive, and domestic in order to happily fulfill her duties of caring for the home and rearing children. Even today, household work is still very gendered. According to a recent study, onan
FANNIE FARMER, THE MOTHER OF LEVEL MEASUREMENTS Fannie Farmer was the author of The Boston Cooking-School Cookbook, the first cookbook to use strict standardized measurements. Called “the mother of level measurements”, Fannie was also a teacher and lecturer who helped to popularize a more scientific approach to cooking and housekeeping, and inspired doctors and nurses with her innovative teachings on convalescent diet and nutrition. HUDA SHAARAWI, EGYPTIAN FEMINIST & ACTIVIST Huda Shaarawi (1879–1947) was an Egyptian feminist who influenced not only women in Egypt but throughout the Arab world. She was a pioneer in feminism, and brought to light the restrictive world of upper-class women in her book The Harem Years, published in 1987. Huda Shaarawi (also spelled Hoda Shaarawi or Sha’arawi) was raised inDOT WILKINSON
Dot Wilkinson – One of the Greatest Female Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of. Dot Wilkinson is widely known as one of the greatest Fastpitch Softball players to have ever played the game. She began playing for the Phoenix Ramblers in the Amateur Softball Association(ASA) in
18TH CENTURY WOMEN
18th century women. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike – Scandal and Exile. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike was briefly a Crown Princess of Prussia until her refusal to play along with their double-standards got her exiled for life. Thoughts: 1 Comment. Lady Mary Montagu, Brilliant Autodidact Aristocrat. Lady Mary Montagu was an 18th centurynoblewoman
EQUAL UNDER THE LAW: MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACTS IN THE The Married Women’s Property Act 1870 was the first act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that substantially altered English common law to give married women more rights. Under the new act, a married woman could legally own and control any property she earned on her own after marriage, including wages, gifts, inheritance, or incomefrom
NETTIE STEVENS: A DISCOVERER OF SEX CHROMOSOMES Nettie Stevens: A Discoverer of Sex Chromosomes. At the start of the 20 th century, a female biologist was working to solve a scientific problem that had troubled humanity for ages. The problem was simple but daunting and it touched on how men become male and how women become female. Through her research work, biologist Stevens discoveredthat
LAW OF COVERTURE: WHY CALL A WOMAN BY HER HUSBANDS NAME Coverture was a set of laws that said that a married woman’s identity was “covered” by her husband’s. Under the law of coverture, a woman’s legal rights were subsumed by her husband’s when she got marriage. Legally, a husband and wife became one person: the husband. Upon marriage, the wife gave up her separate identityunder the law
THE NEW WOMAN & HER BICYCLE: WHY DID VICTORIAN MEN FEAR The so-called New Woman and her bicycle, a strong and independent woman who rode bicycles and wore cycling costumes like bloomers, became a symbol of gender equality and redefined femininity going into the 20th century. The Role of Women in the Victorian Era. In the 19th century, society held a view of separate spheres for men and women. ELIZABETH WOODVILLE, THE WHITE QUEEN Most people remember the Kings and the many battles but behind the scenes Elizabeth Woodville was always there, pulling strings to keep her children from harm and to bring them to greatness. With every turn she faced betrayal and danger as England’s White Queen. At around 1436 Jacquetta Woodville, wife to the Earl of Rivers, gave birth to THE DOCTRINE OF SEPARATE SPHERES: WHY A WOMAN’S PLACE WAS According to the theory of separate spheres, this was thought to be solely the domain of women. The proper or ideal woman, therefore, would be pure, submissive, and domestic in order to happily fulfill her duties of caring for the home and rearing children. Even today, household work is still very gendered. According to a recent study, onan
FANNIE FARMER, THE MOTHER OF LEVEL MEASUREMENTS Fannie Farmer was the author of The Boston Cooking-School Cookbook, the first cookbook to use strict standardized measurements. Called “the mother of level measurements”, Fannie was also a teacher and lecturer who helped to popularize a more scientific approach to cooking and housekeeping, and inspired doctors and nurses with her innovative teachings on convalescent diet and nutrition. HUDA SHAARAWI, EGYPTIAN FEMINIST & ACTIVIST Huda Shaarawi (1879–1947) was an Egyptian feminist who influenced not only women in Egypt but throughout the Arab world. She was a pioneer in feminism, and brought to light the restrictive world of upper-class women in her book The Harem Years, published in 1987. Huda Shaarawi (also spelled Hoda Shaarawi or Sha’arawi) was raised inDOT WILKINSON
Dot Wilkinson – One of the Greatest Female Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of. Dot Wilkinson is widely known as one of the greatest Fastpitch Softball players to have ever played the game. She began playing for the Phoenix Ramblers in the Amateur Softball Association(ASA) in
18TH CENTURY WOMEN
18th century women. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike – Scandal and Exile. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike was briefly a Crown Princess of Prussia until her refusal to play along with their double-standards got her exiled for life. Thoughts: 1 Comment. Lady Mary Montagu, Brilliant Autodidact Aristocrat. Lady Mary Montagu was an 18th centurynoblewoman
6 BRILLIANT WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS OF ANCIENT GREECE 6. Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia (370-415 CE) was a Alexandrine Neoplatonist philosopher and the first well-documented woman in mathematics. Today she is the most famous of ancient women philosophers, lending her name to an asteroid belt, a lunar crater, a genus of moth, and dozens of NETTIE STEVENS: A DISCOVERER OF SEX CHROMOSOMES Nettie Stevens: A Discoverer of Sex Chromosomes. At the start of the 20 th century, a female biologist was working to solve a scientific problem that had troubled humanity for ages. The problem was simple but daunting and it touched on how men become male and how women become female. Through her research work, biologist Stevens discoveredthat
FANNIE FARMER, THE MOTHER OF LEVEL MEASUREMENTS Fannie Farmer was the author of The Boston Cooking-School Cookbook, the first cookbook to use strict standardized measurements. Called “the mother of level measurements”, Fannie was also a teacher and lecturer who helped to popularize a more scientific approach to cooking and housekeeping, and inspired doctors and nurses with her innovative teachings on convalescent diet and nutrition. WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE AND PROHIBITION: STRANGE ALLIES Francis Willard (1839-1898) was a suffragist and a temperance movement leader. Many of the most famous early feminists and women’s suffrage advocates were also supporters of prohibition. The WCTU’s second president, Francis Willard, broadened the organization’s activism with her slogan “Do everything.”. A feminist and suffragist19TH CENTURY WOMEN
Alice Freeman Palmer was among the most influential people who expanded the academic horizons for women in the USA. The Married Women’s Property Acts in the UK helped women finally began moving towards equality, and paved the way for women’s suffrage after the turn of the 19th century.DOT WILKINSON
