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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Crown Princess Stéphanie of Austria-Hungary and her daughter Archduchess Elisabeth Marie, 1885

Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Italian painter Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614), regarded as the first known female career artist who supported herself and her family through commissions

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, c. 1890s

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Swedish poet, salon hostess and feminist Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718-1763) Portrait by Ulrika Pasch, late 18th century

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Sir Muhammad Rasul Khanji Babi, Nawab of Junagarh (1858-1911). He was a progressive ruler who expanded educational institutions, hospitals and railways, and was instrumental in creating peace or at least reducing animosity between Hindu and Muslim communities

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Prominent Chinese Australian businessman Mei Quong Tart (1850-1903)

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Princess Louise of the United Kingdom, mid-1870s

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Portrait of Queen Hedwig Eleonora of Sweden, 17th century

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Empress Dowager Cixi of China, c. 1903

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain (1744-1801) Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs, c. 1760s

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Norwegian photographer and suffragist Marie Høeg with a friend, challenging gender roles, c. 1895-1903

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Empress Eugénie of the French in the 1860s

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Navajo silversmith Bai-De-Schluch-A-Ichin or Be-Ich-Schluck-Ich-In-Et-Tzuzzigi, photographed by George Ben Wittick, 1883

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Portrait of Princess Anna of Prussia by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1858

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Anna Jagiellon, Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1523-1596)

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A portrait of a family in Gainesville, Florida, c. 1900

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Gabrielle de Courtiras, Vicomtesse de Saint-Mars (1804-1872) who was a prolific French writer under the pen name Countess Dash Portrait by Charles de Steuben, 1844

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Portrait of Seneca war chief and diplomat Gaiänt’wakê (or Kaintwakon or Cornplanter) by Frederick Bartoli, 1796

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Maharani Bamba, Lady Duleep Singh, c. 1864

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Tuscany (1645-1721)

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Civil rights activist, abolitionist, educator and author Louisa Matilda Jacobs (1833-1917), 1870

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Anna of Tyrol, Holy Roman Empress (1585-1618)

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Photograph of an unidentified man with a top hat and hands in pockets, subverting racial hierarchies and stereotypes Photograph taken by Nadar, mid-1800s

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Princess Sudhira Devi of Cooch Behar, circa 1910

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, Duchess of Södermanland, c. 1908

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Shiny History Gems @shinyhistorygems.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Marquise Nabeshima Nagako (1855-1941), a Japanese noblewoman and secretary and chair of the Volunteer Nurses Association of the Japanese Red Cross Society