Margaret Pole, or the final Plantagenet was the final vestige of the English Medieval rulers. The daughter of the tragic Isabelle Neville and Edward IV's unruly brother, George Duke of Clarence, Margaret was one of the orphans of the Wars of the Roses. Despite this, and perhaps for loyalty to her cousin Elizabeth of York, Margaret remained loyal to the Tudor dynasty until she was also executed under Henry VIII at the age of sixty-seven years old on inflated charges of treason

Who were the landed women who owned colonial era plantations?

The phrase ‘winners write history’ helpfully encapsulates how men have treated women throughout history. How is a ‘winner’ defined?