Phyllis Schlafly
Ultraconservative Republican Activist and Anti-Feminist Quick Facts: Phyllis Schlafly Lived August...
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Read MoreFanny Burney (Frances Burney) was a popular novelist of the late 18th century, with four major...
Read MoreAn editorial from the Hearst Newspapers, written by Arthur Brisbane. Not dated, but probably about 1917. Arthur Brisbane’s syndicated column was widely read. He became editor of the New York Evening Journal in 1897, the...
Read MoreThe 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 MoreNelly 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 MoreWhen Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott wrote the Declaration of Sentiments to call for...
Read MoreKnown 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 MoreKnown 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 –...
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