This weeks Illustrated Woman in History was submitted by Charlene Eckels. It is featured in the Women’s History Month 2019 zine. Juana Azurduy de Padilla (Military Leader) Juana Azurduy de Padilla was born on July 12, 1780 in Potosí, Bolivia to a rich Spaniard father and a mestiza mother. A girl rebel- (she was expelled from …
This weeks Illustrated Woman in History was submitted by Rosanna Morris. It is featured in the Women’s History Month 2019 zine. Click here to buy Laskarina Bouboulina was a Greek naval commander, heroine of the Greek War of Independence in 1821, and the first woman- admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy. Bouboulina grew up with a …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Kristina A. Boylan, with the biography in both English and Spanish. Jovita Valdovinos Medina led soldiers in Mexico’s Cristero rebellion, an insurrection against the 1926 implementation of the anticlerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution of 1917 (the name derives from their battle cry “Viva Cristo Rey”/“Long …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Hannah Powell and will be included in the next Illustrated Women in History zine! Margaret of Austria Margaret was born in 1480, her father was the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I who ruled over large swathes of western Europe, including Austria and the Netherlands. Her mother, …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Natalia Szwancyber @nat-es Emilia Plater (1806-1831) was a Polish noble woman and revolutionary. She is considered a national heroine in Poland and Lithuania for her role in the 1830 November Uprising. Plater was born in Vilnius, Lithuania to a noble Polish–Lithuanian family. She was very well-educated, and …
Amy Johnson was a pioneering British aviator who was the first female pilot to fly alone from Britain to Australia. She set numerous long-distance records during the 1930s. She flew in the Second World War as a part of the Air Transport Auxiliary and died during a ferry flight. Boudica or Boudicca Latinised as Boadicea …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Katharina Röser @katharinaroeser. Christina, Queen of Sweden is remembered for her unconventional lifestyle, masculine dressing and behaviour and her lavish sponsorship of the arts and her influence on European culture. When Christina was born, she was initially proclaimed to be the son her parents desired but after …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Mice Hell @triggerthumblr for the Illustrated Women in History exhibition in April 2017 Swindon Central Library. Gormflaith ingen Murchada, c.960-1030 Medieval Irish noblewoman Loathe as I am to just give a list of a woman’s male relatives while recounting her life, there is actually so little …
This weeks Illustrated Woman in History was illustrated by Alexandra McCarthy and the biography was written by Chris Morris. It is featured in the second issue of the Illustrated Women in History zine. Boudica was a queen of the Iceni tribe. She led a short yet brutal uprising against the Roman Empire occupying Britain. Boudica’s …
Today’s Illustrated Woman in History was written by Lavinia Roberts and illustrated by Sophia Parsons Cope. Queen Tomyris TIME: Circa 530 B.C. WHERE: Parts of present day Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, western Uzbekistan , and southern Kazakhstan. Queen Tomyris ruled over the Massagetae, an Iranian confederation of nomadic, pastoral tribes. Queen Tomyris inherited the throne from her husband Cyrus II …