by Jillianne | Jan 5, 2023 | History Articles, Women's History
Disclaimer: this post includes promotional content. However, all opinions are my own. I live for a good costume drama, especially when it involves sweeping cinematography, stellar performances, and gorgeous costume design. Fashion historian Bernadette Banner recently...
by Jillianne | Oct 30, 2022 | History Articles
This is a guest post from author Alina Adams. Thank you Alina! Fiddler on the Roof doesn’t offer the year when it’s supposed to be taking place, but references to a major pogrom in a nearby city suggest it’s 1905, and the pogrom is the one in Kishinev. Or maybe...
by Jillianne | Jul 24, 2022 | History Articles, Women's History
This is a guest post from Saluting 23 Faithful Suffragists author Jo Ann Matthews. Thanks Jo Ann! Books and articles have publicized the activism of Sojourner Truth, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. I have featured them on my blog, but...
by Jillianne | Jul 14, 2022 | Featured, Reviews, Women's History
Thank you to Pen & Sword for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. One of the reasons we enjoy pirate stories so much is that the lives of the individuals—even the most famous ones—are so different from the lives we ourselves...
by Jillianne | Jun 26, 2022 | History Articles
New Book Tells the Untold True Story of the World War II Frogmen Who Gave Rise to the Navy SEALs LOS ANGELES, California – With echoes of Unbroken, the derring-do and bravado of The Right Stuff; and the battle-forged camaraderie of Band of Brothers, Into Enemy...
