For #LGBThistorymonth I will be posting an #lgbtq #womaninhistory every day. Today is Nicola Adams, is a former boxer who became the first to win an Olympic women’s boxing Gold medal. Adams started boxing the same year the ban on women’s boxing in the UK was lifted. She began boxing at age 13, and in …
For #LGBThistorymonth I will be posting an #lgbtq #womaninhistory every day. Today is Parinya Charoenphol aka Nong Toom, a Thai boxer, former Muay Thai champion, model and actress. Nong Toom began her professional career as a 16 year old kathoey with a victory in Bangkok’s Lumpini Boxing Stadium which gained a lot of media attention …
For #LGBThistorymonth I will be posting an #lgbtq #womaninhistory every day. Today is Renee Richards, a tennis player who became a transgender icon in 1977 when she won a lawsuit against the United States Tennis Association. Richards started playing tennis at an early age, and at the height of her tennis career, she ranked 20th …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Myfanwy Tristram for the Illustrated Women in History exhibition 2017 at Swindon Central Library. Sometimes it’s good to question the status quo. The history of feminism is peppered with women who did so thoughtfully, systematically, or by changing the system from within. Then there are those …