Historical women

History is full of unrecognized women. That's not the most startling observation in the world; scribes throughout history have begrudged women any space in their important records of Kings And Emperors Doing Things, because ladies were just there to…

Auguste Toulmouche 1829-1890 Frankrijk

Sarah Forbes Bonetta, Princess of the Egbado clan of the Yoruba people, best known as the goddaughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain.…

Frédéric Soulacroix 1858-1933 Frankrijk, Italië

In the Victorian era, the woman’s hair was considered an important part of her appearance and it marked her status and her femininity. Women in that era were often expected…

Hulu's "The Great" offers an irreverent, ahistorical take on the Russian empress' life. This is the real history behind the period comedy

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun made the rich look beautiful, before and after the French Revolution. Now she has a show of her own at the Met.

King Henry VIII had six wives, but none of them have captured the public's imagination like the second, Anne Boleyn.

The teenage queen was embraced by France in 1770. Twenty-three years later, she lost her head to the guillotine. (But she never said, "Let them eat cake")

Gentle Meg, headstrong Jo, delicate Beth, pretty Amy- the March sisters of Little Women are as clearly drawn and ripe for ‘Which one are you?