Dot Wilkinson – One of the Greatest Female Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of. Dot Wilkinson is widely known as one of the greatest Fastpitch Softball players to have ever played the game. She began playing for the Phoenix Ramblers in the Amateur Softball Association(ASA) in
KATERI TEKAKWITHA: THE MAKING OF A MOHAWK SAINT Kateri Tekakwitha, also known to history as the Mohawk Saint and Lily of the Mohawk, lived during the 17th century in what is now New York. After converting to Christianity, and taking the Christian name Catherine, she died in 1680. Though she was only 24 when she died, she left a lasting impression on the Jesuit missionaries who oversaw her GRACE DALRYMPLE ELLIOTT, COURTESAN AND SPY The infamous eighteenth-century courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliott’s birth has not been recorded, but she was certainly born in Scotland, most likely in Edinburgh around 1754. She was to grow up to achieve a scandalous notoriety due to her divorce and high-profile lovers — but there was much more to Grace than mere scandal. She was CARMEN AMAYA, QUEEN OF THE GYPSIES Carmen Amaya is hail on a windowpane, a swallow’s cry, a black cigar smoked by a dreamer, thunderous applause; when she and her family sweep into town, they cause ugliness, torpor and gloom to evaporate just as a swarm of insects strips the trees of their leaves.Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) Carmen Amaya (1913–1963) was a Romani18TH CENTURY WOMEN
18th century women. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike – Scandal and Exile. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike was briefly a Crown Princess of Prussia until her refusal to play along with their double-standards got her exiled for life. Thoughts: 1 Comment. Lady Mary Montagu, Brilliant Autodidact Aristocrat. Lady Mary Montagu was an 18th centurynoblewoman
LAW OF COVERTURE: WHY CALL A WOMAN BY HER HUSBANDS NAME Coverture was a set of laws that said that a married woman’s identity was “covered” by her husband’s. Under the law of coverture, a woman’s legal rights were subsumed by her husband’s when she got marriage. Legally, a husband and wife became one person: the husband. Upon marriage, the wife gave up her separate identityunder the law
EQUAL UNDER THE LAW: MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACTS IN THE The Married Women’s Property Act 1870 was the first act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that substantially altered English common law to give married women more rights. Under the new act, a married woman could legally own and control any property she earned on her own after marriage, including wages, gifts, inheritance, or incomefrom
THE NEW WOMAN & HER BICYCLE: WHY DID VICTORIAN MEN FEAR The so-called New Woman and her bicycle, a strong and independent woman who rode bicycles and wore cycling costumes like bloomers, became a symbol of gender equality and redefined femininity going into the 20th century. The Role of Women in the Victorian Era. In the 19th century, society held a view of separate spheres for men and women. THE DOCTRINE OF SEPARATE SPHERES: WHY A WOMAN’S PLACE WAS According to the theory of separate spheres, this was thought to be solely the domain of women. The proper or ideal woman, therefore, would be pure, submissive, and domestic in order to happily fulfill her duties of caring for the home and rearing children. Even today, household work is still very gendered. According to a recent study, onan
ELIZABETH WOODVILLE, THE WHITE QUEEN Most people remember the Kings and the many battles but behind the scenes Elizabeth Woodville was always there, pulling strings to keep her children from harm and to bring them to greatness. With every turn she faced betrayal and danger as England’s White Queen. At around 1436 Jacquetta Woodville, wife to the Earl of Rivers, gave birth to NETTIE STEVENS: A DISCOVERER OF SEX CHROMOSOMES Nettie Stevens: A Discoverer of Sex Chromosomes. At the start of the 20 th century, a female biologist was working to solve a scientific problem that had troubled humanity for ages. The problem was simple but daunting and it touched on how men become male and how women become female. Through her research work, biologist Stevens discoveredthat
FANNIE FARMER, THE MOTHER OF LEVEL MEASUREMENTS Fannie Farmer was the author of The Boston Cooking-School Cookbook, the first cookbook to use strict standardized measurements. Called “the mother of level measurements”, Fannie was also a teacher and lecturer who helped to popularize a more scientific approach to cooking and housekeeping, and inspired doctors and nurses with her innovative teachings on convalescent diet and nutrition. HUDA SHAARAWI, EGYPTIAN FEMINIST & ACTIVIST Huda Shaarawi (1879–1947) was an Egyptian feminist who influenced not only women in Egypt but throughout the Arab world. She was a pioneer in feminism, and brought to light the restrictive world of upper-class women in her book The Harem Years, published in 1987. Huda Shaarawi (also spelled Hoda Shaarawi or Sha’arawi) was raised inDOT WILKINSON
Dot Wilkinson – One of the Greatest Female Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of. Dot Wilkinson is widely known as one of the greatest Fastpitch Softball players to have ever played the game. She began playing for the Phoenix Ramblers in the Amateur Softball Association(ASA) in
18TH CENTURY WOMEN
18th century women. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike – Scandal and Exile. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike was briefly a Crown Princess of Prussia until her refusal to play along with their double-standards got her exiled for life. Thoughts: 1 Comment. Lady Mary Montagu, Brilliant Autodidact Aristocrat. Lady Mary Montagu was an 18th centurynoblewoman
LAW OF COVERTURE: WHY CALL A WOMAN BY HER HUSBANDS NAME Coverture was a set of laws that said that a married woman’s identity was “covered” by her husband’s. Under the law of coverture, a woman’s legal rights were subsumed by her husband’s when she got marriage. Legally, a husband and wife became one person: the husband. Upon marriage, the wife gave up her separate identityunder the law
EQUAL UNDER THE LAW: MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACTS IN THE The Married Women’s Property Act 1870 was the first act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that substantially altered English common law to give married women more rights. Under the new act, a married woman could legally own and control any property she earned on her own after marriage, including wages, gifts, inheritance, or incomefrom
THE NEW WOMAN & HER BICYCLE: WHY DID VICTORIAN MEN FEAR The so-called New Woman and her bicycle, a strong and independent woman who rode bicycles and wore cycling costumes like bloomers, became a symbol of gender equality and redefined femininity going into the 20th century. The Role of Women in the Victorian Era. In the 19th century, society held a view of separate spheres for men and women. THE DOCTRINE OF SEPARATE SPHERES: WHY A WOMAN’S PLACE WAS According to the theory of separate spheres, this was thought to be solely the domain of women. The proper or ideal woman, therefore, would be pure, submissive, and domestic in order to happily fulfill her duties of caring for the home and rearing children. Even today, household work is still very gendered. According to a recent study, onan
ELIZABETH WOODVILLE, THE WHITE QUEEN Most people remember the Kings and the many battles but behind the scenes Elizabeth Woodville was always there, pulling strings to keep her children from harm and to bring them to greatness. With every turn she faced betrayal and danger as England’s White Queen. At around 1436 Jacquetta Woodville, wife to the Earl of Rivers, gave birth to NETTIE STEVENS: A DISCOVERER OF SEX CHROMOSOMES Nettie Stevens: A Discoverer of Sex Chromosomes. At the start of the 20 th century, a female biologist was working to solve a scientific problem that had troubled humanity for ages. The problem was simple but daunting and it touched on how men become male and how women become female. Through her research work, biologist Stevens discoveredthat
