Women's History
Wendy J. Dunn
Articles
Holocaust Survivors: Book Review
Book Review on "Love Carried Me Home - Women Surviving Auschwitz" by Joy Erlichman Miller
Women of World War II: Mothers and Children 1
Women in occupied Europe endured many horrors during World War II and the events they experienced are best told in their own words. In the first of three book reviews, Irene Gut Opdyke gives her account as a Polish non-Jewish girl who came of age during World War II.
BOOK REVIEW: Geisha by Lesley Downer
Book Review of "Geisha" by Lesley Downer.
Introduction to a series of articles looking at the roles women played during WWII.
Book review of "Gold Rush Women" by Claire Rudolf Murphy and Jane G. Haigh.
'A Fair Field and No Favour' - On Margaret Home Sievwright
Margaret Home Sievwright was a Scottish woman who became instrumental in the suffrage movement in New Zealand. Read her story in this article by Guest Writer Maxine Throll.
The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement - Rosa Parks
She refused to give up her seat on the bus - and brought the Supreme Court down on the heads of the people of Montgomery, Alabama. A biographical article on Rosa Parks, Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.
Mother Teresa - A True Mother: Part 2 of 2
Second part of a two-part article looking at the life and work of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
Mother Teresa - A True Mother: Part 1 of 2
Article on the woman who became a humanitarian figure that the world looked up - Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
BOOK REVIEW - Amazing Women of the Civil War - by Webb Garrison
Book Review on "Amazing Women of the Civil War" by Webb Garrison
Overview of the women who served their country during the American Revolution.
Salem - the most famous of the witch trials
Biographical account of Anne Frank whose life was cut short by the Holocaust but who will not be forgotten because of the diary she wrote in captivity - her legacy to the World.
Profile of Harriet Tubman, heroine of the Underground Railroad.
Witches Through History - An Overview
Overview of witches throughout history, an introduction to a series of articles to be published at Suite101 during the coming months.
Diana, Princess of Wales - The People's Princess
Short article on the life of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Second part of Marthe Arends article on the plight of those who fought to attain the right to vote for the generations of women who followed them.
An article submitted for the Childhood Memories Event currently being held here at Suite. This is where my passion for Women's History came from. How about yours? Put your experience in the discussion area.
Article by Guest Writer, Marthe Arends, on the plight of women who joined the Suffragette Movement.
Book Review: "Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey"
Book review of "Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey" by Lillian Schlissel, 2nd Edition.
Article about the role of women during the overland journey to the American West.
ANNIE OAKLEY - “LITTLE SURE SHOT”
A biographical account of the life of Annie Oakley, Markswoman of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Martha Jane Cannary – “Calamity Jane”
Article about Martha Jane Cannary, more commonly known as "Calamity Jane" - one of the women legends of the Wild West.
The Gals They Left Behind Them!
Article about the how women reacted to their menfolk going off to fight during the American Civil War.
Seasons of Love - A True Romance
The real-life romance of my husband and I, shared with Suite101 especially for the Valentine Event.
Elizabeth I - Part 2 of 2 - The People’s Queen
Second in a two part article outlining the life of Elizabeth I of England.
Elizabeth I - Part 1 of 2: The Road to the Throne
First of a two part article depicting the life of Elizabeth I of England.
The Southern Plantation Lady - A Different Kind of Slave?
An article about the Plantation Ladies of the Southern States of America prior to the American Civil War.
Article on the Women in Aviation History.
Margaret Tobin Brown, Unsinkable and Remarkable
A look at the life of Margaret Tobin Brown, more commonly known as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown".
A Victorian Music Hall Song Bird Tells It As It Could Have Been!
Wrote especially for the "1899: The Last Fin-de-Siecle" Event, this is a look at the Music Hall through the eyes of a fictional Victorian actress who could have been in any English Music Hall at the turn of the Century.
An article about the way the role of women during the Civil War
is underplayed.