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December 5, 2017
The Man Who Transformed the Health of Londoners
Edwin Chadwick is the man who transformed the health of Londoners. In a time when diseases like smallpox, cholera, and TB were insatiable and continued to relapse in epidemical waves Edwin Chadwick used his position to persuade the government to invest in public health ventures and Chadwick must be credited with being Britain’s premier pioneer […]
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December 4, 2017
10 Things That Turn a Character Bad
10 Things that turn a character bad All great stories have baddies. Baddies or the antagonist, are the characters who stand in the way of the protagonist. He or she creates conflict and problems – all the things readers love reading about. Evil villains help create a story that is exciting and sometimes even scary. […]
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November 30, 2017
Whistle-blower in the Maternity Ward
Key Words: Whistleblower, Maternity Ignaz Semmelweis was the Hungarian obstetrician and a whistle-blower who spoke out about bad practice in maternity wards. The work done by Semmelweis all but removed puerperal fever, commonly known as Childbed fever, from the maternity wards he worked in. He was not the first to try to change the medical […]
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November 6, 2017
Princess Anne – The Princess Who Married a Hunchback
This is the story of Princess Anne, the Princess Royal was the eldest daughter of George II. Princess Anne was born into what we would call a dysfunctional family in May 1709. (For more information about her grandmother and the House of Hanover read my blog on 15th November.) Anne was a remarkable woman in […]
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The Princess Who Married a Hunchback
Princess Anne, the Princess Royal was the eldest daughter of George II. She was born into what we would call an extremely dysfunctional family in May 1709. (For more information about her grandmother and the House of Hanover read my blog on 15th November.) Anne was a remarkable woman in many ways; she is criticised […]
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Princess Anne: Artist, Musician and Politician
Princess Anne, the Princess Royal was the eldest daughter of George II. She was born into what we would call an extremely dysfunctional family in May 1709. (For more information about her grandmother and the House of Hanover read my blog on 15th November.) Anne was a remarkable woman in many ways; she is criticised […]
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October 12, 2017
Sex and the City
There were two ways for a girl to get on in the 18th century and they both involved sex, the risk of disease and the likelihood of an early death. The first occupation a woman could take up that might secure her place in the world was that of becoming a wife the second was […]
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October 8, 2017
Princess Sophia Dorothea the Uncrowned Queen of Britain
This is the history of the shocking case of a Princess who was married against her will, spurned by her husband, divorced, and then imprisoned for 33 years. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick- Lüneburg did not have a good start in life; she was born illegitimately; the daughter of her father’s long-term mistress, Eleonore d’Esmier […]
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Princess Sophia Dorothea the uncrowned Queen of Britain
This is the shocking case of the Princess who was married against her will, spurned, divorced, and imprisoned for 33 years. In August 2016, a human skeleton was found under the Leineschloss (Leine Palace, Hanover) during a renovation project; the remains are believed to be those of Swedish count, Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, (1665-1694) a […]
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October 7, 2017
A Room of One’s Own – A History of Letter Writing
The history of letter writing is part of women’s history. Writing letters to family and friends was one of the new pastimes enjoyed by 18th-century middle-class women. Although the Post Office had been open since 1660 it was not until the 18th century that the use of letters for private correspondence took off and middle-class […]
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