Her Story

HER STORY is a new bi-weekly series written by a historical researcher and long-time 29Secrets contributor Sienna Vittoria Asselin. The informative profiles bring to life the forgotten stories of some of the most bold and inspiring women in history.

HER STORY: Hatshepsut, From Regent to Female Pharaoh

HER STORY: Rebel Queen Christina of Sweden

HER STORY: Roaring Twenties Wild Child Zelda Fitzgerald

HER STORY: Roxelana, From Enslaved Girl to Empress of the East

HER STORY: Rose Fortune, Businesswoman And Lady Of The Law

HER STORY: South American Military Leader Juana Azurduy and the Fight for Independence

HER STORY: Hortense Mancini, Duchess Mazarin, The Infamous Runaway Wife

HER STORY: Fatima al-Fihri, Foundress of the World’s First University 

HER STORY: Feminist Lady of Letters Christine de Pizan

HER STORY: Sarah Emma Edmonds, Army Nurse and Civil War Spy in Disguise

HER STORY: Olimpia Maidalchini, the Power Behind the Pope

HER STORY: Jeanne Baret And Her Journey Around The Globe

HER STORY: First Nations Leader Ga’axsta’las, aka Jane Constance Cook

HER STORY: Bessie Smith, Empress Of The Blues

HER STORY: Kubaba, The Earliest Recorded Female Monarch

HER STORY: Agnes Macphail, Canadian Political Pioneer

HER STORY: Hypatia, Legendary Ancient Academic

HER STORY: Hildegard of Bingen, Medieval Abbess and Powerhouse

HER STORY: Phillis Wheatley, the Founding Mother of African American Literature

HER STORY: Cixi’s Rise from Concubine to Empress of China

HER STORY: Grace O’Malley, Legendary Irish Pirate Queen