Marguerite de Valois: Queen consort of Navarre and France

Marguerite de Valois (1553-1615) was the youngest daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici. She was also the sister of three kings of France (Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III) and married a future King of France (Henry IV) who inherited when her...

Marie Marvingt

Outside of France, the name of Marie Marvingt does not ring a bell in the ears of either WWI or aviation historians. However, the story of Marie Marvingt must not be ignored in the story of women in the First World War, as she is one of the leading pioneers in both...

Émilienne Moreau-Evrard

Émilienne Moreau-Evrard (4 June 1898 – 5 January 1971) is known in French history as the Lady of the Loo. She was not a nurse, nor a soldier, but an average civilian trying to defend her own village. Émilienne was born in Wingle, France and moved...

Celebrating Forgotten Female Academics: Jacqueline de Romilly

Jacqueline de Romilly – who died at age 97 in 2010 – was a classical scholar, writer and Franco-Greek philologist all rolled into one. The list of awards and honours assigned to this scholar during her lifetime is absolutely...

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