Marie-Madeleine Fourcade is the most amazing woman you’ve never heard of - she helped to found and then assumed leadership of one of the most effective Intelligence Networks in occupied France. She was hunted by Nazis, helped a General escape on a submarine and managed thousands of underground agents who were spying on France’s German occupiers in WW2.

Sources/Further Reading

Olsen, Lynn: Madame Fourcade’s Secret War

Fourcade, Marie-Madeleine: Noah’s Ark

Lester, Natasha: The Forgotten Woman Who Helped Make D-Day Possible https://natashalester.substack.com/p/the-forgotten-woman-who-helped-make

Wikipedia: Marie-Madeleine Fourcade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Madeleine_Fourcade

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Marie-Madeleine Fourcade is the most amazing woman you’ve never heard of - she helped to found and then assumed leadership of one of the most effective Intelligence Networks in occupied France. She was hunted by Nazis, helped a General escape on a submarine and managed thousands of underground agents who were spying on France’s German occupiers in WW2.

Sources/Further Reading

Olsen, Lynn: Madame Fourcade’s Secret War

Fourcade, Marie-Madeleine: Noah’s Ark

Lester, Natasha: The Forgotten Woman Who Helped Make D-Day Possible https://natashalester.substack.com/p/the-forgotten-woman-who-helped-make

Wikipedia: Marie-Madeleine Fourcade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Madeleine_Fourcade

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Beatrix Potter is one of the most beloved authors in English literature - Her ‘little books’ about rabbits, mice, hedgehogs and more have sold 250 million copies over the years. However she was more than just an artist and author. She was a diligent daughter, a loving wife, a nature lover, an amateur scientist, a farmer and a big supporter of the National Trust. She bought up land just so it could be saved from development, and thanks to her large parts of the beautiful Lake District have been preserved for future generations to enjoy.

Sources:

Dennison, Matthew: Over the Hills and Far Away - The Life of Beatrix Potter

Gristwood, Sarah: The Story of Beatrix Potter

Lanzendorfer, Joy: How Beatrix Potter Invented Character Merchandising

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-beatrix-potter-invented-character-merchandising-

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Beatrix Potter is one of the most beloved authors in English literature - Her ‘little books’ about rabbits, mice, hedgehogs and more have sold 250 million copies over the years. However she was more than just an artist and author. She was a diligent daughter, a loving wife, a nature lover, an amateur scientist, a farmer and a big supporter of the National Trust. She bought up land just so it could be saved from development, and thanks to her large parts of the beautiful Lake District have been preserved for future generations to enjoy.

Sources:

Dennison, Matthew: Over the Hills and Far Away - The Life of Beatrix Potter

Gristwood, Sarah: The Story of Beatrix Potter

Lanzendorfer, Joy: How Beatrix Potter Invented Character Merchandising

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-beatrix-potter-invented-character-merchandising-180961979/

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Ada Lovelace is considered the world’s first computer programmer, and was a mathematical genius with a sky-high IQ. Her mother was a highly capable and intelligent woman who ran her considerable empire with skill and attention to detail. Both were trailblazers in their different ways, defying 19th Century norms to live life on their own terms.

Sources/Further Reading

Brand, Emily: The Fall of the House of Byron

Pierson, Joan: The Real Lady Byron

Seymour, Miranda: In Byron’s Wake - The Turbulent Lives of Lord Byron’s wife and Daughter, Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace

Wikipedia: Ada King, Countess of Lovelace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace

Wikipedia: Lady Byron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Byron

Gee, Sue: Lovelace 2.0 Test - An Alternative Turing Test https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/7999-lovelace-20-test-an-alternative-turing-test.html#google_vignette

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Ada Lovelace is considered the world’s first computer programmer, and was a mathematical genius with a sky-high IQ. Her mother was a highly capable and intelligent woman who ran her considerable empire with skill and attention to detail. Both were trailblazers in their different ways, defying 19th Century norms to live life on their own terms.

Sources/Further Reading

Brand, Emily: The Fall of the House of Byron

Pierson, Joan: The Real Lady Byron

Seymour, Miranda: In Byron’s Wake - The Turbulent Lives of Lord Byron’s wife and Daughter, Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace

Wikipedia: Ada King, Countess of Lovelace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace

Wikipedia: Lady Byron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Byron

Gee, Sue: Lovelace 2.0 Test - An Alternative Turing Test https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/7999-lovelace-20-test-an-alternative-turing-test.html#google_vignette

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It’s a story straight out of a romance novel - the intelligent and plucky heroine who captures the heart of the handsome, notorious rake. For Annabella Milbanke however, the romance story quickly turned sour. Her marriage to Regency Englands most celebrated - and notorious - bachelor was a disaster, except for one thing - her clever daughter, Ada. Both women were highly intelligent and independent, and both challenged the social norms of their restrictive society.

Sources/Further Reading

Brand, Emily: The Fall of the House of Byron

Pierson, Joan: The Real Lady Byron

Seymour, Miranda: In Byron’s Wake - The Turbulent Lives of Lord Byron’s wife and Daughter, Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace

Wikipedia: Ada King, Countess of Lovelace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace

Wikipedia: Lady Byron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Byron

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It’s a story straight out of a romance novel - the intelligent and plucky heroine who captures the heart of the handsome, notorious rake. For Annabella Milbanke however, the romance story quickly turned sour. Her marriage to Regency Englands most celebrated - and notorious - bachelor was a disaster, except for one thing - her clever daughter, Ada. Both women were highly intelligent and independent, and both challenged the social norms of their restrictive society.

Sources/Further Reading

Brand, Emily: The Fall of the House of Byron

Pierson, Joan: The Real Lady Byron

Seymour, Miranda: In Byron’s Wake - The Turbulent Lives of Lord Byron’s wife and Daughter, Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace

Wikipedia: Ada King, Countess of Lovelace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace

Wikipedia: Lady Byron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Byron

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