Vrouwen des Huizes History Podcast · Updated weekly · Vrouwen des Huizes is een historische podcast waarin twee adellijke vrouwen centraal staan: hertogin Anna van Croy (1564–1635) en gravin Marie Catherine van Merode (...

Hey! All those people learning Dutch! Here’s a lovely new podcast about #earlymodern #womenhistory!

(Natuurlijk ook voor degenen die al Nederlandstalig zijn :) Fijne thematische discussies aan de hand van edelvrouwen, vooral Anna van Croy & Marie Catherine van Merode) #SkyStorians

Publication Awards — Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender

#PrizeCall 📢 Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender 2026 Awards Nominations

🏆📖Awards for English-language scholarship on women and gender in #earlymodern period (c. 1450–1750).
⏰25 May 2026
🔗https://www.ssemwg.org/publication-awards

#WomenHistory

Healing Like a Medieval Woman - CSMBR The article examines "Causae et curae" and the "Physica "to show that Hildegard explains disease through the corruption of the body after the Fall. She grounds therapy in the observable properties of ...

FORMA FLUENS: Histories of the Microcosm

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐀 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐋 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧
Giulia Guidara

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/blog/forma-f...

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #HildegardofBingen #WomenHistory

Honoring Rigoberta Menchú: K’iche’ Maya leader, activist, and Nobel Laureate who turned her voice into global change 🌎

✨ #IndigenousWomen #RigobertaMenchu #womenhistory #HumanRights #SocialJustice ”

Did you know 12,000 women served in the Women’s Auxiliary Corps India during WWII? Many supported the Indian Air Force in administrative and operations roles, proving indispensable to the war effort in Asia. KS Nair sheds light on this often-ignored legacy. #WomenHistory #WWII #IAF

Queen Liliʻuokalani: Hawaiʻi’s last sovereign, whose kingdom was stolen by the U.S., yet her spirit endures. #womenhistory #hawaii #queenlikiuokalani

Her Jerusalem:
The Woman Who Divided the Cardo into Three and Left a Mark for Generations
4 min read - Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem: www.facebook.com/share/p/1G6G...
And also on my Blog: nirtopper.com

#nir_topper #history #israel #Melisende #Jerusalem #Crusaders #WomenHistory #HolySepulchre

Indigenous people, Black people #WomenHistory

Fudgin' President Donny and His Medals and The Commander-in-Filet-O-Fish's Next War Melania, where are you? President Donny gets another award from a woman at a women's history month event. Donny wages war on Asian Carp cuz “ONLY TRUMP CAN DO IT!”

President Donny celebrated Women's History Month with a medal. Sorry, Melania. Your "passion" and "creative mind" can wait. It's all about Donny. Only Trump can wage war on Asian Carp!
Read more @ fudginpolitics.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
#politics #donaldtrump #womenhistory #melania #carp

For over 230 years, the U.S. Supreme Court never had a Black woman justice.

That changed in 2022, when Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the 116th Justice.

#WomenBreakingBarriers #LegalHistory #womenhistory #BlackWomenInLeadership

Black and white image of women and girls studying.

We are pleased to announce the annual WHN book prize which awards £500 for an author’s first single-authored monograph in women’s or gender history. Entries close on 31 July 2026. More information: womenshistorynetwork.org/23238-2/

Group of young women studying, Washington. c. 1899.

#WomenHistory

#womenhistory #Blackhistory @tamikaynunley.bsky.social
"Enslaved women’s capital trials ultimately shook loose the façade of paternalism and white unity . . . enslaved women helped develop a higher order of justice grounded in freedom, bodily autonomy, and kinship. "

Understand what you celebrate

Happy International Women's Day.
#HappyInternationalWomensDay #HappyWomen #HappyWomensDay #HappyWomensHistoryMonth #WomenHistory #HappyWomenDay #WomensDay2026 #WomensDay #WomensHistoryMonth #HappyWomensDay2026

The 400-Year-Old Lie About the Boston Midwife Boston is a city that thrives on stories.

open.substack.com/pub/traceyou...

#genealogy #history #newengland #womenhistory #untoldhistory

The Women Who Shaped Malcolm X Malcolm X's perspective didn’t emerge in isolation. Women thought leaders and intellectuals played a crucial, often overlooked role in shaping his views on gender and politics through their speeches, ...

The Women Who Shaped Malcolm X

nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...

