Leah Manning and the women who helped rescue 4000 children during the Spanish Civil War
Just before the lockdown shutters came clanging down last spring, I went on holiday to northern Spain, visiting the coastal towns of...
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The Life of The Chevalier d’Éon by Rachel Campbell
Charles* Geneviève Louis August André Tomotheé d’Èon de Beaumont was born in France in 1728. By the age of 21 d’Èon they had become a...
The incredible Eleanor Ormerod and her contributions as a female scientist by Rosie Maggs
As someone who grew up almost next door to the estate where Eleanor Ormerod grew up, I've always been interested in her story. I am...
Olympe de Gouges and the Declaration of Rights for Women by Melissa Barndon
"A woman has the right to mount the scaffold. She must be equally entitled to mount the rostrum” There were plenty of women at the...