women in history

In the early twentieth century, stories of literary prodigies were rare enough to capture national attention, but few were as…

Dorothy Harriet Camille Arnold was born in 1885 into one of New York’s most wealthy and socially connected families. Her…

On the evening of 3 December 1926, Agatha Christie did something that, at the time, seemed entirely unremarkable. She left…

Marie Curie Biography Maria Sklodowska Curie was born in Warsaw, which was then known as the Russian partition of Poland,…

Mary Todd Lincoln Biography Mary Ann Todd was born into a world of social prominence and affluence.  She was well…

Marie Antoinette Biography “S’ils n’ont plus de pain, qu’ils mangent de la brioche!” – translated, “If they have no bread,…

Eleanor Roosevelt Biography In her unprecedented 12 years as First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt accumulated a surprising number of “firsts”.  She…