Sarah Durn

Sarah Durn

 

Sarah Durn is a freelance journalist and author based in New Orleans, Louisiana. She has written for National Geographic, Smithsonian, Gizmodo, and elsewhere, and is the author of The Beginners Guide to Alchemy, released by Callisto and Rockridge Press last year. Find witty retellings of the kick-butt ladies history forgot on Sarah's historical women's Instagram account @remember_these_ladies. Sarah is also a professional TV & film actor. Website: sarahdurn.com Instagram: @sarahdurn3 & @remember_these_ladies

A gangster, civil rights advocate, fashionista and businesswoman, St. Clair successfully took on one of the biggest crime bosses of the era.

Stephanie St. Clair, Harlem's 'Numbers Queen,' Dominated the Gambling Underground and Made Millions

In the 1930s, the enigmatic figure ran an illegal lottery while championing New York City's Black community

As historian Nancy Marie Brown points out, “[A]sking not ‘Are the sagas true?’ but ‘Are they plausible?’” is a far better barometer for testing the Viking tales’ veracity.

Did a Viking Woman Named Gudrid Really Travel to North America in 1000 A.D.?

The sagas suggest she settled in Newfoundland and eventually made eight crossings of the North Atlantic Sea

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