I wrote a timeline of women artists. There have been famous women artists since the Middle Ages. Unfortunately in the 19th and 20th centuries, there were so many I could not mention them all. https://localhistories.org/a-timeline-of-women-artists/
A blog about history and true crime. Historical trivia and stories about true crime.
Sunday, 20 March 2022
Thursday, 17 March 2022
Margaret Bondfield
Margaret Bondfield was born on 17 March 1873. In 1929 she became the first woman cabinet minister in Britain. (She was minister of labour). https://localhistories.org/a-timeline-of-womens-rights-uk/
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Jews in York
On 16 March 1190 Jews were massacred in York https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/cliffords-tower-york/history-and-stories/massacre-of-the-jews/
Tuesday, 15 March 2022
History of Slavery
I have revamped my history of slavery localhistories.org/a-brief-history-of-slavery
Monday, 14 March 2022
The History of Female Hair Removal
I found this interesting article about the history of female hair removal https://womensmuseum.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/the-history-of-female-hair-removal/#:~:text=The%20practice%20of%20removing%20female,and%20considered%20pubic%20hair%20uncivilized.
Sunday, 13 March 2022
A History of Carmarthen
I wrote a short history of the little Welsh town of Carmarthen localhistories.org/a-history-of-carmarthen