#WomenHistory #BlackHistory

The Life of Louise Norton Little: An extraordinary woman: mother of Malcolm X and his 7 siblings Amazon.com: The Life of Louise Norton Little: An extraordinary woman: mother of Malcolm X and his 7 siblings eBook : Russell, Jessica: Kindle Store

Louise Little was the mother of Civil Rights Icon Malcolm X. 'The Life of Louise Norton Little' explores Louise's early life in Grenada and her journeys to Canada and the US. Judged insane she incarcerated at Kalamazoo State Hospital for 25 years
📚💙 🖤✏️ #WomenHistory

www.amazon.com/Life-Louise-...

Bright square and speech bubble sign with motivational quotes about mistakes and learning.

Mistakes are Lessons in Disguise
https://youtube.com/shorts/tXL7NGEIVS0?feature=share
#inclusionmanagement #womenhistory #dranitarealtor #craftyrealtor

#WomenHistory

Elizabeth Josephine Craig at desk with pen in hand

2/16/1883 — b. Elizabeth Craig, British home economist, author, journalist. One of the most important British cookery authors of the 20th century; wrote 40+ books,primarily #cookbooks + a few household management books #womenhistory #WomenInSTEM #EconSky #SciSky #EduSky #food #affordability #BookSky

‘Honestly like a breath of fresh air’: Historic promotions at St. Louis Fire Department History has been made at the St. Louis Fire Department as five African-American women were just promoted to fire captain

‘Honestly like a breath of fresh air’: Historic promotions at St. Louis Fire Department
#BlackHistory #WomenHistory

www.firstalert4.com/video/2026/0...

Maria Concepció Jaquotot Villalonga

Les pioneres de la Societat d’Història Natural de les Balears @shnb.org
#womenhistory #womenscience share.google/johKLrjEJqo0...

Committee gives due pass to Historic Women Marker expansion The committee recommended a due pass for HB 288, which would appropriate $450,000 from the general fund to the Department of Cultural Affairs for fiscal years 2026–2029 to expand the New Mexico Historic Women Marker Program; the Department testified in support.

New Mexico is stepping up to honor its historic women with a $450,000 investment in the Historic Women Marker Program!

Click to read more!

#NM #CitizenPortal #WomenHistory #NewMexicoHistoricWomen #CulturalAffairs #PublicFunding

Human Computer Project

"We are partnering with Hidden Figures author Margot Lee Shetterly to increase the visibility of women in computing in American history."

#womenhistory #womenscience #womenmathematics #womencomputing

womenshistory.si.edu/human-comput...

In our latest blog post, Kirsty Bolton reflects on her experience of claiming a space of her own and the ways mothers occupied and used space within #medieval romances. Read the blog 👉 buff.ly/ZGItAjv
@lusignanmermaid.bsky.social #medievalsky #skystorians #womenhistory

Zara Rutherford holding certificates in front of her plane

1/20/2022 — Zara Rutherford, British-Belgian aviatrix, becomes the youngest woman to fly solo around world after a 155-day journey www.msn.com/en-us/news/w... #womenhistory #WomenInSTEM #aviation #AVgeeks #OTD

History often names people without connecting their impact!

Claudia J. shaped how race, gender, and labor movements intersect, yet influence is rarely traced in full.

Our app exists to surface those missing connections...download to read her story.

#OnThisDay #History #WomenHistory #BlackHistory

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history lesson on how suffragette colors carry over to modern days to represent all women equally against tyranny!
#bluesky #womenhistory #transrights #transwomenarewomen #history #equality #fightforrights #suffrage #suffragettecolours #politics #history

A definite highlight in our upcoming short list Fine Bindings is this rare first poetry collection of child prodigy Clara Feyoena van Sytzama (1729-1807), published when she was seventeen, in a deluxe presentation binding by the so-called "Groningen Bird Bindery."

#womenhistory #rarebooks #poetry

Master of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pisan. The illumination is divided into two main sections showing women engaged in the symbolic construction of the "City of Ladies." The scene depicts Christine de Pizan's allegorical vision of building an ideal city for virtuous women. Inside an architectural space with elegant white arches and a tiled vaulted ceiling in warm orange/gold tones, a group of noble women are gathered. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meister_der_%27Cit%C3%A9_des_Dames%27_002.jpg

Medieval Friendships: No Girls Allowed

By: Livia Gershon

daily.jstor.org/medieval-fri...

Christine de Pizan & Margery Kempe
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc...

#books #literature #womenhistory