Lenora Rogers's Blog, page 59
November 14, 2016
Getting crafty with eggshells
I have been totally negligent with my blog posts. Time flies by fartoo quickly for my liking.
My daughter and I are leaving next Sunday for a week of sun and fun in Cabo San Lucas, so I thought I’d get a post upbefore I leave. Since my last post, I’ve dabbledina variety of different creativeprojects, and I’d like toshare one of them with youtoday.
The next time you make an omelette, don’t just crack those eggshells in two—blow them out instead and try making Egghead Peo...
The Klondike and the Lost Baronet
Guest Post 10: The Klondike and the Lost Baronet (Part One).The following guest post article has been kindly contributed by Geoffrey A. Pocock, author of Outrider of Empire: The Life and Adventures of Roger Pocock (University of Alberta Press) and One Hundred Years of the Legion of Frontiersmen (currently out of print).
His own blog can be viewed at www.frontiersmenhistorian.wordpress.com and his website is www.frontiersmenhistorian.info
Perhaps some readers of this Blo...
November 11, 2016
Soldier Jennie – the Irish woman who fought as a man in the American Civil War
The life and times of Private Albert D.J. Cashier are one of those historic anomalies that make you scratch your head and wonder: ‘How the hell could that happen?’
Private Cashier served in the ranks of the 95th Illinois for three years – from their muster in on September 4, 1862 until they were discharged in August 1865.
Cashier was a member of the regiment’s Company G, and was present at hard-fought battles like Vicksburg and Nashville. A comrade later remembered Cashier...
The Two Elizas – The Irish Courtesans who set the World Alight
Lola Montez
Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl… so far, so true (and with thanks to Barry Manilow), but this particular Lola also happened to be one of Europe’s most beautiful and talked-about women, who married several times and who was linked to some of the most prominent men in Europe.
Lola Montez… the name is redolent of exotic allure, and she certainly didn’t disappoint. Lola’s reputation for being a beautiful and temperamental seductress who could wrap men around...
The ‘madness’ of revolting women…
As America prepares to head for the polls to decide whether to elect its first female president, it’s worth noting how far women have come in terms of achieving a political voice. I’m pleased to welcome author Lucienne Boyce to HistoryWithATwist. Lucienne’s book, The Bristol Suffragettes, is a timely reminder of the ingrained social attitudesthatearly campaigners for women’s rights had to battle againstin their bid for political equality.
In June 1914, Joan Lavender Gu...
Regency Personalities Series-John Peter Gandy
Regency Personalities Series
In my attempts to provide us with the details of the Regency (I include those who were born before 1811 and who died after 1795), today I continue with one of themany period notables.
John Peter Gandy
1787 – 2 March 1850
John Peter Gandy was the youngest of the ten children of Thomas Gandy (d. 1814) and his wife, Sophia, née Adams. His older brothers included the painter Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771–1843) and the architect Michael...
Amazing Women Who Inspire Us: Dame Nellie Melba
If It Happened Yesterday, It's History
The incredible Nellie Melba was a woman truly ahead of her time. She ignored society’s views of a woman’s place being at home, to forge herself an extraordinary career as an operatic soprano. In short, she became Australia’s first global star and a darling of the theatre around the world.
Nellie Melba was born in the inner suburb of Melbourne known as Richmond in 1861. At a very early age, she fell in love with music and singing. Her first public perfor...
William Clancy, WWI hero
Stories From Ipswich and the North Shore
Harold Bowen wrote inTales fromOlde Ipswich that William Clancy’s family lived in the Old Post Office on North Main Street. Thomas Franklin Waters spokeabout historic actions by William Clancy in a 1917 address to the Ipswich Historical Society, reprinted from the Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society.
“Ipswich pride was stirred by the story that found place in London papers and in the New York Sunday magazines that William Clancy, Boston-bor...
November 7, 2016
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Annie Dodge Wauneka was a member of the Navajo tribe, who dedicated her life to improving the health & well-being of her people.
Born on the Navajo reservation in Arizona, Annie was the daughter of Navajo leader, Henry Chee Dodge. Her father was wealthy and could speak English; he had acted as a translator between the USgovernment and the Navajo people, and become a successful businessman with a ranch, where Annie and her siblings grew up.
As a girl Annie tended to the sheep on her father’s...
