The Iceni were a Britonnic tribe in Iron Age and Roman Britain, which co-existed peacefully with Rome until around AD 60. When Rome tried to ransack the tribe, their queen, Boudicca, launched a revolt that almost drove the Romans from Britain for good.
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E is for… Eleanor Marx
Karl Marx is known throughout the world for his political theory, but it was his youngest daughter, Eleanor, who put that theory into practice. Fiercely intelligent and quick-witted, she was heavily involved with socialist movements and early trade unionism, and she was a strong campaigner for the rights of working-class women and Jews.
B is for… Bella in the Wych Elm
In April 1943, four young boys would make a grisly discovery in Hagley Wood in Worcestershire, England. What they found would spark a murder mystery complete with theories of witchcraft and espionage which remains to be solved to this very day.
Sophia Duleep Singh – Socialite to Suffragette
Goddaughter of Queen Victoria and a member of the British aristocracy, Sophia Duleep Singh would go on to become one of the most prominent members of the British suffrage movement. She was passionately devoted to the cause, and never hesitated to do whatever she thought she must for the 'advancement of women'.
Mary Seacole – Mother of the Crimea
In 2007, Mary Seacole was introduced to the UK National Curriculum. Before this, her life went largely unrecognised, and only now is interest in her beginning to resurface.
Anne of Great Britain – England’s Forgotten Queen
Queen Anne had a tragic life, suffering the losses of almost everyone she had loved. History remembers her as weak, ineffective, and constantly under the thumb of her 'favourites'. Yet, this could not be further from the truth.