Queens, Revolutionaries and Scientists: Six Great Womanly Figures of Modern European History
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Maria Winkelmann's Entry at Berlin's Academy of Science
Unknown. Maria Winkelmann in her observatory. Berlin: c. 1720.
Maria Winkelmann is the first woman to enter Berlin's Academy of Sciences and a icon of Europe's Scientific Revolution. -
Manifesto inviting Foreign Emigration of Catherine the Great
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Declaration of the Right of the Women and Female Citizens
De Gouges, Olympes. Déclaration des Droits de la Femme et de la Citoyenne. Paris: 1791.
A founding document in feminisit history, this Declaration cost de Gouges her head. -
Punch Magazine's Caricature ''New Crowns for Old Ones!''
Tenniel, John. "New Crowns for Old Ones!". London: Punch Magazine, 1876.
Victoria was crowned Empress of India at the height of British imperialism and presided over much of her kingdom's industrialization. -
Montesquiou's La Divine Comtesse on Virginia Oldoini's life
Montesquiou, Robert de. La Divine Comtesse: Études D'après Madame De Castiglione. Paris: Goupil, 1913.
Virginia Oldoini's role in the Risorgimento is often shadowed by her pioneering work of modern photography. -
Rosa Luxemburg's funeral march.
Unknown. "Beisetzung Von Rosa Luxemburg ", edited by German Federal Archives. Berlin, 1919.
A founding intellectual of German and European socialism, Rosa Luxemburg's murder is a turning point in the history of nationalism, communism and fascism.