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Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney
Mandy has studied history through multiple lenses, with a special focus on the interplay between religion, conflict, and peace. She hosts a "Thursday, Hersday" feature on her blog that shines a spotlight on barrier-breaking women in history and fiction.
Education:SUNY: Herkimer, 2011Undergrad Human Services, Religion, Conflict and Peace Certificate via Harvard University, Fundraising Developments via University of CaliforniaExpertise:Articles by Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney
Indian textiles, moved between continents by the East India Company, captivated Victorian movers and shakers with their intricate designs and beautifully lush embroidery.
Royal bloodlines and tangled dynasties; Cleopatra’s children and their fates were as theatrically monumental as the queen herself.
A royal soap opera with sibling rivalries, questionable marriages, and enough Ptolemys and Cleopatras to make counting rather complicated.
From fertility rituals to flamboyant festivals, belly dancers twirl through history’s mists—but did they perform for Alexander the Great?
The Woodville women, Jacquetta and her daughter Elizabeth Woodville, learned quickly that marrying up and being legendarily lovely was evidence of devilish witchcraft.
Before he met and traded with the Queen of Sheba, Solomon was already spoken for—about a thousand times over.
The legend of Anne Boleyn lives on through her iconic “B” necklace, a symbol of her enduring influence and sharp-as-nails fashion sense.
A goddess, a witch, a sorceress—Circe in The Odyssey has been called many things.