Matilda’s Top Women In History

Matilda’s Top Women in History

Let’s learn about some fascinating women in history Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 12h ago

    Lady Jane Grey - The Reluctant Queen (Part 2/2 - Minisode)

    Lady Jane Grey holds the record for the shortest lived monarch in English history - she was Queen for 13 days, and only 9 of them were known to the public. She was manipulated by the powerful men around her, and forced into a situation she didn’t want and couldn’t control. Sources/Further Reading: Tallis, Nicola: Crown of Blood - The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey Ives, Eric: Lady Jane Grey - A Tudor Mystery Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide https://ladyjanegrey.info/?page_id=8723 Connolly, Sharon Bennet: Lady Jane - The 9 Days Queen https://historytheinterestingbits.com/2024/06/26/lady-jane-the-9-days-queen/ Wikipedia: Lady Jane Grey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Grey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    21 min

  2. 13h ago

    Lady Jane Grey - The Reluctant Queen (Part 2/2)

    Lady Jane Grey holds the record for the shortest lived monarch in English history - she was Queen for 13 days, and only 9 of them were known to the public. She was manipulated by the powerful men around her, and forced into a situation she didn’t want and couldn’t control. Sources/Further Reading: Tallis, Nicola: Crown of Blood - The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey Ives, Eric: Lady Jane Grey - A Tudor Mystery Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide https://ladyjanegrey.info/?page_id=8723 Connolly, Sharon Bennet: Lady Jane - The 9 Days Queen https://historytheinterestingbits.com/2024/06/26/lady-jane-the-9-days-queen/ Wikipedia: Lady Jane Grey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Grey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    44 min

  3. Jun 28

    Lady Jane Grey - The Reluctant Queen (Part 1/1 -Minisode)

    Lady Jane Grey holds the record for the shortest lived monarch in English history - she was Queen for 13 days, and only 9 of them were known to the public. She was manipulated by the powerful men around her, and forced into a situation she didn’t want and couldn’t control. Sources/Further Reading: Tallis, Nicola: Crown of Blood - The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey Ives, Eric: Lady Jane Grey - A Tudor Mystery Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide https://ladyjanegrey.info/?page_id=8723 Connolly, Sharon Bennet: Lady Jane - The 9 Days Queen https://historytheinterestingbits.com/2024/06/26/lady-jane-the-9-days-queen/ Wikipedia: Lady Jane Grey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Grey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    21 min

  4. Jun 28

    Lady Jane Grey - The Reluctant Queen (Part 1/2)

    Lady Jane Grey holds the record for the shortest lived monarch in English history - she was Queen for 13 days, and only 9 of them were known to the public. She was manipulated by the powerful men around her, and forced into a situation she didn’t want and couldn’t control. Sources/Further Reading: Tallis, Nicola: Crown of Blood - The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey Ives, Eric: Lady Jane Grey - A Tudor Mystery Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide https://ladyjanegrey.info/?page_id=8723 Connolly, Sharon Bennet: Lady Jane - The 9 Days Queen https://historytheinterestingbits.com/2024/06/26/lady-jane-the-9-days-queen/ Wikipedia: Lady Jane Grey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Grey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    42 min

  5. Jun 14

    Mary Fortune - A Truly Bohemian Lady Writer (Minisode)

    Mary Fortune - it almost sounds like a made up name. However, although Mary did use numerous pseudonyms, this wasn’t one of them. Mary Fortune saw the Irish Potato Famine, the construction of Canada’s railways, the violence and despair of the Australian goldfields and rise rise and fall of Marvellous Melbourne - at the time one of the richest cities in the world. She established a name for herself as a top journalist and writer of crime fiction, and forged a career most women were locked out of. But she also had personal demons - struggles with alcohol, poverty and a criminal son. Her life - its disappointments and its opportunities - in many ways mirrors the colonial society in which she lived. Sources/Further Reading: Brown, Megan and Sussex, Lucy: Outrageous Fortunes - The Adventures of Mary Fortune, Crime-Writer, and Her Criminal Son George Melbourne Museum: Marvellous Melbourne https://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/resources/marvellous-melbourne/ Sussex, Lucy: Mary Fortune https://victorianfictionresearchguides.org/mary-fortune/ National Museum Australia: Defining Moments - Federation https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/federation Michel, Alice: Hidden Fortunes of Colonial Australian Popular Fiction: Women in Mary Fortune’s “Dora Carleton” https://moujique.savana-hosting.cz/easa_wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/02-Alice-Michel-Hidden-Fortunes-of-Colonial-Australian-Fiction_PAGC.pdf Michel, Alice: Unconventional Memoirs: Mary Fortune’s Account of Life on the Diggings https://journals.openedition.org/ces/4138 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    22 min

