#women in history

[city-of-ladies]

"Therefore, the references to Thyra on both groups of stones likely refer to the same person – the Danish Queen and mother of Harald Bluetooth. This indicates that she was a particularly powerful and celebrated individual. It is likely that she held land and authority in her own right, not only through her husband. “No other Viking man or woman in Denmark has been mentioned on that many runestones,” says Dr Imer, “and it underlines her undeniable importance for the assembling of the realm under the rule of her son, Harald Bluetooth.”

Importantly, this means that women likely had more influence in Viking-Age Denmark than previously believed. It indicates that Viking women may have been able to hold power in their own right and rule on behalf of their husbands or under-age sons. It also has important implications for our knowledge on the formation of the Danish state. The authors conclude:

If we accept that runestones were granite manifestations of status, lineage and power, we may suggest that Thyra was indeed of royal, Jutlandic descent. Both Gorm and Harald refer to her in the runestone texts and Ravnunge-Tue describes her as his dróttning, that is, ‘lady’ or ‘queen’. Combined with the designation of Thyra as Danmarkaʀ bót, ‘Denmark’s strength/salvation’, these honours point towards a powerful woman who held status, land and authority in her own right. The combination of the present analyses and the geographical distribution of the runestones indicates that Thyra was one of the key figures—or even the key figure—for the assembling of the Danish realm, in which she herself may have played an active part.""

#thyra #history #women's history #queens #women in history #denmark #danish history #vikings #10th century #medieval women #middle ages #medieval history #runestones #harald bluetooth

[animentality]

#twitter #feminism #jan 6 insurrection #donald trump #us politics #women in history

[diioonysus]

edwardian & victorian era women

#history #victorian era #vintage photography #women in history #beauty #vintage #1800s #ph #vintage ph #aesthetic #graphics #edwardian era

[die-rosastrasse]

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

British, 1828-1882

Joan of Arc Kissing the Sword of Deliverance (1863) & Joan of Arc (1882)

#art #painting #classical art #art detail #joan of arc #art history #women in art #women in history #historical art #19th century art #British art #preraphaelites #pre raphaelite brotherhood #pre raphaelite #dante gabriel rossetti #rossetti #jeanne d'arc #christian art #dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #dark academia art #paintings #victorian art #19th century

[anatomicalmartyr]

Some well known aristocratic beauties of the late Victorian and the Edwardian era as depicted by John Singer Sargent and in photography

Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess D'Abernon (1904)  //  Winifred, Duchess of Portland (1902)  // Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (1892)  // Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland (1904) // Consuelo Vanderbilt in The Marlborough Family (1904/05)

#john singer sargent #historicwomendaily #women in art #art history #art comparison #edwardian era #edwardian #19th century #20th century #art #classical art #vintage #photography #beauty #fashion #beautiful women in history #the gilded age #the belle epoque #historical fashion #women in history #hulderposts #female beauty in art #art comparisons #history crushes #lady helen vincent #helen vincent #winifred duchess of portland #lady agnew of lochnaw #millicent duchess of sutherland #consuelo vanderbilt

[moonyackertarg]

behind every hot girl there is a deep history of obsessing over a particular time period or historical figure

#hot girls love history #history #joan of arc #marie antoinette #catherine the great #princess diana #cleopatra #women in history #history major #hot girl shit #random #period drama #jane austen #the middle ages #the renaissance #world history

[chlorinatedpopsicle]

A video of "human calculator" Shakuntala Devi solving complex mathematical equations within seconds.

In 1982, she was awarded the Guinness World Record for fastest human computation. She was assigned a multiplication problem with two random numbers of 13 digits each (7,686,369,774,870 × 2,465,099,745,779) and gave the correct answer (18,947,668,177,995,426,462,773,730) in 28 seconds.

She travelled to several countries for the purpose of having her talents studied. In 1988, her abilities were tested by Arthur Jenson, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Problems given to her included calculating the cube root of 61,629,875 and the seventh root of 170,859,375. Jensen reported that Devi came up with the solutions (395 and 15) before he could write them down in his notebook.

Before all that, in 1977, at Southern Methodist University, she gave the 23rd root of a 201-digit number in 50 seconds. Her answer (546,372,891) was confirmed by calculations done by the UNIVAC 1101 computer, for which a special program had to be written to perform such a large calculation. The computer took longer to solve the problem than Devi did.

Oh, also, in 1979, she wrote the earliest book about homosexuality in India.

