Queen Esther

The remarkable story of an ancient queen.

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The Neglected Queen: Katharine of Aragon

She is far more than the first ill-fated wife of Henry VIII.

Tinsel Town Trailblazer: Anna May Wong

The Chinese actress ahead of her time.

The Flower of the Orient

How does Jasmine differ from other Disney princesses?

(Not So) Black and White: Jessica Dryden Prescott in A Distant Trumpet

How old were you when you first realized good people do bad things?

Sept / Oct: Powerful Women

I was thirteen years old when I discovered Elizabeth I. To my eager young mind, she was an amazing woman – the first (and only) English Queen to rule her nation without marriage, on her own merit. She kept hold of her kingdom even when Rome and Spain threatened it, restored it to its former...