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Dame Nellie Melba was born with an extraordinary talent and an equally extraordinary capacity for hard work. She sold out theatres from London to New York to Mackay in QLD Australia. For over 40 years she wowed audiences, travelling across countries in her luxurious train to perform. Melba was made a Dame of the British Empire for her efforts to fundraise during the First World War, and she was the first live singer to be heard on radio stations.
In this second episode we will look at how she raised money for the war effort and earned her Damehood, how she became the first live singer to perform on radio, and how her retirement tour took so long Australians started a saying - “more farewells than Dame Nellie Melba.”
Sources/Further Reading:
Blainey, Ann: I Am Melba
Verney, Pamela: Melba, A Family Memoir
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Dame Nellie Melba was born with an extraordinary talent and an equally extraordinary capacity for hard work. She sold out theatres from London to New York to Mackay in QLD Australia. For over 40 years she wowed audiences, travelling across countries in her luxurious train to perform. Melba was made a Dame of the British Empire for her efforts to fundraise during the First World War, and she was the first live singer to be heard on radio stations.
In this second episode we will look at how she raised money for the war effort and earned her Damehood, how she became the first live singer to perform on radio, and how her retirement tour took so long Australians started a saying - “more farewells than Dame Nellie Melba.”
Sources/Further Reading:
Blainey, Ann: I Am Melba
Verney, Pamela: Melba, A Family Memoir
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Dame Nellie Melba was born with an extraordinary talent and an equally extraordinary capacity for hard work. She sold out theatres from London to New York to Mackay in QLD Australia. For over 40 years she wowed audiences, travelling across countries in her luxurious train to perform. Melba was made a Dame of the British Empire for her efforts to fundraise during the First World War, and she was the first live singer to be heard on radio stations.
In this first episode we will look at her early life, and how she came to make it big in Europe and the USA
Sources/Further Reading:
Blainey, Ann: I Am Melba
Verney, Pamela: Melba, A Family Memoir
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Dame Nellie Melba was born with an extraordinary talent and an equally extraordinary capacity for hard work. She sold out theatres from London to New York to Mackay in QLD Australia. For over 40 years she wowed audiences, travelling across countries in her luxurious train to perform. Melba was made a Dame of the British Empire for her efforts to fundraise during the First World War, and she was the first live singer to be heard on radio stations.
In this first episode we will look at her early life, and how she came to make it big in Europe and the USA
Sources/Further Reading:
Blainey, Ann: I Am Melba
Verney, Pamela: Melba, A Family
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Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba was a woman feared by the Portuguese. In the face of enormous opposition, she was able to hold her own against the superior numbers and weapons of the Europeans and their allies, and retain independence for her Kingdom and her people.
Sources/Further Reading
Heywood, Linda: Njinga of Angola, Africas Warrior Queen
Jordan, Jonathan & Jordan, Emily Ann: The War Queens, Extraordinary Women who Ruled the Battlefield
How the Portuguese Fought Against African Kingdoms in Angola in the 16th – 17th Centuries
https://aristocraticfury.substack.com/p/how-the-portuguese-fought-against
South African History Online: Njinga Ana de Sousa
https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/njinga-ana-de-sousa
Wikipedia: Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nzinga_of_Ndongo_and_Matamba
Wikipedia: Colonial History of Angola
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_history_of_Angola
Anne Thériault Queens of Infamy: Njinga
https://longreads.com/2019/10/03/queens-of-infamy-njinga/
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Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba was a woman feared by the Portuguese. In the face of enormous opposition, she was able to hold her own against the superior numbers and weapons of the Europeans and their allies, and retain independence for her Kingdom and her people.
Sources/Further Reading
Heywood, Linda: Njinga of Angola, Africas Warrior Queen
Jordan, Jonathan & Jordan, Emily Ann: The War Queens, Extraordinary Women who Ruled the Battlefield
How the Portuguese Fought Against African Kingdoms in Angola in the 16th – 17th Centuries
https://aristocraticfury.substack.com/p/how-the-portuguese-fought-against
South African History Online: Njinga Ana de Sousa
https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/njinga-ana-de-sousa
Wikipedia: Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nzinga_of_Ndongo_and_Matamba
Wikipedia: Colonial History of Angola
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_history_of_Angola
Anne Thériault Queens of Infamy: Njinga
https://longreads.com/2019/10/03/queens-of-infamy-njinga/
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Isabella of Castile was not just one of the most influential women in history - she was one of the most influential people in history. She created modern Spain, and financed the expeditions of Christopher Columbus to South America. Thanks to Isabella, Spanish is one of the top 4 most widely spoken languages, and Roman Catholicism the most popular branch of Christianity.
Sources/Further Reading
Downey, Kirsten: Isabella- The Warrior Queen
Tremlett, Giles: Isabella of Castile- Europe’s First Great Queen
Reston, James Jr: Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors
https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/07/20/the-tortures-of-the-spanish-inquisition-hold-dark-lessons-for-our-time/
Wikipedia
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Isabella of Castile was not just one of the most influential women in history - she was one of the most influential people in history. She created modern Spain, and financed the expeditions of Christopher Columbus to South America. Thanks to Isabella, Spanish is one of the top 4 most widely spoken languages, and Roman Catholicism the most popular branch of Christianity.
Sources/Further Reading
Downey, Kirsten: Isabella- The Warrior Queen
Tremlett, Giles: Isabella of Castile- Europe’s First Great Queen
Reston, James Jr: Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors
https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/07/20/the-tortures-of-the-spanish-inquisition-hold-dark-lessons-for-our-time/
Wikipedia
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Isabella of Castile was not just one of the most influential women in history - she was one of the most influential people in history. She created modern Spain, and financed the expeditions of Christopher Columbus to South America. Thanks to Isabella, Spanish is one of the top 4 most widely spoken languages, and Roman Catholicism the most popular branch of Christianity.