  6. Jun 14

    Mary Fortune - A Truly Bohemian Lady Writer

    Mary Fortune - it almost sounds like a made up name. However, although Mary did use numerous pseudonyms, this wasn’t one of them. Mary Fortune saw the Irish Potato Famine, the construction of Canada’s railways, the violence and despair of the Australian goldfields and rise rise and fall of Marvellous Melbourne - at the time one of the richest cities in the world. She established a name for herself as a top journalist and writer of crime fiction, and forged a career most women were locked out of. But she also had personal demons - struggles with alcohol, poverty and a criminal son. Her life - its disappointments and its opportunities - in many ways mirrors the colonial society in which she lived. Sources/Further Reading: Brown, Megan and Sussex, Lucy: Outrageous Fortunes - The Adventures of Mary Fortune, Crime-Writer, and Her Criminal Son George Melbourne Museum: Marvellous Melbourne https://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/resources/marvellous-melbourne/ Sussex, Lucy: Mary Fortune https://victorianfictionresearchguides.org/mary-fortune/ National Museum Australia: Defining Moments - Federation https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/federation Michel, Alice: Hidden Fortunes of Colonial Australian Popular Fiction: Women in Mary Fortune’s “Dora Carleton” https://moujique.savana-hosting.cz/easa_wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/02-Alice-Michel-Hidden-Fortunes-of-Colonial-Australian-Fiction_PAGC.pdf Michel, Alice: Unconventional Memoirs: Mary Fortune’s Account of Life on the Diggings https://journals.openedition.org/ces/4138 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    52 min

  7. Jun 7

    Berengaria of Navarre - A Quiet Achiever (Minisode)

    Berengaria of Navarre was married to one of England’s best known kings, and the daughter in law of a famous Queen. However she herself is less well known - despite living a very interesting life. She went on crusade, became stranded on an island, worried about her kidnapped husband and then ran her own independent territory for 2 decades. She never gave up and refused to simply fade away, even when her in-laws would have preferred she did. Berengaria was a real quiet achiever Sources/Further Reading Weir, Alison: Queens of The Crusades - England’s Medieval Queens Weir, Alison: Eleanor of Aquitaine, by the Wrath of God Queen of England Norton, Elizabeth: England’s Queens - From Boudicca to Elizabeif of York Russell, Gareth: The Crusader's Bride: The Life of Berengaria of Navarre, Queen of England https://garethrussellcidevant.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-crusaders-bride-life-of-berengaria.html Wikipedia: Berengaria of Navarre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berengaria_of_Navarre Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    22 min

  8. Jun 7

    Berengaria of Navarre - A Quiet Achiever

    Berengaria of Navarre was married to one of England’s best known kings, and the daughter in law of a famous Queen. However she herself is less well known - despite living a very interesting life. She went on crusade, became stranded on an island, worried about her kidnapped husband and then ran her own independent territory for 2 decades. She never gave up and refused to simply fade away, even when her in-laws would have preferred she did. Berengaria was a real quiet achiever Sources/Further Reading Weir, Alison: Queens of The Crusades - England’s Medieval Queens Weir, Alison: Eleanor of Aquitaine, by the Wrath of God Queen of England Norton, Elizabeth: England’s Queens - From Boudicca to Elizabeif of York Russell, Gareth: The Crusader's Bride: The Life of Berengaria of Navarre, Queen of England https://garethrussellcidevant.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-crusaders-bride-life-of-berengaria.html Wikipedia: Berengaria of Navarre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berengaria_of_Navarre Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    54 min
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  • Creator
    Matilda’s Top Women in History
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    130
  • Rating
    Clean
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