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1. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Women's Rights

   5/5Joanna Cohen looks back at the manifesto which remodelled the Declaration of Independence.
2. John Gower, the Forgotten Medieval Poet

   4/5Curing lovesickness or learning alchemy's secrets. Seb Falk on Chaucer's friend John Gower
3. Sarah Scott and the Dream of a Female Utopia

   3/5Lucy Powell tells the story of a radical community of women set up in 1760s rural England.
4. The Forgotten German Princess

   2/5The tale of Mary Moders, a C17 bigamist and media sensation, is retold by John Gallagher.
5. Rehabilitating the Reverend John Trusler

   1/5Sophie Coulombeau challenges the way we look at failure in the story of a C18 entrepreneur