Sources/Further Reading
Downey, Kirsten: Isabella- The Warrior Queen
Tremlett, Giles: Isabella of Castile- Europe’s First Great Queen
Reston, James Jr: Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors
https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/07/20/the-tortures-of-the-spanish-inquisition-hold-dark-lessons-for-our-time/
Wikipedia
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Isabella of Castile was not just one of the most influential women in history - she was one of the most influential people in history. She created modern Spain, and financed the expeditions of Christopher Columbus to South America. Thanks to Isabella, Spanish is one of the top 4 most widely spoken languages, and Roman Catholicism the most popular branch of Christianity.
Sources/Further Reading
Downey, Kirsten: Isabella- The Warrior Queen
Tremlett, Giles: Isabella of Castile- Europe’s First Great Queen
Reston, James Jr: Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors
https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/07/20/the-tortures-of-the-spanish-inquisition-hold-dark-lessons-for-our-time/
Wikipedia
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In 1141 there occurred a war within a war- known as the War of the Two Matildas. The main contestants of the Civil War known as The Anarchy were King Stephen and the Empress Matilda, but when Stephen was captured and imprisoned his wife the Queen Matilda kept his cause alive. For almost a year Matilda led her troops, defeating the Empress and driving her out of first London and then Winchester. A lesser known and underrated Queen, Matilda of Boulogne was a highly intelligent woman who hid her backbone of steel behind a facade of graciousness and smiles.
Sources/Further Reading
Weir, Alison: Queens of the Conquest
Bennet Connolly, Sharon: Women of the Anarchy
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In 1141 there occurred a war within a war- known as the War of the Two Matildas. The main contestants of the Civil War known as The Anarchy were King Stephen and the Empress Matilda, but when Stephen was captured and imprisoned his wife the Queen Matilda kept his cause alive. For almost a year Matilda led her troops, defeating the Empress and driving her out of first London and then Winchester. A lesser known and underrated Queen, Matilda of Boulogne was a highly intelligent woman who hid her backbone of steel behind a facade of graciousness and smiles.
Sources/Further Reading
Weir, Alison: Queens of the Conquest
Bennet Connolly, Sharon: Women of the Anarchy
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We’ve all heard of the Great Wall of China, one of the wonders of the world, but did you know part of it was built to keep out a warrior Queen? Mandukhai the Wise led the Mongols for almost 40 years - the first 10 as an independent regent and the next 30 alongside her young husband who looked to her for advice. She instilled fear into the Chinese Ming Court and defeated powerful male warlords, working to forge a united Mongol nation.
Sources/Further Reading
Weatherford, Jack: The Secret History of The Mongol Queens
Morton, Nicholas: The Mongol Storm
Man, John: The Mongol Empire
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We’ve all heard of the Great Wall of China, one of the wonders of the world, but did you know part of it was built to keep out a warrior Queen? Mandukhai the Wise led the Mongols for almost 40 years - the first 10 as an independent regent and the next 30 alongside her young husband who looked to her for advice. She instilled fear into the Chinese Ming Court and defeated powerful male warlords, working to forge a united Mongol nation.
Sources/Further Reading
Weatherford, Jack: The Secret History of The Mongol Queens
Morton, Nicholas: The Mongol Storm
Man, John: The Mongol Empire
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Sibylla of Jerusalem was the third of five reigning Queens of Jerusalem - but she was also the one who lost the city of Jerusalem. She was not born or raised to rule, and she struggled to maintain control of her Kingdom.
Sources/Further Reading
Pangonis, Katherine: Queens of Jerusalem- The Women Who Dared To Rule
Montefiore, Simon Sebastian: Jerusalem - The Biography
Jones, Dan: Crusaders- An Epic War for the History of the Holy Lands
Wikipedia
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Sibylla of Jerusalem was the third of five reigning Queens of Jerusalem - but she was also the one who lost the city of Jerusalem. She was not born or raised to rule, and she struggled to maintain control of her Kingdom.
Sources/Further Reading
Pangonis, Katherine: Queens of Jerusalem- The Women Who Dared To Rule
Montefiore, Simon Sebastian: Jerusalem - The Biography
Jones, Dan: Crusaders- An Epic War for the History of the Holy Lands
Wikipedia
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Recently voted Britains best author, and with more than 30 million books sold, Jane Austen is a literary giant. However wealth and success in her own lifetime was elusive, as as an unmarried women from a lower gentry family money was a constant problem for her and her family.
Sources/Further reading
Worsley, Lucy: Jane Austen At Home - A Biography
Nokes, David: Jane Austen
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Recently voted Britains best author, and with more than 30 million books sold, Jane Austen is a literary giant. However wealth and success in her own lifetime was elusive, as as an unmarried women from a lower gentry family money was a constant problem for her and her family.
Sources/Further reading
Worsley, Lucy: Jane Austen At Home - A Biography
Nokes, David: Jane Austen
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Ellen Kelly has found life in Australia a struggle - now her sons are going to make life even more stressful. Somehow, she has to navigate life as mother to two of the most notorious bushrangers in Australian history.
Sources/Further Reading:
Kieza, Grantlee: Mrs Kelly
Jones, Ian: Ned Kelly - [A Short Life]
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Ellen Kelly has found life in Australia a struggle - now her sons are going to make life even more stressful. Somehow, she has to navigate life as mother to two of the most notorious bushrangers in Australian history.
Sources/Further Reading:
Kieza, Grantlee: Mrs Kelly
Jones, Ian: Ned Kelly - [A Short Life]
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