2.25 Ella (4) The darkness in the midst of a storm
/Up until now her life in Russia had been one of unimaginable luxury - but now, Ella decided to make a change.
Up until now her life in Russia had been one of unimaginable luxury - but now, Ella decided to make a change.
Women make up half of the world's population, and yet history books often consign them to the sidelines. They are dismissed as merely the wives of powerful men; babymakers and nothing more. Yet women have been the driving force behind history for millennia, from female Pharoahs, warrior princesses and pirates, to the revolutionaries who sought to topple the male-dominated political systems of their day. From host of the popular 'Queens of England Podcast', The Other Half tells the forgotten and ignored stories of the most powerful and influential women in history.