Walled Up In A Nunnery

What’s The 21st Century Equivalent For Women Of A Certain Age?

Jessica Russell

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When I was young I loved historic tales of Kings and Queens. But there was one thing I could never understand. Why, so often, many of the older Queens (widowed and still very much married) would disappear off to a nunnery.

Well now I’ve reached my fifties, I’m somewhat the wiser.

The Spell Is Broken

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Jessica Russell

Freelance writer. ADHD PhD research student. Educator. Author of The Life of Louise Norton Little, Mother of Malcolm X http://jessicarussell.co.uk/