When you think of Tudor England, you probably jump to some of its most famous girls: Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth I, or Mary Queen of Scots. These were all noble girls, whose opportunities were greater because of their families’ wealth. Yet, though...
Earlier this month, I wrote about how a girl in Iron Age Britain would have celebrated the harvest time with a holiday called Samhain. What else do we know about what life may have been like for a girl in Iron Age Britain? Well, the Celts of Iron Age Britain, or...
Did you dress up as a witch, a ghost, or someone else with supernatural powers this Halloween? Your costume idea may be older than you think! Around this time of year, many girls all over the world are enjoying their Halloween candy. Celebrations of the...
Espowyes awoke to her grandmother’s gentle shaking. The sunlight was barely showing from behind the mountains, which surrounded the her village next to the river. As she pulled on a clean deerskin dress, moccasins, and her necklace of quills and...
Ixchel, the jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine in ancient Maya. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixchel Today, when most people think about the pre-Columbian Maya people, they think about the long-count (Mayan) calendar and sites like Chichen Itza. But a lot of...
