Women's History

Continuing the story of Katherine of Aragon...

Mar 20, 2005 - Wendy J. Dunn

The second part of my series on the life Katherine of Aragon

Feb 4, 2005 - Wendy J. Dunn

We begin the story of Katherine of Aragon...

Dec 15, 2004 - Wendy J. Dunn

Come back with me to the day a young girl gave birth to a son, a son who would one day be the first Tudor King.

Nov 19, 2004 - Wendy J. Dunn

The Tudor period abounds with stories of powerful, patient, pragmatic and wonderful women.

Nov 1, 2004 - Wendy J. Dunn

Brief biography on Althea Gibson, tennis player.

Sep 30, 2003 - Wendy J. Dunn

The long vacation stretches out ahead of you. Here's a suggestion to help relieve the boredom that sets in around the middle of week 2! History, with an emphasis on women's history, is usually a boring subject - use the vacation time to show the human side to the past by digging into local history and museums to find out how people lived during the periods your child will study next session at school.

May 30, 2003 - Wendy J. Dunn

Second part of an article outlining the lives of Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst. A mother and daughters team of women dedicated to suffrage in Victorian Britain.

Apr 30, 2003 - Wendy J. Dunn

Article of the amazing contribution made to the suffrage cause by three generations of women.

Mar 31, 2003 - Wendy J. Dunn

In 1946, MGM released a movie starring Judy Garland which depicted life as a fictional "Harvey Girl". This article shows who the "real" Harvey Girls were and what made them special to the civilisation of the "wild west".

Feb 20, 2003 - Wendy J. Dunn

Book Review on "Love Carried Me Home - Women Surviving Auschwitz" by Joy Erlichman Miller

Sep 3, 2001 - Wendy J. Dunn

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.

Aug 14, 2001 - Wendy J. Dunn

Book Review of "Geisha" by Lesley Downer.

Jun 19, 2001 - Wendy J. Dunn

Introduction to a series of articles looking at the roles women played during WWII.

Jun 8, 2001 - Wendy J. Dunn

Book review of "Gold Rush Women" by Claire Rudolf Murphy and Jane G. Haigh.

Apr 2, 2001 - Wendy J. Dunn

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.

Mar 14, 2001 - Wendy J. Dunn

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.

Feb 19, 2001 - Wendy J. Dunn

Second part of a two-part article looking at the life and work of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

Jan 30, 2001 - Wendy J. Dunn

Article on the woman who became a humanitarian figure that the world looked up - Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

Jan 23, 2001 - Wendy J. Dunn

Book Review on "Amazing Women of the Civil War" by Webb Garrison

Dec 24, 2000 - Wendy J. Dunn

Overview of the women who served their country during the American Revolution.

Dec 15, 2000 - Wendy J. Dunn

Salem - the most famous of the witch trials

Nov 28, 2000 - Wendy J. Dunn

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.

Nov 17, 2000 - Wendy J. Dunn

Profile of Harriet Tubman, heroine of the Underground Railroad.

Oct 31, 2000 - Wendy J. Dunn

Overview of witches throughout history, an introduction to a series of articles to be published at Suite101 during the coming months.

Oct 18, 2000 - Wendy J. Dunn

Short article on the life of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Sep 30, 2000 - Wendy J. Dunn

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.

Sep 14, 2000 - Wendy J. Dunn

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.

Sep 10, 2000 - Wendy J. Dunn

Article by Guest Writer, Marthe Arends, on the plight of women who joined the Suffragette Movement.

Aug 30, 2000 - Wendy J. Dunn

Book review of "Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey" by Lillian Schlissel, 2nd Edition.

Jul 4, 2000 - Wendy J. Dunn

Article about the role of women during the overland journey to the American West.

Jun 26, 2000 - Wendy J. Dunn

A biographical account of the life of Annie Oakley, Markswoman of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Mar 21, 2000 - Wendy J. Dunn

Article about Martha Jane Cannary, more commonly known as "Calamity Jane" - one of the women legends of the Wild West.

Mar 7, 2000 - Wendy J. Dunn

Article about the how women reacted to their menfolk going off to fight during the American Civil War.

Mar 1, 2000 - Wendy J. Dunn

The real-life romance of my husband and I, shared with Suite101 especially for the Valentine Event.

Jan 14, 2000 - Wendy J. Dunn

Second in a two part article outlining the life of Elizabeth I of England.

Dec 28, 1999 - Wendy J. Dunn

First of a two part article depicting the life of Elizabeth I of England.

Dec 13, 1999 - Wendy J. Dunn

An article about the Plantation Ladies of the Southern States of America prior to the American Civil War.

Nov 30, 1999 - Wendy J. Dunn

Article on the Women in Aviation History.

Nov 16, 1999 - Wendy J. Dunn

A look at the life of Margaret Tobin Brown, more commonly known as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown".

Nov 2, 1999 - Wendy J. Dunn

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.

Nov 1, 1999 - Wendy J. Dunn

An article about the way the role of women during the Civil War is underplayed.

Oct 1, 1999 - Wendy J. Dunn