Samantha Wilcoxson's Blog, page 11
October 15, 2020
Tudor Sons
From the archives: ⚔️🛡 Tudor Sons 🛡⚔️
"When Elizabeth of York married Henry Tudor, one of her essential roles was birthing sons to ensure the future of the dynasty that they were creating together. This has long been one of the prime objectives of queens, and Elizabeth would have accepted it and understood its importance. After the usurpation of her brother's crown by her own uncle, the importance - yet at the same time danger - of having men in the family was nothing that she needed explained."
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"When Elizabeth of York married Henry Tudor, one of her essential roles was birthing sons to ensure the future of the dynasty that they were creating together. This has long been one of the prime objectives of queens, and Elizabeth would have accepted it and understood its importance. After the usurpation of her brother's crown by her own uncle, the importance - yet at the same time danger - of having men in the family was nothing that she needed explained."
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October 13, 2020
Luminous Women: Pearl Payne
Pearl Payne wanted nothing more than a large, happy family. She ended up battling the radium industry instead.
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October 7, 2020
Æthelflæd’s Daughter & A Matter of Succession
I’m pleased to welcome Annie Whitehead as my guest today as part of the Stepping Back into Saxon England. She has a brilliant bit of history to share with us regarding women succeeding women to the throne. A little hint - she's not talking about the Tudors!
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October 1, 2020
September 22, 2020
Luminous Women: Catherine Donohue
New blog series begins today! ⤵️
“Catherine Donohue inspired her friends, courageously challenged the radium industry, and made law-changing history in the United States. Her place in history is not one to which she aspired, but when injustice would have reigned Catherine gave voice to the vulnerable.”
“Catherine Donohue inspired her friends, courageously challenged the radium industry, and made law-changing history in the United States. Her place in history is not one to which she aspired, but when injustice would have reigned Catherine gave voice to the vulnerable.”
September 15, 2020
September 11, 2020
September 10, 2020
August 24, 2020
Disposable Girls
"Throughout history, women have often been treated like second class citizens. Women have had to fight for the right to be legally independent from their husbands and for the right to vote. Few cases demonstrate just how undervalued women have sometimes been than the experiences of the young women who worked with radium paint in the early 20th century."
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August 17, 2020
Tudor and Medieval Childbirth
Historian and author Toni Mount is a guest on my blog today! Join us for an in-depth look at childbirth in the 15th century.
