The Japanese Jane Austen

Did you know the world’s first novel was written by a woman? The Tale of Genji was published in Japan around 1000 A.D. and written by Murasaki Shikibu. It is known that Murasaki Shikibu was a lady of the Heian Court and the daughter of a scholar, but her real name and...

A Girl in Victorian Britain

A girls’ classroom. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/victorian_schools/ In Victorian times a girl had few choices when it came to aspirations. The ideal Victorian woman was one who was a housewife and mother‚Äìthe ‚ÄòAngel in the House.‚Äô...

Singing among the stars

Sarah Brightman has booked a trip to the International Space Station and hinted at doing a ‘space concert.’ Photo: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/oct/11/sarah-brightman-space-station West End and Broadway and singing sensation Sarah...

Who was Kitty Fisher?

Kitty Fisher, by Joshua Reynolds – her every move was followed by the media From the Daily Mail Online If you thought the kiss-and-tell girl was a 20th/21st century phenomenon then you‚Äôd be wrong. Long before the days of Jordon and Monica Lewinsky were the Georgian...

31 Heroines of March 2012: The Spice Girls

To celebrate Women’s History Month, we invited people to submit their girlhood heroines for our second Heroines Quilt Project. Read about the Spice Girls!

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