Annie Londonderry: The Woman Who Cycled Around the World
Annie Londonderry (born Annie Cohen in Latvia in 1870) has been largely forgotten by history, but at the end of the 19th ...
Edith Garrud—The Small But Mighty Ninja Who Protected Mrs. Pankhurst
According to most sources, Edith Margaret Garrud (1872-1971) stood slightly under five foot tall in her stockinged feet. She ...
Christabel Pankhurst—The Militant Who Led Women to The Vote
History has not been kind to Christabel Pankhurst. Male historians have, by and large, accepted her sister Sylvia's account ...
Alice Legh—The Best Archer Of Her Generation
Miss Alice Legh was very probably the finest British archer of all time (men and women both). She won the National Women's Championship in England a total of twenty-three times, between 1881 and 1922. She was sixty-seven years old when she won her last title.According to the Oxford Dictionary ...
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