There’s something about Mary, Queen of Scots
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Curious about the historical woman who keeps being the inspiration for movies, books, and TV shoes? Here’s the scoop on the ongoing appeal of this doomed Queen’s story.
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Queen Elizabeth I: Part Two: Gloriana
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Queen Elizabeth I found a way to command respect as monarch in a time of widespread misogyny by skilfully portraying herself as more goddess than woman.
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Queen Elizabeth I: Part One: Redheaded Stepchild
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How circumstance, luck, and fate wound up giving England one of the country’s greatest monarchs in the form of an unusually resilient young redheaded woman.
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Queen Mary I: Part Two: The Reign of Bloody Mary
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Queen Mary I broke new ground as the first officially recognized female monarch of England. But her short reign is best remembered for bloodshed, tragedy, and her personal problems.
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Queen Mary I: Part One: Her Mother’s Daughter
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Before she was Bloody Mary, she was Queen Mary. And before that, she was Lady Mary. Before that she was Princess Mary, a young girl who had yet to learn just how terrible her father was.
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Kathryn Parr: Professional Widow
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Kathryn Parr lived through the lives and deaths of Henry VIII’s previous five wives, which is likely how she learned to survive him.
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Catherine Howard: The Doomed, Damaged Child Bride
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Catherine Howard was elevated from obscurity, burned fire bright, and died for it.
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Anne of Cleves: The One That Got Away
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Anne of Cleves was out of her depth at English court, but wound up living longer and happier than any of Henry’s other wives.
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Jane Seymour: A Well-Behaved Woman History Too Often Forgets
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Taking a closer look at the brief marriage and reign of a kind woman who is oven overshadowed by the drama of her predecessors.
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Unearthing The History Made By Well-Behaved Women
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You have likely come across Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s well-known quote, “well-behaved women seldom make history,” on ironic cross-stitch samplers, tote bags, and fridge magnets. Removed of its original context, it has become a rallying cry for women to make history by misbehaving, suggesting that the only way to stand out is to misbehave. In context…
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