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Sarah Parker Remond (1826 - 1894) African American slavery abolitionist, lecturer and physician. Born free in Salem, Massachusetts to...

The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed that there haven't been any book reviews since the end of February, the main reason being I...

Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia (22 May 1868 – 10 October 1920) was a campaigner for women's suffrage in New Zealand, a suffragist who inspired...

Ichikawa Fusae (市川 房枝, May 15, 1893 – February 11, 1981) was a Japanese feminist, politician and a leader of the women's suffrage...

Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (1882 - 1960) English artist, campaigner for the suffragette movement, prominent left communist and anti-fascist...

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797) English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women’s rights. Mary was born to Elizabeth Dixon and...

Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959) [Eleanora Fagan] was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music...

Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and civil rights...

Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (1917 – 2020) was an English singer, songwriter and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were...

Hello folks! There is a strong Austen vibe to this month's round-up. I found I hadn't read quite so much in February as a couple of...

Sarojini Naidu (née Chattopadhyay 13th February 1879 – 2nd March 1949) Indian political activist and poet. A proponent of civil rights,...

Black History Month Una Marson (6th February 1905 - 6th May 1965) Jamaican feminist, activist and writer, producing poems, plays and...

I realise that this seemingly has nought to do with my drawing, but I thought I might start doing a little round-up every now again of...

I do believe it was in my last post that I declared my fascination with the Second World War; the commaraderie, the fashions, music and...

I have always been fascinated by World War II. I remember doing a project on the subject in primary school and I got seriously involved....

Hi folks, I hope you're all well. I didn't do an 'Isolation Entertainment' piece last week as I assumed everyone would be in a...

Hello folks, I hope you're all keeping well and managing to stay sane. We've had two weeks now in isolation and looking back I noticed...

Well, what a month it's been. Understatement of the millennium Amy, I hear you say. Indeed. At the start of March I was setting out on...

Hello and welcome to Blog Post the Second where I will be sharing a few more book, TV and film recommendations to help get us through...

I'd been meaning to start writing a blog for a while now. Never could have predicted that Covid-19 would be the catalyst for me getting...