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OTD | October 25, 1969: Estonian painter Ellinor Aiki passed away in Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. Aiki was known, later in life, for her use of vibrant and colorful, heavily textured portraits, landscapes and compositions interspersed with whimsical motifs.

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/CDfm • 7d ago

The forgotten Cork (Irish) woman who became a close friend of Frederick Douglass (anti slavery campaigner).

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/CDfm • 7d ago

Most influential women in British science history

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • 8d ago

OTD | October 18, 1744: English courtier and noblewoman Her Grace, The Duchess of Marlborough (née Sarah Jenyns/Jennings) passed away in London. The Duchess of Marlborough became one of the most influential women of her time through her close relationship with Anne, Queen of Great Britain.

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • 9d ago

OTD | October 17, 1962: Russian avant-garde artist and set designer Natálya Sergéyevna Goncharóva passed away from rheumatoid arthritis. Goncharóva was a founding member of the Jack of Diamonds, Moscow's first radical independent exhibiting group, and her paintings influenced avant-garde Russia.

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • 14d ago

OTD | October 12, 1958: Azorean historian and academic Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias was born. Silva de Sequeira Dias specialized in the history of the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal.

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/CDfm • 14d ago

A Woman Is Responsible for Everything: Jewish Women in Early Modern Europe

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • 16d ago

OTD | October 10, 1567: Spanish Princess Catalina Micaela was born. Catalina Micaela was duchess consort of Savoy from 1585-1597 and served as regent several times, especially when her husband Carlo Emanuele I was away on military campaigns.

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/CDfm • 16d ago

The 1612 Pendle trials: nine-year-old Jennet Device was "set upon the table in the presence of the whole court" to give evidence against her mother

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/CDfm • 18d ago

Top 10 Female Demons in European Folklore - pre halloween post

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/vortex8100 • 18d ago

11th Century Book The Collector

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A short photo essay of the sins the 11th Century Burchard of Worms used to set the example of moral decay via the sins of women

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/CDfm • 21d ago

The Myth of Gender Equality, Women revolutionaries in 1916

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • 22d ago

OTD | October 4, 1160: Castilian-French monarch Constance de Castille (Constanza de Castilla) passed away from childbirth. Constance was the queen consort of France from 1154-1160 and had two children by King Louis VII.

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/History-Chronicler • 23d ago

The Night Witches Who Haunted German Troops on the Eastern Front

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/Needleworkerhelpline • 26d ago

An amazing, less commonly seen painting of Elizabeth I (England)

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Painted a few years after her death. Her head resting on her hand. Death looking over her left shoulder.

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/CDfm • 26d ago

Irene of Athens: The First Empress Regnant of the Byzantine Empire

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/CDfm • 26d ago

Gesche Gottfried and the Spitting Stone

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/CDfm • Sep 21 '26

Meet the long-forgotten woman behind the Irish Tricolour - Emilia Eleanor Hamilton , from Fairview, Dublin, 1830.

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/CDfm • Sep 20 '26

The Weird Sisters: Forgotten Female Artists in Irish History , Nobel Laureate WB Yeats sisters set up an acclaimed and successful publishing house.

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Sep 13 '26

OTD | September 13, 1830: Austro-Hungarian (now Austrian) writer and noble Marie, Baroness von Ebner-Eschenbach (née Marie Dubský von Třebomyslice) was born. Ebner-Eschenbach was known for her psychological novels and is regarded as one of the most important German-language writers of 19th century.

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Sep 07 '26

OTD | September 7, 1943: Controversial Swedish writer and aristocrat Mary, Princess Karadja (née Smith) passed away in Locarno, Switzerland. Princess Karadja was a central figure in Western esotericism.

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Sep 06 '26

OTD | September 6, 1921: Spanish author Carmen Laforet Díaz was born. Laforet Díaz is best known for her first novel Nada (1945), considered a classic in 20th century Spanish literature, which deals with existentialism and the adolescent search for identity.

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Sep 05 '26

OTD | September 5, 1548: English noblewoman and monarch Catherine Parr passed away from complications of child birth. Parr was the final queen consort to King Henry VIII of England and Ireland, and is the most-married English queen.

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Aug 30 '26

OTD | August 30, 1923: British medical doctor Barbara Ansell was born. Ansell was the founder of pediatric rheumatology and was notable for specifically defining chronic joint disorders and the improvement of their management.

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r/WOMENEUROPEANHISTORY • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Aug 29 '26

OTD | August 29, 892CE: Byzantine (now Greek) nun Theodora of Thessaloniki passed away. Theodora’s hagiography is the longest ever written about a holy woman in Byzantine history.

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