Celebrating Women’s History month, we’re exploring the earliest known female poet and songwriter. It is said that Plato called Sappho the tenth muse.
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She Was Convicted Because the Sex Side of Life Was Judged Obscene
Women’s lack of basic civil rights deeply affect Mary Coffin Ware Dennett’s life. She was convicted because the sex side of life was judged obscene.
Her Story is Missing from Our History Books
Ruth Margaret Muskrat Bronson, a Cherokee poet, educator and Indian rights activist, is a person who should be in all our history books. Her passion, creativity, and dedication to her people alone earned her a place in history. But her story is a missing from our history books. Muskrat Bronson acted when women were struggling to be…… Continue reading Her Story is Missing from Our History Books
The First Female Olympic Champion to Strike Gold
The first modern Olympic Games took place in Athens, Greece, April 6–15, 1896. Women athletes could not participate for ninety-four years. Hélène de Pourtalès of Switzerland became the first female athlete to compete at the Olympic Games and the first female Olympic Champion to strike gold. About Hélène contessa Hélène de Pourtalès (pronounced El-én day…… Continue reading The First Female Olympic Champion to Strike Gold
Wife, Mother, Patriot, and Revolutionary War Spy
She was a wife, mother, patriot, and Revolutionary War spy. The only female in George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring (aka Setauket Spy Ring), Anna Smith Strong, had an ingenious way to send messages under the noses of the British… her laundry. The British Take New York City The American Revolutionary War had been raging for…… Continue reading Wife, Mother, Patriot, and Revolutionary War Spy