Forgotten Women

One of my lifelong passions is learning about and (finding!) forgotten women of history. It was the subject of my uni dissertation and is the subject of my first book (you can order my book on Medieval women during a time of conflict, Forgotten Women of the Wars of the Roses, here).

The mid-nineteenth century female historian Louisa Stuart Costello wrote that, for the period before the sixteenth century, accounts of women were 'so meagre and uncertain, that imagination must supply much of the void left by historians; and, though just enough is said to excite curiosity and interest, there is nothing to furnish a narrative of their proceedings such as might be depended on, and be really valuable as a record of their lives'. 

Luckily, since then, writers have unearthed a wealth of sources relating to women's history, dating back to the Anglo Saxon period and even before. 

Come and learn more about them here... 


Forgotten Women of the Medieval World

400-1000

1000-1500

If you're interested in the Medieval and Tudor periods you might enjoy my book, Forgotten Women of the Wars of the Roses, published by Pen and Sword. I examine many women who lived through the conflict and the dawn of the Tudor era, including Countesses, Duchesses and Queens but also silkwomen, merchants and innkeepers, along with many others. Order your copy here. 


Forgotten Women of the Tudor and Stuart Periods

1500-1700




Forgotten Women of the Eighteenth to the Twentieth centuries

1700-2000
The Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu
Duchesses of Belvoir Castle (a guest post by the Duchess of Rutland Emma Manners)
Vulcana: The Victorian Wonder Woman (a guest post by Claire Miles of the blog Hisdoryan)


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