Lost in History


[Image Description: Sophia Tolstoy (right) with Leo Tolstoy (left) in Crimea in 1902.] via NY Times

Leo Tolstoy’s legacy will forever remain indebted to his wife, Sofia Tolstoy

Safa Shoaib
Two photos: one photo of a group of warriors holding weapons, and another of the Dora Milaje, a group of women dressed in red, holding spears

N’Nonmiton: Meet the real Dora Milaje, the most feared women in history

Simi Segun
[Image description: Photograph of Sara Forbes Bonnetta] Via English Heritage

The true story of the African girl “gifted” to Queen Victoria

Bashirat Oladele

A black and white photo of Cécile Chaminade sitting at a piano with one elbow resting on the stand for sheet music and the other hand placed on the piano.

So you know Mozart and Beethoven, but do you know any female composers?

Tatayana Allen
Black background with white texts saying "The Blair Witch Project"

What the Blair Witch fable reveals about 17th-century women

Olivia McCormack
Members of WASP (from left to right), Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leave their ship, Pistol Packin' Mama, a B-17 Flying Fortress, at the engine school at Lockbourne AAF, Ohio.

WASPs: the women who flew ahead of their time (and that the USA decided to forget)

Helena Ong

[Image Description: A portrait of Nur Jahan.] via Cultural India

Nur Jahan, the twentieth wife: the Empress who stole her husband’s thunder

Safa Shoaib
On the left, a portrait of a woman, the Rani of Jhansi, shows her clad in a tradition Indian dress and jewelry. On the right, there is an image of a statue of the Rani of Jhansi on a horse. A boy, her son, is strapped to her back while she wields a sword in the air.

Queen Lakhshmibai might have lost her battle, but forever won respect in the hearts of many

Tayyaba Rehman
Painting titled 'Death Comes to the Banquet Table (Memento Mori)', showing 'Death', a skeleton, threatening people at a banquet table

This woman’s side hustle killed over 600 abusive husbands in 17th century Italy

Shannon Zheng

An image of a mountain joined by four images of a woman in Armenian clothing.

Meet Armen Ohanian, the belly dancer who defied every stereotype of a Middle Eastern woman

Camilla Selian Meeker
(A grayscale image of young Beat poet Hettie Jones) Via hettiejones.com

You probably don’t know about Hettie Jones, a crusading Beat poet

Vanessa Montalbano
An image of a stone engraved statue of Enheduanna. The image is set on a reddish, brown textured background

The world’s first author was a cool priestess with an even cooler backstory

Sahar Arshad