Women and Pepys

After looking through much of Cliopatria's Blog Roll to find a couple of history blogs to follow, I finally found two that are interesting.

The first is Women of History.  I looked at several other blogs that had to do with women's history, but to me this one is the best.  Here there are short blogs about famous women through history and throughout the world.  The entries aren’t too long, just a couple of paragraphs, and the original source of the content if always given.  There is even a section of the blog where you can find different women based on the period that most interests you, like Ancient Egypt or the Crusades.  The short style of blogging is enough to give you a feel for the woman but isn’t overwhelming.  In this way, it is easy to see if the woman is interesting enough to warrant further research or if that is all you want to know about her.

The other blog isn’t a blog in a traditional sense.  From 2003 through the end of 2012, the administrators are posting one entry a day from the diary of Samuel Pepys.  Pepys’ diary covered some of the biggest events in Early Modern British history like the Restoration and coronation of Charles II in 1660 and the Great Fire of London in 1666.  The first of January 1660 was posted on the first of January 2003.  I’m really disappointed that the entries are almost over, but the past entries can be found in an archive, or if that much reading doesn’t seem exciting there are catch ups that can be read covering a year in the diary.  There is also a short biography of Pepys’ life before the start of the diary, and each entry is accompanied by links to interesting things that also happened on that day in Britain.  I will definitely be reading this blog from the beginning.