Things I like: suffragettes, war workers, factory girls, socialites who got stuff done, ladies who ruled countries, and women who changed the world, even if it was just a little bit. Click on photos for sources.
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Title from back of print: Major General Henry T. Burgin, commanding general, Central Pacific Base Command, presents Miss Vivian Chong of Honolulu with her record of service with the Women’s Army Volunteer Corps. Members of this organization donated their services to the Army as their contribution to the war against Japan, driving trucks, performing many types of clerical work, without compensation.
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Anne of Austria, Queen of France, Mother of King Louis XIV (1622-1625)
Peter Paul Rubens
Oakland, CA April 26, 1939 - Lee Ya-Ching arrives at the Oakland Airport aboard her red and yellow “Spirit of New China” plane on her campaign to...
Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, Princess of Asturias. She was one of the daughters of Maria Carolina, and was likely named for her mother’s...
Obit of the Day: End the Beguines*
When Marcella Pattyn died on April 14, 2013 she took 800 years of history with her. Ms. Pattyn was a Beguine. A creation of the Middle Ages, beguines were lay women who formed communities that allowed them independence, both socially and economically.
