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Her Story

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

Her Story

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

In 2013, the president of Argentina sparked controversy by replacing a towering monument of Christopher Columbus (a man previously celebrated for “discovering” the Americas but increasingly seen as…

Her Story

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

On New Year’s Eve in 1675, a cavalier in ragged men’s apparel rode into London. The mud-covered, weather-beaten figure was at first mistaken for a postman, but the…

Her Story

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

If you were asked to imagine the oldest university in the world, your mind might instantly conjure up images of the vine-covered hallowed halls of an old British…

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HER STORY: Feminist Lady of Letters Christine de Pizan

We often credit the twentieth—or even the nineteenth—century with the birth of feminism. However, if we go all the way back to the fourteenth century, we will find…

Her Story

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

On May 25, 1861, Frank Thompson answered President Lincoln’s call for volunteers and proudly walked out onto the streets of Detroit as a newly minted Private and member…

Her Story

HER STORY: Olimpia Maidalchini, the Power Behind the Pope

The 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, held earlier this month, is now available for streaming on HBO and Crave. Between presenters, performers, and inductees,…

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HER STORY: Jeanne Baret And Her Journey Around The Globe

Jeanne Baret was born in 1740 in the countryside of Bourogne, France, to “modest circumstances.” According to her biography, written by Professor Glynis Ridley, her working-class parents sold…

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

The First Nations peoples of Western Canada experienced tumultuous political change and upheaval in the late nineteenth century–their way of life was challenged, and their rights either stripped…

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