FANNIE FARMER, THE MOTHER OF LEVEL MEASUREMENTS Fannie Farmer was the author of The Boston Cooking-School Cookbook, the first cookbook to use strict standardized measurements. Called “the mother of level measurements”, Fannie was also a teacher and lecturer who helped to popularize a more scientific approach to cooking and housekeeping, and inspired doctors and nurses with her innovative teachings on convalescent diet and nutrition. HUDA SHAARAWI, EGYPTIAN FEMINIST & ACTIVIST Huda Shaarawi (1879–1947) was an Egyptian feminist who influenced not only women in Egypt but throughout the Arab world. She was a pioneer in feminism, and brought to light the restrictive world of upper-class women in her book The Harem Years, published in 1987. Huda Shaarawi (also spelled Hoda Shaarawi or Sha’arawi) was raised inDOT WILKINSON
Dot Wilkinson – One of the Greatest Female Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of. Dot Wilkinson is widely known as one of the greatest Fastpitch Softball players to have ever played the game. She began playing for the Phoenix Ramblers in the Amateur Softball Association(ASA) in
6 BRILLIANT WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS OF ANCIENT GREECE 6. Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia (370-415 CE) was a Alexandrine Neoplatonist philosopher and the first well-documented woman in mathematics. Today she is the most famous of ancient women philosophers, lending her name to an asteroid belt, a lunar crater, a genus of moth, and dozens of NETTIE STEVENS: A DISCOVERER OF SEX CHROMOSOMES Nettie Stevens: A Discoverer of Sex Chromosomes. At the start of the 20 th century, a female biologist was working to solve a scientific problem that had troubled humanity for ages. The problem was simple but daunting and it touched on how men become male and how women become female. Through her research work, biologist Stevens discoveredthat
FANNIE FARMER, THE MOTHER OF LEVEL MEASUREMENTS Fannie Farmer was the author of The Boston Cooking-School Cookbook, the first cookbook to use strict standardized measurements. Called “the mother of level measurements”, Fannie was also a teacher and lecturer who helped to popularize a more scientific approach to cooking and housekeeping, and inspired doctors and nurses with her innovative teachings on convalescent diet and nutrition. WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE AND PROHIBITION: STRANGE ALLIES Francis Willard (1839-1898) was a suffragist and a temperance movement leader. Many of the most famous early feminists and women’s suffrage advocates were also supporters of prohibition. The WCTU’s second president, Francis Willard, broadened the organization’s activism with her slogan “Do everything.”. A feminist and suffragist KATERI TEKAKWITHA: THE MAKING OF A MOHAWK SAINT Kateri Tekakwitha, also known to history as the Mohawk Saint and Lily of the Mohawk, lived during the 17th century in what is now New York. After converting to Christianity, and taking the Christian name Catherine, she died in 1680. Though she was only 24 when she died, she left a lasting impression on the Jesuit missionaries who oversaw herDOT WILKINSON
Dot Wilkinson – One of the Greatest Female Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of. Dot Wilkinson is widely known as one of the greatest Fastpitch Softball players to have ever played the game. She began playing for the Phoenix Ramblers in the Amateur Softball Association(ASA) in
GRACE DALRYMPLE ELLIOTT, COURTESAN AND SPY The infamous eighteenth-century courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliott’s birth has not been recorded, but she was certainly born in Scotland, most likely in Edinburgh around 1754. She was to grow up to achieve a scandalous notoriety due to her divorce and high-profile lovers — but there was much more to Grace than mere scandal. She was CARMEN AMAYA, QUEEN OF THE GYPSIES Carmen Amaya is hail on a windowpane, a swallow’s cry, a black cigar smoked by a dreamer, thunderous applause; when she and her family sweep into town, they cause ugliness, torpor and gloom to evaporate just as a swarm of insects strips the trees of their leaves.Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) Carmen Amaya (1913–1963) was a Romani NANCY HARKNESS LOVE, WWII PILOT & COMMANDER Nancy Harkness Love was a trailblazing WWII pilot and commander who was instrumental in the founding of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of WWII, the first women in history trained to fly American military aircraft. We were in the air flying from Boston to Vassar College to visit friends when I noticed ugly clouds HARRIET POWERS: A SERMON IN PATCHWORK Harriet Powers was born into slavery in rural Clarke County, Georgia, where she lived on a plantation owned by John and Nancy Lester. Details regarding her childhood and life as a young adult are lacking. However, we know that in 1855, she married Armstead Powers, who described himself as a “farmhand” in the census of 1870, and that she raised at least nine children.18TH CENTURY WOMEN
18th century women. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike – Scandal and Exile. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike was briefly a Crown Princess of Prussia until her refusal to play along with their double-standards got her exiled for life. Thoughts: 1 Comment. Lady Mary Montagu, Brilliant Autodidact Aristocrat. Lady Mary Montagu was an 18th centurynoblewoman
KATERI TEKAKWITHA: THE MAKING OF A MOHAWK SAINT Kateri Tekakwitha, also known to history as the Mohawk Saint and Lily of the Mohawk, lived during the 17th century in what is now New York. After converting to Christianity, and taking the Christian name Catherine, she died in 1680. Though she was only 24 when she died, she left a lasting impression on the Jesuit missionaries who oversaw her THE DOCTRINE OF SEPARATE SPHERES: WHY A WOMAN’S PLACE WAS According to the theory of separate spheres, this was thought to be solely the domain of women. The proper or ideal woman, therefore, would be pure, submissive, and domestic in order to happily fulfill her duties of caring for the home and rearing children. Even today, household work is still very gendered. According to a recent study, onan
ELIZABETH WOODVILLE, THE WHITE QUEEN Most people remember the Kings and the many battles but behind the scenes Elizabeth Woodville was always there, pulling strings to keep her children from harm and to bring them to greatness. With every turn she faced betrayal and danger as England’s White Queen. At around 1436 Jacquetta Woodville, wife to the Earl of Rivers, gave birth to LAW OF COVERTURE: WHY CALL A WOMAN BY HER HUSBANDS NAME Coverture was a set of laws that said that a married woman’s identity was “covered” by her husband’s. Under the law of coverture, a woman’s legal rights were subsumed by her husband’s when she got marriage. Legally, a husband and wife became one person: the husband. Upon marriage, the wife gave up her separate identityunder the law
