In 2003 the German Margarethe von Trotta, director, scriptwriter, actress and wife of the famous writer Volker Schlöndorf, won the…
Women
The Chinese woman who became queen of piracy with a fleet of hundreds of ships
The classic image we have of piracy is that of a masculine and Caribbean world, something that would have to…
Mariya Oktyabrskaya, the Soviet woman who paid for the manufacture of a tank and drove it personally to avenge her husband’s death
Although women’s participation in World War II was more active than it may seem at first glance, their role was…
Christine de Pizan, the first professional female writer in the Late Middle Ages and a forerunner of feminism
The honor of being a pioneer, of paving the way to something, is usually much disputed. Today we are going…
10 heroines of World War II
The history of the Second World War is full of heroic actions carried out by men and women, often little…
Martha Ellis Gellhorn, the only woman to land in Normandy on D-Day
Many readers will probably know who Martha Ellis Gellhorn was, but for those who don’t, they just need to know…
