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Women of History

~~~ a site providing biographies of some of the fascinating women who have graced the pages of history, in addition to articles pertaining to history, and medieval and modern women.

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Women of History Archives

  • ►  2012 (82)
    • ►  May (5)
      • Birdhurst Lodge - One Woman's Tale
      • Women From the Ankle Down
      • Hysteria or The Invention of the Vibrator
      • Commander Sarah West
      • Ross Female Factory
    • ►  April (21)
      • The First Stiletto
      • Where Is Lyudmila Putina?
      • Treasures of Mary Queen of Scots
      • Cleopatra's Twins
      • End To Foot Binding In China
      • Ancient Female Gladiator
      • Indonesian Women Settle Madagascar
      • Lambayeque Priestess Found
      • Jharkhand Women Still Witchcraft Victims
      • Yeman: Women's Struggle Continues
      • End Invasion Searches Of Female Prisoners
      • Book: Jewish Womens' Customs
      • Émilie du Châtelet
      • Movie: The Women
      • Liberian Women Divided Over Nobel Prize
      • Daughter of the Sultan
      • Humewood House 100 Years Old
      • The Woman Who Fell from the Sky
      • Feminist Sikh - Guru Nanak
      • Interview: Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdulaziz
      • President Joyce Banda
    • ►  March (18)
      • Thirty Performances That Remade Women's History
      • Oksana Loses Her Brave Battle
      • Bat Mitzvah Turns 90
      • Donut Dollies
      • Update on Egyptian Virginity Test Case
      • Girl Scouts Turn 100
      • Canonisation of Hildegard von Bingen
      • Women of Note
      • Afghan Women Trapped In Tribal Law System
      • Chained Women
      • Apache Chronicle
      • Women With Male Titles
      • Helen Castor: She Wolves
      • Events Celebrating Women
      • Queen Victoria's Secret Daughter
      • Queen of Sheba
      • Mayan Women
      • Ancient Indian Women
    • ►  February (15)
      • Eleanor of Aquitaine
      • Zenobia - Queen of Palmyra
      • Mexican Politics - Josefina Vazquez Mota
      • Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme
      • Mother Goddess Image Found
      • Notable Ethiopian Women
    • ►  January (23)
  • ►  2011 (343)
    • ►  December (48)
    • ►  November (11)
    • ►  October (22)
    • ►  September (34)
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  • ▼  2010 (571)
    • ►  December (45)
    • ►  November (29)
    • ▼  October (45)
      • Journal of Witchfinder General Nehemiah Wallington...
      • An Evening With A Medieval Queen
      • Abergwyngregyn: Site of Welsh Princes Returns To H...
      • Sacred Swords of Empress Komyo
      • Jane Austin - Did She or Didn't She
      • State of Women - Two Views
      • Canada Remembers: Women Who Served
      • Dona Gracia - Ahead of Her Time
      • The Folly of Charlemagne
      • A Convict's Life
      • Bound For Botany Bay
      • Gertrude Abbott (1846-1934)
      • More Strange But True
      • Mona Lisa's Childhood Home
      • Mahpeyker - A Life of Kosem
      • Victorian Sex Trade Workers
      • Chicago: The Girls of Murder City
      • Pocahontas: "I Do"
      • Trial of Euphan McCalzeane - 1591
      • Poem Dedicated to Adelaide of Louvain
      • Witch Stories - Scotland
      • Criminal Trials In Scotland
      • Blessed Angela of Foligno
      • Tribute: Magdalen Female Penitent Asylums
      • Women Screenwriters, 1900-1920
      • The Last Resting Place of Mona Lisa
      • New Zealand Museum No Go For Pregnant Women
      • China: Liu Xia Detained
      • Memoir: Condoleezza Rice
      • Remembering "la Stupenda"
      • Vision: Hildegard von Bingen
      • Mary McKillop - Saint in Waiting
      • India: Love Commandos
      • Medical News: Womb Transplant
      • Most Powerful Arab Woman
      • Rita Oakes - A Unique Chidhood
      • Italy: Woman Killed Opposing Arranged Marriage
      • Lecture: Circumscribed by her Sex: Women and Relig...
      • Review: She Wolves - The Women Who Ruled England B...
      • Laura Francatelli: Titanic Story Published
      • Historic Highland Women
      • Black Death: New Theory
      • Entry From Cavendish Family Manuscript
      • Marriage Dispensation Granted to Robert Stewart
      • 4000 Years of Choice
    • ►  September (69)
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    • ►  January (69)
  • ►  2009 (826)
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  • ►  2008 (313)
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    • ►  February (20)
    • ►  January (5)
  • ►  2007 (96)
    • ►  December (9)
    • ►  November (7)
    • ►  October (17)
    • ►  September (6)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  July (5)
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    • ►  May (20)

Women in Australia

  • Women's Network Australia
  • Australian Women Online
  • National Foundation for Australian Women
  • National Council of Women of Australia
  • Office for Women

Women Worldwide

  • Afghan Women's Writing Project
  • Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
  • Global Fund For Women
  • Human Rights Watch
  • iKNOW Politics
  • International Women's Rights Action Watch
  • Madre
  • News on Women
  • Plan - Because I Am A Girl
  • W-Women Globally
  • Wave Network
  • Women in the News - The Gender Wire
  • Women's International League For Peace & Freedom
  • Womens News Network

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  • Arch News
  • Archaeology in Europe
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  • East & West in the Middle Ages: Crusades
  • Executed Today
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Falls the ShadowShaka Zulu: The Biography of the Founder of the Zulu NationHollow Crown: A Life of Richard IILady of the Sun:  The Life and Times of Alice PerrersPast Poisons: An Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historic CrimeThe Heaven Tree Trilogy: The Heaven Tree, the Green Branch, the Scarlet Seed

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