THE NEW WOMAN & HER BICYCLE: WHY DID VICTORIAN MEN FEAR The so-called New Woman and her bicycle, a strong and independent woman who rode bicycles and wore cycling costumes like bloomers, became a symbol of gender equality and redefined femininity going into the 20th century. The Role of Women in the Victorian Era. In the 19th century, society held a view of separate spheres for men and women. 6 BRILLIANT WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS OF ANCIENT GREECE 6. Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia (370-415 CE) was a Alexandrine Neoplatonist philosopher and the first well-documented woman in mathematics. Today she is the most famous of ancient women philosophers, lending her name to an asteroid belt, a lunar crater, a genus of moth, and dozens of HUDA SHAARAWI, EGYPTIAN FEMINIST & ACTIVIST Huda Shaarawi (1879–1947) was an Egyptian feminist who influenced not only women in Egypt but throughout the Arab world. She was a pioneer in feminism, and brought to light the restrictive world of upper-class women in her book The Harem Years, published in 1987. Huda Shaarawi (also spelled Hoda Shaarawi or Sha’arawi) was raised in GRACE DALRYMPLE ELLIOTT, COURTESAN AND SPY The infamous eighteenth-century courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliott’s birth has not been recorded, but she was certainly born in Scotland, most likely in Edinburgh around 1754. She was to grow up to achieve a scandalous notoriety due to her divorce and high-profile lovers — but there was much more to Grace than mere scandal. She wasDOT WILKINSON
Dot Wilkinson – One of the Greatest Female Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of. Dot Wilkinson is widely known as one of the greatest Fastpitch Softball players to have ever played the game. She began playing for the Phoenix Ramblers in the Amateur Softball Association(ASA) in
18TH CENTURY WOMEN
18th century women. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike – Scandal and Exile. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike was briefly a Crown Princess of Prussia until her refusal to play along with their double-standards got her exiled for life. Thoughts: 1 Comment. Lady Mary Montagu, Brilliant Autodidact Aristocrat. Lady Mary Montagu was an 18th centurynoblewoman
KATERI TEKAKWITHA: THE MAKING OF A MOHAWK SAINT Kateri Tekakwitha, also known to history as the Mohawk Saint and Lily of the Mohawk, lived during the 17th century in what is now New York. After converting to Christianity, and taking the Christian name Catherine, she died in 1680. Though she was only 24 when she died, she left a lasting impression on the Jesuit missionaries who oversaw her THE DOCTRINE OF SEPARATE SPHERES: WHY A WOMAN’S PLACE WAS According to the theory of separate spheres, this was thought to be solely the domain of women. The proper or ideal woman, therefore, would be pure, submissive, and domestic in order to happily fulfill her duties of caring for the home and rearing children. Even today, household work is still very gendered. According to a recent study, onan
ELIZABETH WOODVILLE, THE WHITE QUEEN Most people remember the Kings and the many battles but behind the scenes Elizabeth Woodville was always there, pulling strings to keep her children from harm and to bring them to greatness. With every turn she faced betrayal and danger as England’s White Queen. At around 1436 Jacquetta Woodville, wife to the Earl of Rivers, gave birth to LAW OF COVERTURE: WHY CALL A WOMAN BY HER HUSBANDS NAME Coverture was a set of laws that said that a married woman’s identity was “covered” by her husband’s. Under the law of coverture, a woman’s legal rights were subsumed by her husband’s when she got marriage. Legally, a husband and wife became one person: the husband. Upon marriage, the wife gave up her separate identityunder the law
THE NEW WOMAN & HER BICYCLE: WHY DID VICTORIAN MEN FEAR The so-called New Woman and her bicycle, a strong and independent woman who rode bicycles and wore cycling costumes like bloomers, became a symbol of gender equality and redefined femininity going into the 20th century. The Role of Women in the Victorian Era. In the 19th century, society held a view of separate spheres for men and women. 6 BRILLIANT WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS OF ANCIENT GREECE 6. Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia (370-415 CE) was a Alexandrine Neoplatonist philosopher and the first well-documented woman in mathematics. Today she is the most famous of ancient women philosophers, lending her name to an asteroid belt, a lunar crater, a genus of moth, and dozens of HUDA SHAARAWI, EGYPTIAN FEMINIST & ACTIVIST Huda Shaarawi (1879–1947) was an Egyptian feminist who influenced not only women in Egypt but throughout the Arab world. She was a pioneer in feminism, and brought to light the restrictive world of upper-class women in her book The Harem Years, published in 1987. Huda Shaarawi (also spelled Hoda Shaarawi or Sha’arawi) was raised in GRACE DALRYMPLE ELLIOTT, COURTESAN AND SPY The infamous eighteenth-century courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliott’s birth has not been recorded, but she was certainly born in Scotland, most likely in Edinburgh around 1754. She was to grow up to achieve a scandalous notoriety due to her divorce and high-profile lovers — but there was much more to Grace than mere scandal. She wasDOT WILKINSON
Dot Wilkinson – One of the Greatest Female Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of. Dot Wilkinson is widely known as one of the greatest Fastpitch Softball players to have ever played the game. She began playing for the Phoenix Ramblers in the Amateur Softball Association(ASA) in
EQUAL UNDER THE LAW: MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACTS IN THE The Married Women’s Property Act 1870 was the first act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that substantially altered English common law to give married women more rights. Under the new act, a married woman could legally own and control any property she earned on her own after marriage, including wages, gifts, inheritance, or incomefrom
THE NEW WOMAN & HER BICYCLE: WHY DID VICTORIAN MEN FEAR The so-called New Woman and her bicycle, a strong and independent woman who rode bicycles and wore cycling costumes like bloomers, became a symbol of gender equality and redefined femininity going into the 20th century. The Role of Women in the Victorian Era. In the 19th century, society held a view of separate spheres for men and women. 6 BRILLIANT WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS OF ANCIENT GREECE 6. Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia (370-415 CE) was a Alexandrine Neoplatonist philosopher and the first well-documented woman in mathematics. Today she is the most famous of ancient women philosophers, lending her name to an asteroid belt, a lunar crater, a genus of moth, and dozens of NETTIE STEVENS: A DISCOVERER OF SEX CHROMOSOMES Nettie Stevens: A Discoverer of Sex Chromosomes. At the start of the 20 th century, a female biologist was working to solve a scientific problem that had troubled humanity for ages. The problem was simple but daunting and it touched on how men become male and how women become female. Through her research work, biologist Stevens discoveredthat
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE AND PROHIBITION: STRANGE ALLIES Francis Willard (1839-1898) was a suffragist and a temperance movement leader. Many of the most famous early feminists and women’s suffrage advocates were also supporters of prohibition. The WCTU’s second president, Francis Willard, broadened the organization’s activism with her slogan “Do everything.”. A feminist and suffragist MARGUERITE D’YOUVILLE, THE FIRST CANADIAN SAINT On December 9th, 1990 thousands of North Americans converged on St. Peter’s to celebrate the canonization of Marguerite d’Youville (1701–1771), the first Canadian-born saint. Born over 245 years ago outside Montreal, Marguerite d’Youville was an 18th century Mother Teresa who dedicated her life and work to the poor, the ill and thedestitute.
