Posts by Pamela
Soldaderas, Partisanas and Guerilla Girls
[WARNING: For the next few weeks, it’s going to be all women warriors (and occasionally Women Warriors) all the time here at the Margins as we lead up to my publication date of February 26. I’ll try to keep the My Book! My Book! to a minimum and focus on the stories instead, but I…
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Shin-kickers from History: Christine de Pizan
Christine de Pizan (1364–1430) was one of the most important European writers of the late Middle Ages and the first woman known to make a living as a writer (1). She was born in Venice. When her father was appointed royal astrologer to the French king Charles V, the family moved to Paris, where she…
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Queen vs. Queen
At some point while we were strolling through Salzburg, happy as two history buggs can be, My Own True Love said something to the effect of “You should write a blog post about the Merovingians. No one knows who they are.” I’m not going to write a definitive post about the Merovingians, because that’s not…
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