Sagas of She

Sagas of She A website dedicated to sharing the stories of history's hidden matriarchs and the women who inspire us. We share their stories through blog posts and podcasts

Some highlights from a recent visit to St Mary's Church in Ditchingham. Always exciting to find women's history in the w...
17/04/2025

Some highlights from a recent visit to St Mary's Church in Ditchingham.

Always exciting to find women's history in the wild, even if it makes you feel sad.

With all the talk of women in space yesterday, it seems fitting that today's blog post is on Stephanie Wilson. Stephanie...
16/04/2025

With all the talk of women in space yesterday, it seems fitting that today's blog post is on Stephanie Wilson.
Stephanie is the veteran of 3 space flights, logging more than 40 days in space and in 2019, during the historic all-woman spacewalk from the international space station she acted as the Capsule Communication at the Johnson Space Centre, Houston.

Read more about here on our Substack -https://sagasofshe.substack.com/

You can also catch up on our other posts on Mae Jamison and Caroline Herschel too!

Caroline Herschel was not only the first woman to receive a salary, but also a scientist and an accomplished astronomer ...
09/04/2025

Caroline Herschel was not only the first woman to receive a salary, but also a scientist and an accomplished astronomer who discovered eight comets. She received numerous awards and accolades, yet her success is often overlooked owing to her more famous brother and nephew.

Read about her here - https://sagasofshe.substack.com

Mae Jamison is an American astronaut and physician. On June 4th, 1987, Mae became the first black American woman to be a...
02/04/2025

Mae Jamison is an American astronaut and physician. On June 4th, 1987, Mae became the first black American woman to be admitted into the NASA astronaut training program and after more than a year of training, working on projects at the Kennedy Space Centre, Florida and the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory she became the first black American woman astronaut.

Read more about her here -
https://sagasofshe.substack.com/

Since 2019, our blog—and since 2020, our podcast—have been celebrating women's history and we think it's about time for ...
01/04/2025

Since 2019, our blog—and since 2020, our podcast—have been celebrating women's history and we think it's about time for a refresh!

This month we will be making a few changes to sharpen our focus and bring you even more compelling stories. That means no podcasts for the moment while we clear out the old as well as a refresh of our blog too.

Stay tuned! Don't forget you can now find our blog on Substack and we will be posting about Women and Space this month!

find us here - sagasofshe.substack.com

NEWS!We are trying to get with the times and we have just started a Substack account to replace our current blogging pla...
27/03/2025

NEWS!

We are trying to get with the times and we have just started a Substack account to replace our current blogging platform.

We will slowly be adding our old content (while going through them and updating if it's needed) so keep an eye out for that!

You can find our Substack here - sagasofshe.substack.com

Happy Women's History Month!In the British Library, there is a copy of Ahval-i-Humayun Baadshah (Conditions in the Age o...
12/03/2025

Happy Women's History Month!

In the British Library, there is a copy of Ahval-i-Humayun Baadshah (Conditions in the Age of Humayun Baadshah), now more commonly referred to as the Humayunnama which has the contributions of a woman who is dubbed by some as the Mughal Jane Austen, her name was Gulbadan Begum.

Learn more about Gulbadan on our blog - https://sagasofshe.wordpress.com/

In July 1969 the Apollo 11 was the first space mission to land humans on the Moon.We know the names of the astronauts in...
21/02/2025

In July 1969 the Apollo 11 was the first space mission to land humans on the Moon.
We know the names of the astronauts involved in the mission, but you likely don't know the names of the women responsible for creating their space suits.

In this podcast, Gemma takes us through the role the seamstresses played (and continue to play) in NASA. Without them we would never have heard the infamous line “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”

Listen now : https://open.spotify.com/show/2pKAEnln6oyhedmkNCJxlu?si=uRXGWSsTQx-mS2_NA68Ntg

Last month we took a trip to Norwich for our Sagas catch up and as well as buying books we also visited The South Asia C...
14/02/2025

Last month we took a trip to Norwich for our Sagas catch up and as well as buying books we also visited The South Asia Collection and Country & Eastern which is housed in the old Victorian roller-skating rink.

The mission of The South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection Trust (SADACC)
is to record, conserve and promote the art, crafts and cultures of South Asia and adjacent countries such as Afghanistan, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Indonesia and Central Asia. SADACC cares for a collection of around 8,500 objects and artworks from South Asia.
The South Asia Collection also hosts a research library and shares the collection through exhibition displays, research projects, talks and events.

We have lots to talk about after our visit, but in this post we wanted to focus on the items of clothing as it fits with this month's "women and fashion" theme. Keep an eye out for more on this collection in the future!

Catherine Walters is viewed by many to be the last of the great Victorian courtesans as well as a fashion trendsetter. S...
12/02/2025

Catherine Walters is viewed by many to be the last of the great Victorian courtesans as well as a fashion trendsetter. She began her life as a courtesan at aged 16 and her benefactors included Emperors, Prime Ministers, Dukes and several members of the British royal family including the future King Edward VII.

Find out more about Catherine in our latest blog post - https://sagasofshe.wordpress.com/

Still looking for Valentine's inspiration then maybe this will help. 🏳️‍⚧️
08/02/2025

Still looking for Valentine's inspiration then maybe this will help.

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As it's the month of love we thought it was the perfect time to share some swoon worthy quotes.
01/02/2025

As it's the month of love we thought it was the perfect time to share some swoon worthy quotes.


On this Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember those murdered during the Holocaust. Today, it feels more important than eve...
27/01/2025

On this Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember those murdered during the Holocaust. Today, it feels more important than ever that we stand up against hatred and prejudice.

We are starting to think that Emily may have a special interest inside of Women's History 🤣These are just the ones on th...
27/01/2025

We are starting to think that Emily may have a special interest inside of Women's History 🤣

These are just the ones on the shelf never mind the others Emily has read!

Hello Nerdlings, it's time for a new podcast! In this episode Emily talks about some of the strangest deaths in history....
22/01/2025

Hello Nerdlings, it's time for a new podcast!

In this episode Emily talks about some of the strangest deaths in history. Grab a snack and beverage of choice and enjoy!!

To listen to this and all our podcasts follow the link in our bio.

Happy Tuesday!You may know that we are both big comic book/ graphic novel fans here at Sagas. And for something a little...
21/01/2025

Happy Tuesday!

You may know that we are both big comic book/ graphic novel fans here at Sagas. And for something a little different, we thought we would do the 5,4,3,2,1 tag with our favourite graphic novels!

Here are Emily's picks

Let us know if you have read any of these or what you would have picked!

At a time when women had few legal rights, Alice Chester. a widow, took her late husbands business and made a success st...
15/01/2025

At a time when women had few legal rights, Alice Chester. a widow, took her late husbands business and made a success story of it.

(all we can hear is "what, like it's hard?")

read about her here - sagasofshe.wordpress.com

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