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Sayyida al Hurra was a 16th-century pirate queen. Though Islamic records of the time are strangely silent about her, she was a powerful force of the time and an equal ally of the famous pirate Barbarossa. IDA B. WELLS: FIERCE ANTI-LYNCHING ACTIVIST AND Ida B. Wells was born a slave in 1862 in Mississippi, but was freed along with her family a year later when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.. Ida’s father, a master carpenter, was interested in furthering his own education, and Ida followed his footsteps in attending nearby Shaw NANCY HARKNESS LOVE, WWII PILOT & COMMANDER Nancy Harkness Love was a trailblazing WWII pilot and commander who was instrumental in the founding of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of WWII, the first women in history trained to fly American military aircraft. We were in the air flying from Boston to Vassar College to visit friends when I noticed ugly clouds MARIA GLENN, BRAVE & DETERMINED YOUNG WOMAN OF REGENCY Maria Glenn (1801-1866) was a shy young woman living in Regency England who endured criticism and vilification and was stoic in the face of bullying by her numerous powerful enemies. Maria Glenn, the daughter of a barrister, was born in the West Indies in 1801. She18TH CENTURY WOMEN
18th century women. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike – Scandal and Exile. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike was briefly a Crown Princess of Prussia until her refusal to play along with their double-standards got her exiled for life. Thoughts: 1 Comment. Lady Mary Montagu, Brilliant Autodidact Aristocrat. Lady Mary Montagu was an 18th centurynoblewoman
KATERI TEKAKWITHA: THE MAKING OF A MOHAWK SAINT Kateri Tekakwitha, also known to history as the Mohawk Saint and Lily of the Mohawk, lived during the 17th century in what is now New York. After converting to Christianity, and taking the Christian name Catherine, she died in 1680. Though she was only 24 when she died, she left a lasting impression on the Jesuit missionaries who oversaw her THE DOCTRINE OF SEPARATE SPHERES: WHY A WOMAN’S PLACE WAS According to the theory of separate spheres, this was thought to be solely the domain of women. The proper or ideal woman, therefore, would be pure, submissive, and domestic in order to happily fulfill her duties of caring for the home and rearing children. Even today, household work is still very gendered. According to a recent study, onan
ELIZABETH WOODVILLE, THE WHITE QUEEN Most people remember the Kings and the many battles but behind the scenes Elizabeth Woodville was always there, pulling strings to keep her children from harm and to bring them to greatness. With every turn she faced betrayal and danger as England’s White Queen. At around 1436 Jacquetta Woodville, wife to the Earl of Rivers, gave birth to LAW OF COVERTURE: WHY CALL A WOMAN BY HER HUSBANDS NAME Coverture was a set of laws that said that a married woman’s identity was “covered” by her husband’s. Under the law of coverture, a woman’s legal rights were subsumed by her husband’s when she got marriage. Legally, a husband and wife became one person: the husband. Upon marriage, the wife gave up her separate identityunder the law
THE NEW WOMAN & HER BICYCLE: WHY DID VICTORIAN MEN FEARSEE MORE ON AMAZINGWOMENINHISTORY.COM 6 BRILLIANT WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS OF ANCIENT GREECE 6. Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia (370-415 CE) was a Alexandrine Neoplatonist philosopher and the first well-documented woman in mathematics. Today she is the most famous of ancient women philosophers, lending her name to an asteroid belt, a lunar crater, a genus of moth, and dozens of HUDA SHAARAWI, EGYPTIAN FEMINIST & ACTIVIST Huda Shaarawi (1879–1947) was an Egyptian feminist who influenced not only women in Egypt but throughout the Arab world. She was a pioneer in feminism, and brought to light the restrictive world of upper-class women in her book The Harem Years, published in 1987. Huda Shaarawi (also spelled Hoda Shaarawi or Sha’arawi) was raised in GRACE DALRYMPLE ELLIOTT, COURTESAN AND SPY The infamous eighteenth-century courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliott’s birth has not been recorded, but she was certainly born in Scotland, most likely in Edinburgh around 1754. She was to grow up to achieve a scandalous notoriety due to her divorce and high-profile lovers — but there was much more to Grace than mere scandal. She wasDOT WILKINSON
Dot Wilkinson – One of the Greatest Female Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of. Dot Wilkinson is widely known as one of the greatest Fastpitch Softball players to have ever played the game. She began playing for the Phoenix Ramblers in the Amateur Softball Association(ASA) in
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18th century women. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike – Scandal and Exile. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike was briefly a Crown Princess of Prussia until her refusal to play along with their double-standards got her exiled for life. Thoughts: 1 Comment. Lady Mary Montagu, Brilliant Autodidact Aristocrat. Lady Mary Montagu was an 18th centurynoblewoman
KATERI TEKAKWITHA: THE MAKING OF A MOHAWK SAINT Kateri Tekakwitha, also known to history as the Mohawk Saint and Lily of the Mohawk, lived during the 17th century in what is now New York. After converting to Christianity, and taking the Christian name Catherine, she died in 1680. Though she was only 24 when she died, she left a lasting impression on the Jesuit missionaries who oversaw her THE DOCTRINE OF SEPARATE SPHERES: WHY A WOMAN’S PLACE WAS According to the theory of separate spheres, this was thought to be solely the domain of women. The proper or ideal woman, therefore, would be pure, submissive, and domestic in order to happily fulfill her duties of caring for the home and rearing children. Even today, household work is still very gendered. According to a recent study, onan
ELIZABETH WOODVILLE, THE WHITE QUEEN Most people remember the Kings and the many battles but behind the scenes Elizabeth Woodville was always there, pulling strings to keep her children from harm and to bring them to greatness. With every turn she faced betrayal and danger as England’s White Queen. At around 1436 Jacquetta Woodville, wife to the Earl of Rivers, gave birth to LAW OF COVERTURE: WHY CALL A WOMAN BY HER HUSBANDS NAME Coverture was a set of laws that said that a married woman’s identity was “covered” by her husband’s. Under the law of coverture, a woman’s legal rights were subsumed by her husband’s when she got marriage. Legally, a husband and wife became one person: the husband. Upon marriage, the wife gave up her separate identityunder the law
THE NEW WOMAN & HER BICYCLE: WHY DID VICTORIAN MEN FEARSEE MORE ON AMAZINGWOMENINHISTORY.COM 6 BRILLIANT WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS OF ANCIENT GREECE 6. Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia (370-415 CE) was a Alexandrine Neoplatonist philosopher and the first well-documented woman in mathematics. Today she is the most famous of ancient women philosophers, lending her name to an asteroid belt, a lunar crater, a genus of moth, and dozens of HUDA SHAARAWI, EGYPTIAN FEMINIST & ACTIVIST Huda Shaarawi (1879–1947) was an Egyptian feminist who influenced not only women in Egypt but throughout the Arab world. She was a pioneer in feminism, and brought to light the restrictive world of upper-class women in her book The Harem Years, published in 1987. Huda Shaarawi (also spelled Hoda Shaarawi or Sha’arawi) was raised in GRACE DALRYMPLE ELLIOTT, COURTESAN AND SPY The infamous eighteenth-century courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliott’s birth has not been recorded, but she was certainly born in Scotland, most likely in Edinburgh around 1754. She was to grow up to achieve a scandalous notoriety due to her divorce and high-profile lovers — but there was much more to Grace than mere scandal. She wasDOT WILKINSON
Dot Wilkinson – One of the Greatest Female Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of. Dot Wilkinson is widely known as one of the greatest Fastpitch Softball players to have ever played the game. She began playing for the Phoenix Ramblers in the Amateur Softball Association(ASA) in
EQUAL UNDER THE LAW: MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACTS IN THE The Married Women’s Property Act 1870 was the first act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that substantially altered English common law to give married women more rights. Under the new act, a married woman could legally own and control any property she earned on her own after marriage, including wages, gifts, inheritance, or incomefrom
THE NEW WOMAN & HER BICYCLE: WHY DID VICTORIAN MEN FEAR The so-called New Woman and her bicycle, a strong and independent woman who rode bicycles and wore cycling costumes like bloomers, became a symbol of gender equality and redefined femininity going into the 20th century. The Role of Women in the Victorian Era. In the 19th century, society held a view of separate spheres for men and women. 6 BRILLIANT WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS OF ANCIENT GREECE 6. Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia (370-415 CE) was a Alexandrine Neoplatonist philosopher and the first well-documented woman in mathematics. Today she is the most famous of ancient women philosophers, lending her name to an asteroid belt, a lunar crater, a genus of moth, and dozens of NETTIE STEVENS: A DISCOVERER OF SEX CHROMOSOMES Nettie Stevens: A Discoverer of Sex Chromosomes. At the start of the 20 th century, a female biologist was working to solve a scientific problem that had troubled humanity for ages. The problem was simple but daunting and it touched on how men become male and how women become female. Through her research work, biologist Stevens discoveredthat
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE AND PROHIBITION: STRANGE ALLIES Francis Willard (1839-1898) was a suffragist and a temperance movement leader. Many of the most famous early feminists and women’s suffrage advocates were also supporters of prohibition. The WCTU’s second president, Francis Willard, broadened the organization’s activism with her slogan “Do everything.”. A feminist and suffragist MARGUERITE D’YOUVILLE, THE FIRST CANADIAN SAINT On December 9th, 1990 thousands of North Americans converged on St. Peter’s to celebrate the canonization of Marguerite d’Youville (1701–1771), the first Canadian-born saint. Born over 245 years ago outside Montreal, Marguerite d’Youville was an 18th century Mother Teresa who dedicated her life and work to the poor, the ill and thedestitute.
