Tag Archives: Civil War

Mary Edwards Walker

Dr Mary Edwards Walker becomes the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor after service in the American Civil War

  American West

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Empress Matilda

Matilda, the ‘Lady of England and Normandy’: an overview

  Medieval History

Matilda, the daughter of King Henry I of England, was declared the ‘Lady of England and Normandy’ on 7 April 1141 in advance of a coronation that never took place.

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