Women in History
Mary Anning
The Icon, she sold sea-shells by the sea shore, but those shells and bones came from animals you’ll never see in our oceans today. Born to a poor family marginalised due to their religious beliefs Mary overcame a lot of other barriers in addition to gender discrimination.
She was granted pension by the government for her contribution to science.
In the last century and especially recent decades her story has attracted more and more retellings
Sappho of Lesbos
The Ancient Greek poet whose poetry expressed romantic feelings towards women giving us the words Sapphic and Lesbian.
The Empress MaTilda
Left the throne of England by her father Henry I (against the laws of male only inheritance) Matilda would go to war for her inheritance against her cousin Stephen, although she was never crowned Queen of England, her son would become King Henry II.