History of Empowered Women

Joan of Arc – Maid, Mystic, Heretic, Saint

BLOGGING, History, Women in History / By Kari Bovee

What possessed, Joan of Arc, a normal, 15th century teenaged girl from a modest village, to travel for 11 days to tell the dauphin of France she needed to lead an an army to Orléans to save the country from English power? What possessed the dauphin to grant her request, against the advice of his …

Joan of Arc – Maid, Mystic, Heretic, Saint Read More »

Empress Elisabeth of Austria – Her Own Woman

BLOGGING, Empowered Women, Women in History / By Kari Bovee

What did a woman in history do when she had no control over her life? If strong and empowered, she rebelled. Sometimes in a big way, and sometimes as a detriment to herself. One such woman was Elisabeth, Empress of Austria. Born, Her Royal Highness Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, in Munich, Bavaria 1837, Elisabeth grew …

Empress Elisabeth of Austria – Her Own Woman Read More »