The First Viking Woman to Sail to America Was a Legendary Traveler - Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir #IcelandicSagas #MedievalWomen #Vinland #WyrdWomen

Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir was an Icelandic explorer. She appears in the Saga of Erik the Red and the Saga of the Greenlanders. She and her husband Thorfinn Karlsefni led an expedition to Vinland where their son Snorri Thorfinnsson was born. #IcelandicSagas #MedievalWomen #Vinland #WyrdWomen

Freydís Eiríksdóttir as the Viking-era explorer who appears in the fictional Netflix series Vikings Valhalla. ⚔️ #IcelandicSagas #MedievalWomen #SagaOfTheGreenlanders #SagaOfErikTheRed #Vinland #WyrdWomen

Was Freydís Eiríksdóttir a hero or a deranged murderess? No matter which version of the epic Icelandic Sagas you believe, she was a fierce Viking warrior and early explorer. ⚔️ #IcelandicSagas #MedievalWomen #SagaOfTheGreenlanders #SagaOfErikTheRed #Vinland #WyrdWomen

Freydís Eiríksdóttir was the daughter of Erik the Red, & the brother of Leif Erikson. She traveled as an explorer, conquerer, and settler to Newfoundland, Canada, which the Norse called Vinland c. 1000. 🌊 🗡️ #IcelandicSagas #MedievalWomen #SagaOfTheGreenlanders #SagaOfErikTheRed #Vinland #WyrdWomen

Order of Medieval Women - Hrotsvit von Gandersheim 💙📚 #FeminizeYourCanon #Herstory #MedievalWomen #StrongVoice #WyrdWomen

The Saxon Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim: What's Her Name Podcast #FeminizeYourCanon #Herstory #MedievalWomen #WyrdWomen

Hrotsvitha's six short dramas are her most important works. She wrote about her life during the early Middle Ages, making her one of the only people to record a history of women in that era from a woman's perspective. #FeminizeYourCanon #Herstory #MedievalWomen #WyrdWomen

Hrotsvitha was a secular canoness, considered the first female writer from the Germanosphere, the first female historian, the first person since the Fall of the Roman Empire to write dramas in the Latin West, and the first German female poet. #FeminizeYourCanon #Herstory #MedievalWomen #WyrdWomen

St. Hilda - In Our Time: BBC Podcast #Herstory #Hild #MedievalWomen #WyrdWomen

Saint Hild of Whitby - Bio #Herstory #Hild #MedievalWomen #WyrdWomen

Menewood, a novel by Nicola Griffith 📚 #BookSky #Herstory #HistoricalFiction #Hild #MedievalWomen #WyrdWomen

Hild and her Gemæcce, on the creation of the Hild novel by Nicola Griffith 📚 #BookSky #Herstory #HistoricalFiction #Hild #MedievalWomen #WyrdWomen

Hild, novel by Nicola Griffith 📚 #BookSky #Herstory #HistoricalFiction #Hild #MedievalWomen #WyrdWomen

Hilda of Whitby, or Hild, was known for her wisdom and leaders from both the Celtic and Roman traditions of Christianity sought her advice. She was the founder and first abbess of the monastery at Whitby, and later recongized as a saint. #Abbess #MedievalWomen #Whitby #WyrdWomen

Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go #EverythingMustGo #WomenInComedy #WyrdWomen

Hannah Einbinder is an American actress and stand-up comedian, best known for her starring role as comedy writer Ava Daniels in the HBO Max dramedy series Hacks. #CriticsChoiceTelevisionAward #GoldenGlobeNominee #Hacks #PrimetimeEmmyAward #WomenInComedy #WyrdWomen

Women in Flora Brasiliensis: Therese of Bavaria. The scientist princess who came to Brazil in the 19th century, focusing on her time in Espírito Santo 👑🌱🦎🗺️ #Princess #WomenInSTEM #WyrdWomen

Princess Therese of Bavaria spoke 12 languages, published books on natural history following the scientific rigors of botany, enthnology, and zoology. Her books, written during her extensive travels, substantially contributed to plant & animal knowledge. 👑🌱🦎🗺️ #Princess #WomenInSTEM #WyrdWomen

The Empress | Official Trailer | Netflix (about Empress Elisabeth of Austria)👑📽️ #EmpressOfAustria #FilmSky #HistoricalFiction #QueenOfHungary #TheEmpress #WyrdWomen

Sisi: Empress On Her Own by Allison Pataki (about Empress Elisabeth of Austria)👑📚 #BookSky #EmpressOfAustria #HistoricalFiction #QueenOfHungary #TheEmpress #WyrdWomen

The Accidental Empress: A Royal Love Story by Allison Pataki (about Empress Elisabeth of Austria)👑📚 #BookSky #EmpressOfAustria #HistoricalFiction #QueenOfHungary #TheEmpress #WyrdWomen

Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Empress Elisabeth (Sisi)👑 #EmpressOfAustria #Herstory #QueenOfHungary #TheEmpress #WyrdWomen

