Top stories published by History of Women in December of 2021

Top Stories published by History of Women in December of 2021

All

2021

December

Linda Caroll in History of Women

Dec 7, 2021

10 Dumb and Deadly Things Victorian Women Did To Be Prettier

Makeup was for prostitutes, so “good…

31 responses

Linda Caroll in History of Women

Dec 28, 2021

Ugly Girl Papers; Advice For Women From An 1870s Magazine

“There’s nothing like housework for a good…

19 responses

Carlyn Beccia in History of Women

Dec 5, 2021

Hath No Fury Than A Medici Scorned

The fall and rise of Catherine de Medici — the merchant's daughter

3 responses

Nour Alhakk in History of Women

Dec 30, 2021

Fadwa Tugan — The Resistance Poet of Palestine

With her poems, she resists and fights the occupation.

1 response

Colleen Killingsworth in History of Women

Dec 2, 2021

Dancing at Breakneck Speed Made Georgia Sothern a Striptease Star

Bet you’ve never seen an act like…

1 response

Molly Martin in History of Women

Dec 6, 2021

How Women Broke into the Trades

Tradeswomen Organizing at the City Level: San Francisco Women in…

1 response

Colleen Killingsworth in History of Women

Dec 30, 2021

The Queen of Sin City in 1875 Would Be a Millionaire Today

Ad Cole, legendary Black madam was one of…

Ellen Baker in History of Women

Dec 30, 2021

How Witnessing Death Spurred A Movement For Equality In Medicine

The Life of Susan La Flesche

1 response

Amber Brambell in History of Women

Dec 6, 2021

Astrologist Jocelyn Bell Burnett at Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. She is at a conference about astrophycists, discussing her discovery of pulsars.

The woman who won a Nobel Prize — for someone else

Jocelyn Bell-Burnett and the No-Bell Prize

3 responses

Nour Alhakk in History of Women

Dec 6, 2021

The Woman Who Founded the World's Oldest University

The right of Muslim women to inherit, own property…

1 response

November 2021

These were the top 10 stories published by History of Women in December of 2021. You can also dive into daily archives for December of 2021 by using the calendar at the top of this page.