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Wendy J. Dunn


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Katherine of Aragon, Beloved Queen - PART 3

Continuing the story of Katherine of Aragon...

Katherine, Beloved Queen. Part Two.

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

Katherine, Beloved Queen

We begin the story of Katherine of Aragon...

Saint Agnes Day, 1457

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.

Tudor Women Weak? No Way!

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

Sporting Shorts – Brief Biographies of the Legendary Ladies in Sport. 1 Althea Gibson: Tennis

Brief biography on Althea Gibson, tennis player.

Vacations with a Vocation – Using the Summer Recess to Light a Flame of Interest in Children

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 ...

Suffrage and the Pankhursts – Part 2

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.

Suffrage and the Pankhursts - Part 1

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

Civilising the West: Life with the Real Harvey Girls

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".

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Women's History

The Southern Plantation Lady - A Different Kind of Slave? (4 msgs)

Women's Work in WWII (5 msgs)

Katherine, Beloved Queen. Part Two. (2 msgs)

Vacations with a Vocation – Using the Summer Recess to Light a F (1 msgs)

Places of Women's Historical Interest to Children (4 msgs)

Who do you think was THE greatest First Lady? (4 msgs)

CONTEST - Woman of the Year (8 msgs)

Happy January 22 Birthday, Katie Anne! (2 msgs)

Come and Chat! (4 msgs)

This Week's Birthday Girl: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1 msgs)

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