The Many Myths of Empress Elisabeth of Austria👑 #EmpressOfAustria #Herstory #QueenOfHungary #TheEmpress #WyrdWomen

Empress Sisi: In the footsteps of Austria’s free-spirited empress 👑 #EmpressOfAustria #Herstory #QueenOfHungary #TheEmpress #WyrdWomen

An 1873-1874 portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria by Georg Martin Ignaz Raab 👑 #EmpressOfAustria #QueenOfHungary #TheEmpress #WyrdWomen

An 1874 portrait of Elisabeth by Franz Xaver Winterhalter 👑 #EmpressOfAustria #QueenOfHungary #TheEmpress #WyrdWomen

Portrait of Empress Elisabeth, in 1857, aged 19. 👑 #EmpressOfAustria #QueenOfHungary #TheEmpress #WyrdWomen

The young Elisabeth, shortly after becoming Austrian Empress of Austria, by Amanda Bergstedt (1855). #EmpressOfAustria #QueenOfHungary #TheEmpress #WyrdWomen

Equestrian portrait of Duchess Elisabeth of Bavaria at Possenhofen Castle, age 15 (1853). She loved to ride horses, and was a skilled horsewoman, possibly the best-known of her time. #EmpressOfAustria #QueenOfHungary #TheEmpress #WyrdWomen

Elisabeth, nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Franz Joseph I on April 24, 1854 until her assassination in 1898. 👑 #EmpressOfAustria #QueenOfHungary #TheEmpress #WyrdWomen

Mele Pule · Emily Kau'i Zuttermeister, Hawaiian Drum Dance Chants: Sounds of Power in Time #Hula #Hawaii #WyrdWomen

Emily Kau'i Zuttermeister was an American Hawaiian hula master and teacher (kumu hula). She was recognized as one of the Living Treasures of Hawaii by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission, and was a recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship in 1984. #Hula #Hawaii #WyrdWomen

The Boswell Sisters Crazy People (1932) #Boswellese #Harmony #Jazz #Swing #WyrdWomen

The Boswell Sisters – Bio #Boswellese #Harmony #Jazz #Swing #WyrdWomen

The Boswell Sisters were an American close harmony singing trio of the jazz and swing eras, consisting of three sisters: Martha Boswell, Connie Boswell (later spelled “Connee”), and Helvetia “Vet” Boswell. #Boswellese #Harmony #Jazz #Swing #WyrdWomen

Clara Bow Podcast #ItGirl #Flapper #SilentFilm #Talkies #WyrdWomen

Dorothy Arzner (director) & Clara Bow on the set of The Wild Party (1929) #DoItAllWearingPants #InventorOfBoomMic #SewingCircle #WyrdWomen

Clara Bow and Her Iconic Role as a Flapper in These Stunning Photos #ItGirl #Flapper #SilentFilm #Talkies #WyrdWomen

The Wild Party (1929) Clara Bow | Full Movie | Restored Classic Hollywood Film 🎬 #Flapper #SilentFilm #Talkies #TheWildParty #WyrdWomen

Clara Bow in 'It' (1927) Full silent movie with the 'It Girl' 🎬 #ItGirl #Flapper #SilentFilm #Talkies #WyrdWomen

Inside The Tumultuous Life Of Clara Bow, The Original Flapper #ItGirl #Flapper #SilentFilm #Talkies #WyrdWomen

21 Surprising Facts About “It Girl” Clara Bow #ItGirl #Flapper #SilentFilm #Talkies #WyrdWomen

Clara Bow was an American actress, who became a major star during the silent film era. She was a symbol of the Roaring Twenties and is remembered for her vibrant personality and influence on women's representation in film. #ItGirl #Flapper #SilentFilm #Talkies #WyrdWomen

The Queer Relationship That Powered Rachel Carson’s Nature Writing - Lida Maxwell on Dorothy Freeman, “Silent Spring,” and Rejecting Heteronormativity #Conservation #Environmentalist #SilentSpring #QueerHistory #WomenInSTEM #WyrdWomen

A Web of Complex Relations: The Many Loves of Marine Biologist, Writer, and Environmentalist Rachel Carson #Conservation #Environmentalist #SilentSpring #QueerHistory #WomenInSTEM #WyrdWomen

10 Things You Should Know About Rachel Carson #Conservation #Environmentalist #SilentSpring #WomenInSTEM #WyrdWomen

Rachel Carson on PBS #Conservation #Environmentalist #SilentSpring #WomenInSTEM #WyrdWomen

Rachel Carson was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy books (1941–1955) whose book Silent Spring (1962) advanced both marine conservation and the global environmental movement. 💦 🌿 #BookSky #Conservation #Environmentalist #SilentSpring #WomenInSTEM #WyrdWomen

Who was Grace Hopper? #COBOL #FLOW-MATIC #WomenInSTEM #WyrdWomen