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Month: March 2021

17th Century, Uncategorized, Women in History

Women in History, Part 2 – Queen Nzinga, the Mother of Angola

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021
Women in History, Part 2 – Queen Nzinga, the Mother of Angola

Since it’s still Women’s History Month, let’s talk about another badass bossbabe today – Queen Nzinga of the Ndongo and Matamba kingdoms. In the last post, we were in China, so let’s head to the west coast of southern Africa, to what is now Angola, to learn about this amazing woman. I thought I’d learned

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19th Century, Women in History

Women in History, Part 1 – Ching Shih – from Prostitute to Pirate Queen

March 12, 2021March 19, 2021
Women in History, Part 1 – Ching Shih – from Prostitute to Pirate Queen

Since it’s Women’s History Month, I figured I should do a post or two about some pretty interesting women through history. Since my youngest child is studying Chinese at university (*waves at youngest*), I settled on Ching Shih, Pirate Queen of the Qinq Dynasty. Definitely one of the most interesting women in history; she is

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14th Century, 14th Century, Weird History, Weird Medicine

Strange Plague Cures: Past and Present

March 2, 2021March 19, 2021
Strange Plague Cures:  Past and Present

Now that we’re a year into fifteen days to flatten the curve, we’ve all had a good 12 months to see the various cures and preventatives presented for COVID-19. Especially during the early months of the pandemic, you couldn’t open social media without seeing some sort of bizarre treatment or preventative for the virus; everything

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