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Sarah Parker Remond (1826 - 1894) African American slavery abolitionist, lecturer and physician. Born free in Salem, Massachusetts to...

Frank Manning (May 26, 1914 – April 27, 2009) was an American dancer, instructor, and choreographer. He was one of the prime creators of...

Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia (22 May 1868 – 10 October 1920) was a campaigner for women's suffrage in New Zealand, a suffragist who inspired...

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797) English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women’s rights. Mary was born to Elizabeth Dixon and...

Ella Fitzgerald (1917 – 1996) American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She...

Hello and welcome back folks! In the previous post I began explaining how I go about drawing one of my illustrations; reference photos,...

Though I do try to share step-by-step naratives on Instagram, I thought, for a change, it might be fun to break the process down even...

Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959) [Eleanora Fagan] was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) American lawyer and jurist, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the...

I do believe it was in my last post that I declared my fascination with the Second World War; the commaraderie, the fashions, music and...

Well, what a month it's been. Understatement of the millennium Amy, I hear you say. Indeed. At the start of March I was setting out on...