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 | 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 | 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...
by Jillianne | Jun 19, 2022 | History Articles
Author and podcast host Michael T. Keene has spent a lot of time thinking about a barrier island located off the east coast of The Bronx, NY. Hart Island is far from the first NYC adjacent island with a macabre past—Nellie Bly spent some time at Blackwell’s...
by Jillianne | Aug 2, 2021 | Featured, History Articles, Women's History
Hey, I’m back! I just published my fourth novel (and my first historical fiction novel), The Spirited Mrs. Pringle. London, 1888. Upon the death of her husband, self-involved social climber Cora Pringle assumes her recent dalliance with a wealthy gentleman will...