(info stolen from Wikipedia)

#women and girls in STEM #incredible women and girls #women in history #herstory #neat stuff #LGB history #feminist history

[taniatas]

#tudors #tudor history #henry viii #six wives of henry viii #catherine of aragon #anne boleyn #jane seymour #anne of cleves #katherine howard #catherine parr #art #digital illustration #taniata's art #women in history

[celebrimborium]

the rings of power + references to women in art

#lotredit #ropedit #tropedit #ringsofpowersource #the rings of power #tolkienedit #tolkiensource #fantasyedit #tvedit #historyedit #artedit #galadriel #miriel #disa #art history #women in history #women in art #costumes #costuming #19th century #humans #elves #dwarves #rop s1 #rop 1x01 #rop 1x04 #rop plus art #* #1k #2k

[travelinglikethelight]

asterix & obelix: mission cleopatra (2002) - a salute to women

#asterix & obelix mission cleopatra #asterix & obelix mission cléopâtre #noemie lenoir #fatou n'diaye #cleopatra #guimieukis #exlibris #monica bellucci #alain chabat #ancient egypt #movie gifs #fav movies #french movie #egypt #egyptian #film edit #women #women in history #comfort films #asterix & obelix: mission cleopatra #asterix and obelix: mission cleopatra #asterix & obelix: mission cléopâtre #asterix and obelix: mission cléopâtre

[forsapphics]

#wlw #wlw history #sapphic #sapphic history #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqia+ #lgbt history #history #herstory #sapphics #women in history #women #b&w #b&w photography #b&w aesthetic #bw edit #aesthetic #a e s t h e t i c #source: pinterest

[city-of-ladies]

"Burginda’s letter is instructing the young man in his spiritual endeavours, and the contents of the (albeit short) letter reveal that she was highly educated and well-read. Written in a period that many still refer to erroneously as an intellectual ‘Dark Ages’, Burginda’s letter uses Greek words, utilises biblical exegesis, imitates Christian poetry like the fifth-century Psychomachia of Prudentius, and references both the sixth-century Italian poet Arator and the classical Roman poet Virgil. It also contains a reworking of a description of heaven found in a Latin poem from Africa that dates to c. 500. Burginda was clearly a very well-read intellectual.

This letter can be used as an example to refute many popular misconceptions about the early middle ages. The first misconception is that antique texts were neglected or unknown in this period. The second misconception is that medieval women were uneducated and unintellectual. The third misconception is that there was little or no intellectual transmission between Africa and Europe in this period. Burginda’s letter proves all these assumptions false. Not bad for two paragraphs of Latin."

#burginda #history #women in history #women's history #8th century #england #english history #female writers #herstory #middle ages #medieval #medieval women

[dailyhistoryposts]

On This Day In History

September 7th, 1876: Dutch exotic dancer and spy Mata Hari was born.

#history #women in history

[diioonysus]

vintage photos of filipino women

#i think i saw it's filipino heritage month in october so here it is but if not enjoy it anyway #filipino #philippines #beauty #women in history #ph #photography #vintage #vintage photography #graphics #history

[thetudorslovers]

"She was, in the brief time allowed her, a good mother, incurring her husband’s displeasure by insisting on breastfeeding Elizabeth herself, which high-born mothers never did, and choosing pretty clothes for the child. She rarely saw her, however, for the Princess was given her own household at Hatfield House at three months old, and thereafter her mother could only visit when her other duties permitted."

#anne boleyn #perioddramaedit #the tudors #quotes #lyrics #history #thetudorsedit #elizabeth i #elizabeth tudor #becomingelizabethedit #becoming elizabeth #alicia von rittberg #beedit #tudorsedit #anneboleynedit #natalie dormer #alison weir #16th century #lana del rey #lyricsedit #thunder #queen anne boleyn #queen elizabeth i of england #perioddramasource #periodedit #women in history #women of history #tudor history #tudor dynasty #tudorerasource

[queenfredegund]

Women in History Month (insp) | Week 1: Leading Women

#historyedit #perioddramaedit #women in history #women in history month challenge #lady of birka #marie madeleine d'aiguillon #empress gongsheng #elizaveta petrovna #jayadevi #zenobia of palmyra #margrete of denmark #viking age #scandinavian history #french history #cambodian history #song dynasty #chinese history #russian empire #3rd century #7th century #8th century #10th century #14th century #15th century #16th century #17th century #18th century #my edits #mine