Jeanne d’Albret, also known as Jeanne III, was Queen of the Kingdom of Navarre during the mid to late 1500s…
Melanie Klein was an Austrian-British psychoanalyst and author recognized as one of the founders of object relations theory, and also…
While I prepare my post on my latest trip to Georgia and Armenia, here is a bit of Georgian history.…
Berta Cáceres was a Lenca indigenous woman from Honduras who fought her entire life in the defense of the territory…
Oodgeroo Noonuccal, also called Kath Walker and born Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska, was an Australian Aboriginal poet, writer, and activist…
A Canadian friend (shout out to Veronica!) first told me about Olivia Poole, who was one of the first Indigenous…
Buchi Emecheta was an award-winning British Nigerian author who documented her experiences as a Black woman, single mother, and Nigerian…
Viola Desmond was a civil rights activist and businesswoman from Nova Scotia, Canada. I first discovered her through the Encyclopedia…
María Teresa Vera was a Cuban singer, composer, and guitarist who broke gender norms for Cuban women, but whose music…
Ruth First was an anti-apartheid activist, journalist, and academic born to Jewish-Latvian parents who immigrated to Johannesburg, South Africa in…