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Sayyida al Hurra was a 16th-century pirate queen. Though Islamic records of the time are strangely silent about her, she was a powerful force of the time and an equal ally of the famous pirate Barbarossa. IDA B. WELLS: FIERCE ANTI-LYNCHING ACTIVIST AND Ida B. Wells was born a slave in 1862 in Mississippi, but was freed along with her family a year later when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.. Ida’s father, a master carpenter, was interested in furthering his own education, and Ida followed his footsteps in attending nearby Shaw NANCY HARKNESS LOVE, WWII PILOT & COMMANDER Nancy Harkness Love was a trailblazing WWII pilot and commander who was instrumental in the founding of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of WWII, the first women in history trained to fly American military aircraft. We were in the air flying from Boston to Vassar College to visit friends when I noticed ugly clouds MARIA GLENN, BRAVE & DETERMINED YOUNG WOMAN OF REGENCY Maria Glenn (1801-1866) was a shy young woman living in Regency England who endured criticism and vilification and was stoic in the face of bullying by her numerous powerful enemies. Maria Glenn, the daughter of a barrister, was born in the West Indies in 1801. She18TH CENTURY WOMEN
18th century women. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike – Scandal and Exile. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike was briefly a Crown Princess of Prussia until her refusal to play along with their double-standards got her exiled for life. Thoughts: 1 Comment. Lady Mary Montagu, Brilliant Autodidact Aristocrat. Lady Mary Montagu was an 18th centurynoblewoman
KATERI TEKAKWITHA: THE MAKING OF A MOHAWK SAINT Kateri Tekakwitha, also known to history as the Mohawk Saint and Lily of the Mohawk, lived during the 17th century in what is now New York. After converting to Christianity, and taking the Christian name Catherine, she died in 1680. Though she was only 24 when she died, she left a lasting impression on the Jesuit missionaries who oversaw her THE DOCTRINE OF SEPARATE SPHERES: WHY A WOMAN’S PLACE WAS According to the theory of separate spheres, this was thought to be solely the domain of women. The proper or ideal woman, therefore, would be pure, submissive, and domestic in order to happily fulfill her duties of caring for the home and rearing children. Even today, household work is still very gendered. According to a recent study, onan
ELIZABETH WOODVILLE, THE WHITE QUEEN Most people remember the Kings and the many battles but behind the scenes Elizabeth Woodville was always there, pulling strings to keep her children from harm and to bring them to greatness. With every turn she faced betrayal and danger as England’s White Queen. At around 1436 Jacquetta Woodville, wife to the Earl of Rivers, gave birth to LAW OF COVERTURE: WHY CALL A WOMAN BY HER HUSBANDS NAME Coverture was a set of laws that said that a married woman’s identity was “covered” by her husband’s. Under the law of coverture, a woman’s legal rights were subsumed by her husband’s when she got marriage. Legally, a husband and wife became one person: the husband. Upon marriage, the wife gave up her separate identityunder the law
THE NEW WOMAN & HER BICYCLE: WHY DID VICTORIAN MEN FEARSEE MORE ON AMAZINGWOMENINHISTORY.COM 6 BRILLIANT WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS OF ANCIENT GREECE 6. Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia (370-415 CE) was a Alexandrine Neoplatonist philosopher and the first well-documented woman in mathematics. Today she is the most famous of ancient women philosophers, lending her name to an asteroid belt, a lunar crater, a genus of moth, and dozens of HUDA SHAARAWI, EGYPTIAN FEMINIST & ACTIVIST Huda Shaarawi (1879–1947) was an Egyptian feminist who influenced not only women in Egypt but throughout the Arab world. She was a pioneer in feminism, and brought to light the restrictive world of upper-class women in her book The Harem Years, published in 1987. Huda Shaarawi (also spelled Hoda Shaarawi or Sha’arawi) was raised in GRACE DALRYMPLE ELLIOTT, COURTESAN AND SPY The infamous eighteenth-century courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliott’s birth has not been recorded, but she was certainly born in Scotland, most likely in Edinburgh around 1754. She was to grow up to achieve a scandalous notoriety due to her divorce and high-profile lovers — but there was much more to Grace than mere scandal. She wasDOT WILKINSON
Dot Wilkinson – One of the Greatest Female Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of. Dot Wilkinson is widely known as one of the greatest Fastpitch Softball players to have ever played the game. She began playing for the Phoenix Ramblers in the Amateur Softball Association(ASA) in
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18th century women. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike – Scandal and Exile. Elisabeth Christine Ulrike was briefly a Crown Princess of Prussia until her refusal to play along with their double-standards got her exiled for life. Thoughts: 1 Comment. Lady Mary Montagu, Brilliant Autodidact Aristocrat. Lady Mary Montagu was an 18th centurynoblewoman
KATERI TEKAKWITHA: THE MAKING OF A MOHAWK SAINT Kateri Tekakwitha, also known to history as the Mohawk Saint and Lily of the Mohawk, lived during the 17th century in what is now New York. After converting to Christianity, and taking the Christian name Catherine, she died in 1680. Though she was only 24 when she died, she left a lasting impression on the Jesuit missionaries who oversaw her THE DOCTRINE OF SEPARATE SPHERES: WHY A WOMAN’S PLACE WAS According to the theory of separate spheres, this was thought to be solely the domain of women. The proper or ideal woman, therefore, would be pure, submissive, and domestic in order to happily fulfill her duties of caring for the home and rearing children. Even today, household work is still very gendered. According to a recent study, onan
ELIZABETH WOODVILLE, THE WHITE QUEEN Most people remember the Kings and the many battles but behind the scenes Elizabeth Woodville was always there, pulling strings to keep her children from harm and to bring them to greatness. With every turn she faced betrayal and danger as England’s White Queen. At around 1436 Jacquetta Woodville, wife to the Earl of Rivers, gave birth to LAW OF COVERTURE: WHY CALL A WOMAN BY HER HUSBANDS NAME Coverture was a set of laws that said that a married woman’s identity was “covered” by her husband’s. Under the law of coverture, a woman’s legal rights were subsumed by her husband’s when she got marriage. Legally, a husband and wife became one person: the husband. Upon marriage, the wife gave up her separate identityunder the law
THE NEW WOMAN & HER BICYCLE: WHY DID VICTORIAN MEN FEARSEE MORE ON AMAZINGWOMENINHISTORY.COM 6 BRILLIANT WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS OF ANCIENT GREECE 6. Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia (370-415 CE) was a Alexandrine Neoplatonist philosopher and the first well-documented woman in mathematics. Today she is the most famous of ancient women philosophers, lending her name to an asteroid belt, a lunar crater, a genus of moth, and dozens of HUDA SHAARAWI, EGYPTIAN FEMINIST & ACTIVIST Huda Shaarawi (1879–1947) was an Egyptian feminist who influenced not only women in Egypt but throughout the Arab world. She was a pioneer in feminism, and brought to light the restrictive world of upper-class women in her book The Harem Years, published in 1987. Huda Shaarawi (also spelled Hoda Shaarawi or Sha’arawi) was raised in GRACE DALRYMPLE ELLIOTT, COURTESAN AND SPY The infamous eighteenth-century courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliott’s birth has not been recorded, but she was certainly born in Scotland, most likely in Edinburgh around 1754. She was to grow up to achieve a scandalous notoriety due to her divorce and high-profile lovers — but there was much more to Grace than mere scandal. She wasDOT WILKINSON
