Sylvia Rose
Remarkable Islamic Women in History
Remarkable Islamic women influence Islamic history and inspire generations as leaders, orators, innovators, devotees, teachers, mothers...
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Sylvia Rose
Aug 284 min read
Famous Women of Ancient Rome
Women are second class citizens in ancient Rome, but a few bright stars shine through this mutable civilization. Renowned for art,...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 11, 20235 min read
Warrior Queen: Kriemhild of the Burgundians
Kriemhild marries Germanic hero Siegfried of Xanten. A princess of Burgundy, she grows up in the halls of royal plots and suspicious...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 9, 20235 min read
Great Women Artists - Käthe Kollwitz
One of the most gifted and prolific artists of Germany was Käthe Kollwitz (1867 - 1945). A doctor's wife among the less privileged of...
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Sylvia Rose
Aug 28, 20233 min read
Pioneering German Women - Anita Augspurg
Daughter of a lawyer, Anita Augspurg (1857 - 1943) was one of the foremost advocates of women's rights in Germany. The late nineteenth...
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Sylvia Rose
Aug 20, 20232 min read
Famous Women Inventors - Anna Connelly
Anna Connelly saved countless lives when she invented and patented the first modern fire escape in 1877. After the Civil War, Americans...
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Sylvia Rose
May 19, 20233 min read
Pioneering German Women - Bertha Benz
In August 1888, Bertha Benz of Mannheim, Germany loads her kids into a revolutionary vehicle and heads for Pforzheim. She drives the Benz...
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