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Category: Women’s History

Posted on:August 11, 2020December 13, 2020Historical Figures Women's History

Historical Figures: Alice Chaucer, Lady of the Garter

One of the most famous writers from the medieval period is Geoffrey Chaucer. He lived between the 1340s and 1400 and most famously wrote The Canterbury Tales. He was also the first writer to be buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey. However, he had a granddaughter named Alice who was born a few years […]

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Posted on:June 5, 2020December 13, 2020Legendary People Women's History

Legendary People: Pocahontas, The Real History

In 1995 Disney released the film Pocahontas which earnt $346 million at the box office and received two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe and a Grammy. In the subsequent years, many began to learn that Pocahontas was based on a real person who was born 400 years before the film’s release – and that her […]

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Posted on:March 8, 2020December 13, 2020Seasonal Women's History

Women of Just History Posts Part 2: International Women’s Day 2020

Two years ago today I compiled a post exploring six of the blog posts I have written about women in honour of International Women’s Day. I decided today was a great chance to revisit this idea and have a look back at some of the fantastic women we have explored over the past few years. […]

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Posted on:May 8, 2017December 13, 2020Women's History

Feeble or Fierce? Colonial Women of North America

You may or may not be aware of the recent article in The Guardian reviewing the new historical television drama, Jamestown. This article has garnered a lot of criticism in the historical world, and for good reason. If you don’t want to read the article, then the main summary points are this: The women portrayed […]

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Posted on:March 9, 2017December 13, 2020Women's History

Stand and Deliver, Your Money or Your Life: Female Highwaymen of the Seventeenth Century

As yesterday was International Women’s Day, I couldn’t resist writing a female-related post, and for this one I drew inspiration from a local legend in my area of the ‘Wicked Lady’. If you happen to pass through Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, you will probably notice a pub with the same name, and may hear the legend of […]

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