Dot Wilkinson – One of the Greatest Female Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of. Dot Wilkinson is widely known as one of the greatest Fastpitch Softball players to have ever played the game. She began playing for the Phoenix Ramblers in the Amateur Softball Association(ASA) in
EQUAL UNDER THE LAW: MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACTS IN THE The Married Women’s Property Act 1870 was the first act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that substantially altered English common law to give married women more rights. Under the new act, a married woman could legally own and control any property she earned on her own after marriage, including wages, gifts, inheritance, or incomefrom
THE NEW WOMAN & HER BICYCLE: WHY DID VICTORIAN MEN FEAR The so-called New Woman and her bicycle, a strong and independent woman who rode bicycles and wore cycling costumes like bloomers, became a symbol of gender equality and redefined femininity going into the 20th century. The Role of Women in the Victorian Era. In the 19th century, society held a view of separate spheres for men and women. 6 BRILLIANT WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS OF ANCIENT GREECE 6. Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia (370-415 CE) was a Alexandrine Neoplatonist philosopher and the first well-documented woman in mathematics. Today she is the most famous of ancient women philosophers, lending her name to an asteroid belt, a lunar crater, a genus of moth, and dozens of NETTIE STEVENS: A DISCOVERER OF SEX CHROMOSOMES Nettie Stevens: A Discoverer of Sex Chromosomes. At the start of the 20 th century, a female biologist was working to solve a scientific problem that had troubled humanity for ages. The problem was simple but daunting and it touched on how men become male and how women become female. Through her research work, biologist Stevens discoveredthat
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE AND PROHIBITION: STRANGE ALLIES Francis Willard (1839-1898) was a suffragist and a temperance movement leader. Many of the most famous early feminists and women’s suffrage advocates were also supporters of prohibition. The WCTU’s second president, Francis Willard, broadened the organization’s activism with her slogan “Do everything.”. A feminist and suffragist MARGUERITE D’YOUVILLE, THE FIRST CANADIAN SAINT On December 9th, 1990 thousands of North Americans converged on St. Peter’s to celebrate the canonization of Marguerite d’Youville (1701–1771), the first Canadian-born saint. Born over 245 years ago outside Montreal, Marguerite d’Youville was an 18th century Mother Teresa who dedicated her life and work to the poor, the ill and thedestitute.
WOMEN PIRATE
Sayyida al Hurra was a 16th-century pirate queen. Though Islamic records of the time are strangely silent about her, she was a powerful force of the time and an equal ally of the famous pirate Barbarossa. IDA B. WELLS: FIERCE ANTI-LYNCHING ACTIVIST AND Ida B. Wells was born a slave in 1862 in Mississippi, but was freed along with her family a year later when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.. Ida’s father, a master carpenter, was interested in furthering his own education, and Ida followed his footsteps in attending nearby Shaw NANCY HARKNESS LOVE, WWII PILOT & COMMANDER Nancy Harkness Love was a trailblazing WWII pilot and commander who was instrumental in the founding of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of WWII, the first women in history trained to fly American military aircraft. We were in the air flying from Boston to Vassar College to visit friends when I noticed ugly clouds MARIA GLENN, BRAVE & DETERMINED YOUNG WOMAN OF REGENCY Maria Glenn (1801-1866) was a shy young woman living in Regency England who endured criticism and vilification and was stoic in the face of bullying by her numerous powerful enemies. Maria Glenn, the daughter of a barrister, was born in the West Indies in 1801. She18TH CENTURY WOMEN
Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) was a successful, self-trained artist of Montmartre in Paris. She began her career modelling for such artists as Toulouse-Lautrec and Renoir, and was close friends with Degas and the composer Erik Satie (who proposed to her immediately — but sheturned him down).
KATERI TEKAKWITHA: THE MAKING OF A MOHAWK SAINT Kateri Tekakwitha, also known to history as the Mohawk Saint and Lily of the Mohawk, lived during the 17th century in what is now New York. After converting to Christianity, and taking the Christian name Catherine, she died in 1680. ELIZABETH WOODVILLE, THE WHITE QUEEN Elizabeth Woodville was a key figure in British history. Every tactful move Elizabeth made affected the outcome of the Wars of the Roses. She is a pivotal person, but one who is often forgotten about. EQUAL UNDER THE LAW: MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACTS IN THE Before the 19th century, women had very few legal rights in the western world. Beginning in the late 19th century with the passing of several Married Women’s Property Acts in the United Kingdom, women finally began moving towards equality, and paved the way for women’s suffrage after the turn of the century. THE DOCTRINE OF SEPARATE SPHERES: WHY A WOMAN’S PLACE WAS Ever wonder why there are more men in politics, or why women – even in the 21st century – still do most of the housework? Western society has been greatly influenced by a LAW OF COVERTURE: WHY CALL A WOMAN BY HER HUSBANDS NAME Law of Coverture – in this old cartoon a wife asks her husband for money to pay rent and buy food, but he says it’s not her business. Legally he was right. HUDA SHAARAWI, EGYPTIAN FEMINIST & ACTIVIST Huda Shaarawi (1879–1947) was an Egyptian feminist who influenced not only women in Egypt but throughout the Arab world. She was a pioneer in feminism, and brought to light the restrictive world of upper-class women in her book The Harem Years, published in 1987. Huda Shaarawi (also spelled Hoda Shaarawi or Sha’arawi) was raised in GRACE DALRYMPLE ELLIOTT, COURTESAN AND SPY The infamous eighteenth-century courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliott’s birth has not been recorded, but she was certainly born in Scotland, most likely in Edinburgh around 1754. She was to grow up to achieve a scandalous notoriety due to her divorce and high-profile lovers — but there was much more to Grace than mere scandal. She wasDOT WILKINSON
Dot Wilkinson is widely known as one of the greatest Fastpitch Softball players to have ever played the game. She began playing for the Phoenix Ramblers in the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) inWOMEN PIRATE
Sayyida al Hurra was a 16th-century pirate queen. Though Islamic records of the time are strangely silent about her, she was a powerful force of the time and an equal ally of the famous pirate Barbarossa.18TH CENTURY WOMEN
Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) was a successful, self-trained artist of Montmartre in Paris. She began her career modelling for such artists as Toulouse-Lautrec and Renoir, and was close friends with Degas and the composer Erik Satie (who proposed to her immediately — but sheturned him down).
