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The Women of the (Other) Civil War

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The War of the Three Kingdoms – often referred to as the English “Civil War” – produced numerous well known characters such as Oliver Cromwell and Rupert of Bohemia. But many women, on both sides of the war, were instrumental in supporting the causes and sometimes even changing the game. Both royal ladies and ordinary women were involved: Lady Brilliana Harvey and Lady Mary Bankes, who defended their estates from Parliamentary forces, Parliamentary spies such as Constance Stringer and Elizabeth Alkin, the “oyster wives” of London. Some fought, some protested, some provided intelligence – all were an invaluable and often ignored part of a catastrophic even in British history.

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