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by Jone Lewis | Aug 17, 2018 | 18th Century, Europe | 0 |
The story of Maria Anna Mozart, older sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, illustrates how social expectations have limited success for women and girls. She was a musical prodigy, perhaps a better musician than her younger...
Read Moreby Jone Lewis | Oct 10, 2017 | 20th Century, Writers | 0 |
Nelly Sachs won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966. A German Jew born in Berlin, December 10, 1891, Nelly Sachs began writing poetry and plays early. Her early work was not notable, but Swedish writer Selma...
Read Moreby Jone Lewis | Sep 30, 2017 | 19th Century, Feminism, Suffrage, Rights, Texts | 0 |
When Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott wrote the Declaration of Sentiments to call for women’s rights, for a gathering of women at the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention, New York, in 1848, they...
Read Moreby Jone Lewis | May 25, 2017 | England, Medieval, Medieval Royal Women | 0 |
Known for: her dynastic role in the Wars of the Roses, and the fates of her children, grandchildren and other descendants. As with many medieval women, she’s known mainly for her heritage, her marriage and her descendants....
Read Moreby Jone Lewis | May 25, 2017 | England, Medieval, Medieval Royal Women, Notable Women, Rulers, Politics, Laws | 0 |
Known for: heiress who was the wife of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick and the mother of Anne Neville, queen consort of Richard III of England Title: 16th Countess of Warwick (in her own right) Dates: July 13, 1426 –...
Read Moreby Jone Lewis | Apr 20, 2017 | Notable Women | 0 |
Known for: governor of Habsburg Netherlands 1507-1515 and 1519-1530, not as a mother or wife. Her life is marked with connections with three generations of complicated political intermarriages. Titles: Princess of Asturias...
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