KATERI TEKAKWITHA: THE MAKING OF A MOHAWK SAINT Kateri Tekakwitha, also known to history as the Mohawk Saint and Lily of the Mohawk, lived during the 17th century in what is now New York. After converting to Christianity, and taking the Christian name Catherine, she died in 1680. ELIZABETH WOODVILLE, THE WHITE QUEEN Elizabeth Woodville was a key figure in British history. Every tactful move Elizabeth made affected the outcome of the Wars of the Roses. She is a pivotal person, but one who is often forgotten about. EQUAL UNDER THE LAW: MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACTS IN THE Before the 19th century, women had very few legal rights in the western world. Beginning in the late 19th century with the passing of several Married Women’s Property Acts in the United Kingdom, women finally began moving towards equality, and paved the way for women’s suffrage after the turn of the century. THE DOCTRINE OF SEPARATE SPHERES: WHY A WOMAN’S PLACE WAS Ever wonder why there are more men in politics, or why women – even in the 21st century – still do most of the housework? Western society has been greatly influenced by a LAW OF COVERTURE: WHY CALL A WOMAN BY HER HUSBANDS NAME Law of Coverture – in this old cartoon a wife asks her husband for money to pay rent and buy food, but he says it’s not her business. Legally he was right. HUDA SHAARAWI, EGYPTIAN FEMINIST & ACTIVIST Huda Shaarawi (1879–1947) was an Egyptian feminist who influenced not only women in Egypt but throughout the Arab world. She was a pioneer in feminism, and brought to light the restrictive world of upper-class women in her book The Harem Years, published in 1987. Huda Shaarawi (also spelled Hoda Shaarawi or Sha’arawi) was raised in GRACE DALRYMPLE ELLIOTT, COURTESAN AND SPY The infamous eighteenth-century courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliott’s birth has not been recorded, but she was certainly born in Scotland, most likely in Edinburgh around 1754. She was to grow up to achieve a scandalous notoriety due to her divorce and high-profile lovers — but there was much more to Grace than mere scandal. She wasDOT WILKINSON
Dot Wilkinson is widely known as one of the greatest Fastpitch Softball players to have ever played the game. She began playing for the Phoenix Ramblers in the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) inWOMEN PIRATE
Sayyida al Hurra was a 16th-century pirate queen. Though Islamic records of the time are strangely silent about her, she was a powerful force of the time and an equal ally of the famous pirate Barbarossa. EQUAL UNDER THE LAW: MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACTS IN THE Before the 19th century, women had very few legal rights in the western world. Beginning in the late 19th century with the passing of several Married Women’s Property Acts in the United Kingdom, women finally began moving towards equality, and paved the way for women’s suffrage after the turn of the century. WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE AND PROHIBITION: STRANGE ALLIES “Fearful quarrels and brutal violence are the natural consequences of the frequent use of the bottle.” Women’s Suffrage and Prohibition. Around the turn of the 20th century, Western society still overwhelmingly believed in biological determinism: that men and women had different inherent natures determined by their respective biology.. Women were thought to be morally superior to men by NETTIE STEVENS: A DISCOVERER OF SEX CHROMOSOMES At the start of the 20 th century, a female biologist was working to solve a scientific problem that had troubled humanity for ages. The problem was simple but daunting and it touched on how men become male and how women become female. Through her research work, biologist Stevens discovered that chromosomes are responsible for the sex of individuals, animals and every other living organism. 6 BRILLIANT WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS OF ANCIENT GREECE Though Aspasia is mentioned in the writings of philosophers Plato, Aristophanes, Xenophon, and others, very little is known about her life. Some scholars suggest she came from a wealthy educated family, while others say she was a brothel keeper. THE NEW WOMAN & HER BICYCLE: WHY DID VICTORIAN MEN FEAR Resistance to the New Woman and her Bicycle. Women on bicycles were highly visible as they rode around outside, and began to serve as a symbol for freedom and independence for all women. MARGUERITE D’YOUVILLE, THE FIRST CANADIAN SAINT On December 9th, 1990 thousands of North Americans converged on St. Peter’s to celebrate the canonization of Marguerite d’Youville (1701–1771), the first Canadian-born saint. Born over 245 years ago outside Montreal, Marguerite d’Youville was an 18th century Mother Teresa who dedicated her life and work to the poor, the ill and thedestitute.
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Sayyida al Hurra was a 16th-century pirate queen. Though Islamic records of the time are strangely silent about her, she was a powerful force of the time and an equal ally of the famous pirate Barbarossa. IDA B. WELLS: FIERCE ANTI-LYNCHING ACTIVIST AND Ida B. Wells was born a slave in 1862 in Mississippi, but was freed along with her family a year later when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.. Ida’s father, a master carpenter, was interested in furthering his own education, and Ida followed his footsteps in attending nearby Shaw NANCY HARKNESS LOVE, WWII PILOT & COMMANDER Nancy Harkness Love was a trailblazing WWII pilot and commander who was instrumental in the founding of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of WWII, the first women in history trained to fly American military aircraft. We were in the air flying from Boston to Vassar College to visit friends when I noticed ugly clouds 5 SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT THE MUGHAL PRINCESS JAHANARA THAT Popular myth has made us believe that Mughal women were confined to a secluded harem, where a lascivious emperor preyed upon scores of nubile women.The truth, however, is that Mughal women were just as invested as the men in empire building. AMAZING WOMEN IN HISTORY* Articles
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READ THE LATEST BIOGRAPHIES ELISABETH CHRISTINE ULRIKE – SCANDAL AND EXILE by Charlotte Davies on January 6, 2020 Elisabeth Christine Ulrike was briefly a Crown Princess of Prussia until her refusal to play along with their double-standards got herexiled for life.
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by Sarah Wood on November 24, 2019 Lady Mary Montagu was an 18th century noblewoman whose contributions to the fields of travel writing and medicine were nearly forgotten dueto her sex.
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by Scott Perry on November 14, 2019 Dot Wilkinson is widely known as one of the greatest Fastpitch Softball players to have ever played the game. HARRIET POWERS: A SERMON IN PATCHWORK by Julie Henkener on September 17, 2019 Harriet Powers was a creative African-American quilting genius! She used her quilts to re-tell familiar Bible stories in a unique andfascinating way.
MARY ANNING: FEMALE FOSSIL FINDER by Ashley Winder on September 11, 2019 Mary Anning is now known as a pioneer in fossil collecting and discovery; setting the course for British paleontology as we know ittoday.
VIGDIS FINNBOGADÓTTIR: THE WORLD’S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT by Kathy Brellan on August 31, 2019 Who was the world’s first female president? This amazing woman was a pioneer who was also the first single woman to adopt a child solo. MORE WOMEN’S HISTORY ARTICLES 5 SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT THE MUGHAL PRINCESS JAHANARA THAT HISTORYFORGOT
Mughal princess Jahanara is largely forgotten today – however she was a true renaissance woman, who was an author, architect and mysticpar excellence.
3 FAMOUS NURSES IN HISTORY Learn about famous and not-so-famous nurses in history that made incredible advancements in medicine, including Clara Barton, Florence Nightingale & more… THE NEW WOMAN & HER BICYCLE: WHY DID VICTORIAN MEN HATE WOMEN ONBIKES?
Who was the New Woman and her bicycle? Why did Victorian men hate her & doctors warn against her? Find out the role the bicycle played on women’s empowerment. SUFFRAGIST VS SUFFRAGETTE: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? Suffragist vs Suffragette: one was known for peaceful protests and one was known for setting fires and bombing buildings. Find out which iswhich!
6 BRILLIANT WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS OF ANCIENT GREECE These women philosophers of Ancient Greece defied society to pursue knowledge, and became famous for the contributions they made tophilosophy.
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE AND PROHIBITION: STRANGE ALLIES Did you know that women’s suffrage and the temperance movement were both considered radical causes? Here’s how and why suffragists worked for prohibition.NAVIGATE
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