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As a way of finding a light when so much of the daily news is disturbing, I am choosing to focus on inspiration from amazing women who changed the world for the better through activism, art, comedy, environmentalism, music, science, writing, and more.
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Wyrd Women @wyrdwomen.bsky.social · Sep 13
The wyrd sisters spin the web of wyrd and weave the loom of life, they do not thereby determine it … the wyrd sisters simply express the will of wyrd. And so do we. ~ Brian Bates
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The Saxon Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim: What's Her Name Podcast

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THE SAXON Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim: What'sHerName Podcast Episode 16
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December 3, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Hrotsvitha's six short dramas are her most important works. She wrote about her life during the early Middle Ages, making her one of the only people to record a history of women in that era from a woman's perspective.

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The First Known Female Playwright | Bibliomania
Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim, a tenth-century Saxon living in an abbey, wrote plays inspired by the classical author Terence at a time when it is typically thought that the classics had been forgotten or...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Hrotsvitha was a secular canoness, considered the first female writer from the Germanosphere, the first female historian, the first person since the Fall of the Roman Empire to write dramas in the Latin West, and the first German female poet.

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December 3, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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St. Hilda - In Our Time: BBC Podcast

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St Hilda
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November 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Saint Hild of Whitby - Bio

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St Hild of Whitby
Hild is a significant figure in the history of English Christianity. As the abbess of Whitby she led one of the most important religious centres in the Anglo-Saxon world.
www.english-heritage.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Menewood, a novel by Nicola Griffith 📚

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Menewood
Menewood by Nicola Griffith (FSGxMCD, 2023). Cover art by Anna and Elena Balbusso. US: Hardcover, ebook, digital audio available 3 October, 2023 UK: Digital audio and ebook 3 October, hardcover fro…
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November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Hild and her Gemæcce, on the creation of the Hild novel by Nicola Griffith 📚

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Hild and her gemæcce
Someone deeply familiar with the seventh century recently admitted she’d had to go hunting on my other blog, Gemæcca: The story of a novel about Hild of Whitby for the meaning of gemæcca. It …
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November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Hild, novel by Nicola Griffith 📚

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Hild
Novel set in 7th-century Britain. Winner of the Washington State Book Award. “In its ambition and intelligence, Hild might best be compared to Hilary Mantel’s novels about Thomas Cromwe…
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November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Hilda of Whitby, or Hild, was known for her wisdom and leaders from both the Celtic and Roman traditions of Christianity sought her advice. She was the founder and first abbess of the monastery at Whitby, and later recongized as a saint.

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November 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go

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Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go | Official Trailer | Max
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November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Hannah Einbinder is an American actress and stand-up comedian, best known for her starring role as comedy writer Ava Daniels in the HBO Max dramedy series Hacks.

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Hacks | Official Trailer | HBO GO
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November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Women in Flora Brasiliensis: Therese of Bavaria. The scientist princess who came to Brazil in the 19th century, focusing on her time in Espírito Santo 👑🌱🦎🗺️

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Women in Flora Brasiliensis: Therese of Bavaria - Google Arts & Culture
The scientist princess who came to Brazil in the 19th century, focusing on her time in Espírito Santo
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November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Princess Therese of Bavaria spoke 12 languages, published books on natural history following the scientific rigors of botany, enthnology, and zoology. Her books, written during her extensive travels, substantially contributed to plant & animal knowledge. 👑🌱🦎🗺️

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November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The Empress | Official Trailer | Netflix
(about Empress Elisabeth of Austria)👑📽️

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The Empress | Official Trailer | Netflix
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November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Sisi: Empress On Her Own by Allison Pataki
(about Empress Elisabeth of Austria)👑📚

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Sisi: Empress on Her Own | Allison Pataki
New York Times bestselling author Allison Pataki tells the little-known story of Sisi, a dynamic Empress during the Golden Age of the Hapsburg Court.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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The Accidental Empress: A Royal Love Story
by Allison Pataki (about Empress Elisabeth of Austria)👑📚

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The Accidental Empress - A Novel by Allison Pataki
New York Times bestselling author Allison Pataki follows up on her critically-acclaimed debut novel, The Traitor’s Wife, with The Accidental Empress.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Empress Elisabeth (Sisi)👑

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Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Empress Elisabeth (Sisi)
Here are some Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Empress Elisabeth (Sisi)
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November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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The Many Myths of Empress Elisabeth of Austria👑

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The Many Myths of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, the 19th-Century Royal Whose Beauty and Tragic Death Transformed Her Into a Legend
The reluctant empress known as "Sisi" painstakingly crafted her image through portraits and photographs, ensuring she would be remembered in a specific way
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Empress Sisi: In the footsteps of Austria’s free-spirited empress 👑

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In the footsteps of Empress Elisabeth "Sisi"
Find out more about the fascinating life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Sisi. All about her history and favourite places, secrets, and foods.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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An 1873-1874 portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria by Georg Martin Ignaz Raab 👑

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November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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An 1874 portrait of Elisabeth by Franz Xaver Winterhalter 👑

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November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Portrait of Empress Elisabeth, in 1857, aged 19. 👑

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November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The young Elisabeth, shortly after becoming Austrian Empress of Austria, by Amanda Bergstedt (1855).

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November 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Equestrian portrait of Duchess Elisabeth of Bavaria at Possenhofen Castle, age 15 (1853). She loved to ride horses, and was a skilled horsewoman, possibly the best-known of her time.

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November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Elisabeth, nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Franz Joseph I on April 24, 1854 until her assassination in 1898. 👑

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November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM