Carolyn Bessette Kennedy is a modern style icon - almost 3 decades after her early death. However she was much more that a fashionable socialite - friends and family all say she was kind, warm and caring. She forged a successful career in a difficult industry, and fell in love with a man who happened to be in the public eye. Her struggle to get used to the frenzy of media attention was ongoing, and she was only just starting to manage it when she boarded a plane in July 1999.

Beller, Elizabeth: Once Upon A Time - The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy

Conrieri, Stefania: Inside the Super-Secret, Ultra-Intimate Wedding of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/secret-wedding-of-john-f-kennedy-jr-and-carolyn-bessette?srsltid=AfmBOoq7vIkf7B0Bmgl1BdHA9gMHmpGNy7bLOKPoi3ZUmz9PgP1VGJ8N

Gerhart, Ann: Who’s That Girl? Quite Possibly the Perfect Match https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-18-ls-54958-story.html

Armstrong, Neil: Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy - The true story behind the mysterious and tragic US icon

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260212-carolyn-bessette-kennedy-the-true-story-behind-the-mysterious-and-tragic-us-icon

Comiter, Jordana: All About JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette's Honeymoon — and the Media Frenzy That Followed When They Returned https://people.com/all-about-jfk-jr-carolyn-bessette-honeymoon-11922444

Gaffney, Adrienne: The Last Days of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a28187331/john-f-kennedy-jr-carolyn-bessette-last-days-plane-crash-true-story/

The Life of JFK Jr: Crash and Search Timeline https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/jfkjr/recovery.htm

Wikipedia: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Bessette_Kennedy

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Carolyn Bessette Kennedy is a modern style icon - almost 3 decades after her early death. However she was much more that a fashionable socialite - friends and family all say she was kind, warm and caring. She forged a successful career in a difficult industry, and fell in love with a man who happened to be in the public eye. Her struggle to get used to the frenzy of media attention was ongoing, and she was only just starting to manage it when she boarded a plane in July 1999.

Beller, Elizabeth: Once Upon A Time - The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy

Conrieri, Stefania: Inside the Super-Secret, Ultra-Intimate Wedding of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/secret-wedding-of-john-f-kennedy-jr-and-carolyn-bessette?srsltid=AfmBOoq7vIkf7B0Bmgl1BdHA9gMHmpGNy7bLOKPoi3ZUmz9PgP1VGJ8N

Gerhart, Ann: Who’s That Girl? Quite Possibly the Perfect Match https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-18-ls-54958-story.html

Armstrong, Neil: Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy - The true story behind the mysterious and tragic US icon

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260212-carolyn-bessette-kennedy-the-true-story-behind-the-mysterious-and-tragic-us-icon

Comiter, Jordana: All About JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette's Honeymoon — and the Media Frenzy That Followed When They Returned https://people.com/all-about-jfk-jr-carolyn-bessette-honeymoon-11922444

Gaffney, Adrienne: The Last Days of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a28187331/john-f-kennedy-jr-carolyn-bessette-last-days-plane-crash-true-story/

The Life of JFK Jr: Crash and Search Timeline https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/jfkjr/recovery.htm

Wikipedia: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Bessette_Kennedy

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Katherine Swynford was born an ordinary girl into an ordinary family. But she became the ancestor of Kings and Queens, and produced the family that became the Tudor Dynasty. Her story is, unusually for the times, a love story - and equally as unusually, she was not a woman after power and prestige.

Sources/Further Reading:

Amin, Nathan: The House of Beaufort, the Bastard Line that Captured the Crown

Weir, Alison: Katherine Swynford, the Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess

Goodman, Anthony: Katherine Swynford

Lineage, Jeanette: Katherine Swynford, The History of a Medieval Mistress

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Swynford

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Katherine Swynford was born an ordinary girl into an ordinary family. But she became the ancestor of Kings and Queens, and produced the family that became the Tudor Dynasty. Her story is, unusually for the times, a love story - and equally as unusually, she was not a woman after power and prestige.

Sources/Further Reading:

Amin, Nathan: The House of Beaufort, the Bastard Line that Captured the Crown

Weir, Alison: Katherine Swynford, the Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess

Goodman, Anthony: Katherine Swynford

Lineage, Jeanette: Katherine Swynford, The History of a Medieval Mistress

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Swynford

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Marie Curie was one of the finest scientific minds of the 20th century. She was born in Poland - a country that didn’t technically exist - in a time and place where women were not even allowed to study at university. Through her own hard work and dedication, she became a highly respected physicist and the winner of two Nobel prizes - still the only person to have ever won in two science disciplines, Chemistry and Physics. She also promoted women in science, and through her development of mobile x-ray machines helped save the lives of countless soldiers in the First World War. She was a truly remarkable woman.

Sources/Further Reading

Sobel, Dava: The Elements of Marie Curie - How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

Gunderman, Dr Richard: Marie Curie - The Pioneer, The Nobel Laureate, The Discoverer of Radioactivity

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie

The Nobel Prize: Marie Curie Biographical https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1903/marie-curie/biographical/

Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity https://history.aip.org/exhibits/curie/polgirl1.htm

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Marie Curie was one of the finest scientific minds of the 20th century. She was born in Poland - a country that didn’t technically exist - in a time and place where women were not even allowed to study at university. Through her own hard work and dedication, she became a highly respected physicist and the winner of two Nobel prizes - still the only person to have ever won in two science disciplines, Chemistry and Physics. She also promoted women in science, and through her development of mobile x-ray machines helped save the lives of countless soldiers in the First World War. She was a truly remarkable woman.

Sources/Further Reading

Sobel, Dava: The Elements of Marie Curie - How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

Gunderman, Dr Richard: Marie Curie - The Pioneer, The Nobel Laureate, The Discoverer of Radioactivity

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie

The Nobel Prize: Marie Curie Biographical https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1903/marie-curie/biographical/

Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity https://history.aip.org/exhibits/curie/polgirl1.htm

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Mary of Burgundy was the ruling Duchesses of a vast territory, but when she came into her inheritance she faced invasions and rebellions. Luckily for her, she had a smart and sensible negotiator by her side - her stepmother, Margaret of York. These two women were able to stabilise a fractious territory and left a European legacy that lasted for centuries.

Sources/Further Reading

Weightman, Christine: Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, 1446-1503

Van Loo, Bart: The Burgundians, A Vanished Empire

Potter, G.R (ed) The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 1, the Renaissance, 1493-1520: The Burgundian Netherlands 1477-1521

Today, Jacob: Burgundian Netherlands Court Life and Patronage https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/burgundian-netherlands-court-life-and-patronage

Wars of the Roses: Margaret of Burgundy https://www.warsoftheroses.com/people/margaret-of-york-duchess-of-burgundy/

Unofficial Royalty: Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy https://www.unofficialroyalty.com/margaret-of-york-duchess-of-burgundy/

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_York

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Burgundy

Britannica.com: Mary, Duchess of Burgundy https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-duchess-of-Burgundy

EBSCO- Mary of Burgundy https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/mary-burgundy

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Mary of Burgundy was the ruling Duchesses of a vast territory, but when she came into her inheritance she faced invasions and rebellions. Luckily for her, she had a smart and sensible negotiator by her side - her stepmother, Margaret of York. These two women were able to stabilise a fractious territory and left a European legacy that lasted for centuries.

Sources/Further Reading

Weightman, Christine: Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, 1446-1503

Van Loo, Bart: The Burgundians, A Vanished Empire

Potter, G.R (ed) The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 1, the Renaissance, 1493-1520: The Burgundian Netherlands 1477-1521

Today, Jacob: Burgundian Netherlands Court Life and Patronage https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/burgundian-netherlands-court-life-and-patronage

Wars of the Roses: Margaret of Burgundy https://www.warsoftheroses.com/people/margaret-of-york-duchess-of-burgundy/

Unofficial Royalty: Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy https://www.unofficialroyalty.com/margaret-of-york-duchess-of-burgundy/

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_York

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Burgundy

Britannica.com: Mary, Duchess of Burgundy https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-duchess-of-Burgundy

EBSCO- Mary of Burgundy https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/mary-burgundy

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