Titaness of the US Supreme Court – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

On 10 August 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as an associate justice of the US Supreme Court. She was the first Jewish female and second female justice to serve on SCOTUS. The American Bar Association gave her their highest rating, saying she was “well qualified” for the role. In this blog we set out a transcript of the…
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Gertrude Ederle Swims the Channel in 14 hours

On the 6th of August 1926, Gertrude Ederle became the first women to swim the English Channel. It was the 20-year-old’s second attempt at the 21-mile swim from Dover in England to Cape Griz-Nez, France. Ederle’s Introduction to Swimming and her Early Career Ederle’s father taught her to swim at their summer cottage in Highlands, New Jersey. By age 12…
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Calamity Jane: Most reckless and daring rider or a romantic?

One of my favourite musicals as a child was Calamity Jane. Little did I know that although most of the events in the film are fictional, Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok were real people. Martha Jane Cannary, frontierswoman, sharpshooter and tall-story teller was born on 1st May 1852 and died on 1st August, 1903. According to Calamity she was “the…
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Jeanne Baret: The greatest disguise, botany, love and a trip round the …

The greatest female sailors are casting off in their dinghies from the shores of Ekoshima in the Olympic Games. Over the last forty years, women’s sailing has hit new heights. Naomi James was the first woman to sail single-handed around the world via Cape Horn. Tracey Edwards captained the first all-female crew to circumnavigate the globe, while Ellen MacArthur broke…
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The Case Of Anastasia Romanov And Anna Anderson

I am sure many of you have heard the names and stories of Anastasia Romanov and Anna Anderson. Like many, I have found the story of the last days of Russian Romanov Imperial Family in 1918 fascinating – a tragic story of a gruesome family massacre. In the early 1920s, all the world knew with any certainty was that the…
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