It's the witches one!
Today’s “Women’s History. But FUN” is about witches because I decided it would be. So! Here are some famous witches! As listed on witchcraftandwitches.com....
Damn, women have done a wide range of things
Isabella Lucy Bird was the first woman elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. She also visited Australia and DID NOT LIKE IT, which is fair...
Women's History Month Special Edition!
Happy Women's History Month! What a great time of year! As I say in this article for Book Riot, the first women's history conference was held in 1979. 40...
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti is upending all your colonial systems
The country! Nigeria. The woman! Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978). Also called "the Lioness of Lisabi," Ransome-Kuti fought for women's rights in Nigeria,...
Angelina Grimke will burn it all down
“All I ask of our brethren is, that they will take their feet from off our necks and permit us to stand upright on that ground which God destined us to...
The Most Beautiful Suffragette
Inez Milholland. The martyr to the American women’s suffrage movement. She died from pernicious anemia, which as martyrdoms go, isn’t the MOST dramatic, but...
Madam C.J. Walker has a tonic for that
Since my life revolves around women's history, sometimes I assume everyone knows a thing when they emphatically do NOT. They've got other shit to do. And I...
Empress Theodora probably knew how to train bears
Theodora was probably a sex worker and was definitely the daughter of a bear trainer AND ALSO became Empress of the Byzantine Empire by being awesome. She...
Women's History: Galentine's Day Edition
Happy Galentine's Day! Did you know if you search "famous female friendships in history" you get a whole bunch of posts about famous TV friendships? If you...
Mary Church Terrell is doing a great job
Mary Church Terrell not only co-founded the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) but also was married to a man named Heberton, which is delightful....
A woman wrote the first novel!
Did you know! That a lady wrote the world’s first novel. Women also wrote the first two bestsellers in America, but WHO’S COUNTING (I am. I am always...
Who doesn’t love women’s history?
EVERYONE LOVES IT. Will I give you a lot of facts? No. That takes away from the fun part of this email. But will I tell you Florence Nightingale had a pet...