Here you can find every article on this blog, easily accessed and grouped alphabetically, by country, and by period!
A
- Ada Blackjack – Iñupiaq survivor of the Arctic, 1898-1983
- Amanirenas – Nubian Queen, c.57-10 BC
- Anna Komnene – Byzantine princess and historian, 1083-c.1153
- Anne Bonny – Irish pirate, c.1700-c.1782
- Anne of Great Britain – Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1665-1714
- Anne Lister & Ann Walker – one of the first ‘married’ lesbian couples in England
- Artemisia Gentileschi – Italian Baroque painter, 1593-c.1656
B
- Bella in the Wych Elm – an English murder mystery, 1943
- Black Agnes Dunbar – Scottish heroine, c.1312-1369
C
- Catherine de’ Medici – Italian noblewoman and queen consort of France, 1519-1589
- Claudette Colvin – African-American civil rights activist, 1939-2026
- Claudia Jones – Trinidadian communist organiser and activist, 1915-1964
- Chien-Shiung Wu – Chinese-American physicist, 1912-1997
- Christine Jorgensen – one of the first trans people in the US to transition, 1926-1989
- Clara González – Panamanian suffragist and the country’s first female lawyer, 1898-1990
- Cleopatra – the last of the ancient Egyptian Pharaohs, 69BC-30BC
D
- Dalit Women – a post celebrating six Dalit women to commemorate Dalit History Month (April)
- Daughters of Bilitis – the first lesbian political organisation in the US, 1955-1995
E
- Eleanor Marx – English-born social activist, 1855-1898
- Eleanor of Aquitaine – Queen of France, Queen of England, and Duchess of Aquitaine, c.1122-1202
- Empress Matilda – Lady of the English; Henry I’s successor?, 1102-1167
- Encyclopedia of Pleasure – lesbianism in Medieval Arabia and its writings
- Eva Perón – First Lady of Argentina, 1919-1952
F
- Frida Kahlo – Mexican painter, 1907-1954
- Female archetypes of Latin America – La Malinche, La Llorona, La Virgen de Guadalupe
G
H
- Hai Bà Trưng – Vietnamese warriors and national heroines
- History – about Historically Woman, history, and me
I
- Iceni – the fall of Boudicca and the Iceni, 60AD
- Igbo Women’s War – Nigerian women vs. British colonialism, 1929
J
- Jean Batten – New Zealand record-breaking aviator, 1909-1982
- Jeanne de Clisson – The Lioness of Brittany, 1300-1359
- Jewish women resisters – women who fought against their own oppression in WWII
- Josephine Baker – American-born entertainer and activist, 1906-1975
K
- Kamala Surayya – Indian author and poet, 1934-2009
- Kristina of Sweden – Swedish monarch, 1626-1689
L
- La Malinche – Nahua translator for Cortés during the Conquista, c. 1500-c. 1529
- Las Mariposas – three Dominican sisters who took down a dictator
- LGBTQ+ – a classic story of girl meets girl
- Lucrezia Borgia – Italian noblewoman and businesswomen, 1480-1519
M
- Madres de Plaza de Mayo – Argentine mothers fighting for their ‘disappeared’ children
- Maria Anna Mozart – Austrian musical prodigy, 1751-1829
- Marie Antoinette – last Queen of France, 1755-1793
- Marlene Dietrich – German-born actress and singer, 1901-1992
- Marsha P. Johnson – American LGBT+ rights activist and drag queen, 1945-1992
- Mary Seacole – nurse and businesswoman during the Crimean War, 1805-1861
- Maryam Khatoon Molkara – Iranian transgender activist and matriarch of the trans community in Iran, 1950-2012
- Mata Hari – Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan, and spy, 1876-1917
- Medusa – an ancient Greek myth of a woman scorned
- Miriam Makeba – South African singer, songwriter, and activist, 1932-2008
- The Morrígan – Celtic goddess of battle, fertility, and strife
N
- Nefertiti – Ancient Egyptian queen, c.1370BC-c.1330BC
- Nellie Bly – American journalist and pioneer, 1864-1922
- Noor Inayat Khan – SOE agent during World War II, 1914-1944
- Nusaybah bint Ka’ab – Islam’s first woman warrior
- Nüwa (女媧) – Chinese creator goddess
- Nüzi canzheng tongmenghui – China’s first national women’s suffrage organisation
O
- Olive Morris – Jamaican-born British social activist, 1952-1979
- Onake Obavva – celebrated female warrior, c.1750-1777
P
- Palestine, Women, and Resistance – Stories of nine Palestinian women
- Paula Maxa – the original ‘scream queen’ of horror, 1898-1970
- Phillis Wheatley – first African-American author of a book of poetry, 1753-1784
- Pirates: Six Biographies – short snippets of pirates from across history and the globe
- Poison – a woman’s weapon?
- Princess Charlotte Augusta – would-be Queen of England, 1796-1817
Q
- Qin Liangyu – female general during the Ming dynasty, 1574-1648
R
- Ragnhild Kåta – first deafblind person to receive proper schooling, 1873-1947
- ‘Red’ Emma Sproson – working-class British suffragette, 1867-1936
- Regina Maria Roche – early British Gothic author, 1764-1845
S
- Six the Musical – how accurate is it really?
- Sophia Duleep Singh – princess and British suffragette, 1876-1948
T
- Telesilla – ancient Greek poet and warrior, ~494BC
- Trota of Salerno – 12th century Italian physician
U
- Undercover journalism – early women in journalism
V
- Velu Nachiyar – Indian warrior queen, 1730-1796
- Virginia Woolf & Vita Sackville-West – two British writer ‘friends’ turned lovers
W
- Witches of Lancashire – Pendle witch trials, 1612
X
- Xtabay – Yucatec Maya myth
Y
- Yaa Asantewaa – Queen mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire, c.1840-1921
Z
- Zenobia – Queen of the Palmyrene Empire, c.240-unknown
By Country
*country categorisations are mainly based on present-day borders and may not match up with historical locations, e.g. Yaa Asantewaa is categorised under Ghana because the region she came from is part of present-day Ghana, however the country as we know it today did not exist in her lifetime