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Allison on Huffington Post: 7 Forgotten But Extremely Influential Women From History

huffington-postThey say that behind every great man is a great woman. Well, none of these women stood behind their husbands; they stood right alongside them, and, in some cases, in front of them.

Here’s a look at some of these fascinating figures — women who occupied a front row seat in their time periods but whose names have taken a back row seat to their husbands’ legacies. These women were everything from writers and artists to political thinkers, human rights activists and pioneers of cultural change.

These women, rather than being footnotes or supporting characters, were leading lady material.

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Allison Pataki

Allison Pataki

Allison Pataki is a New York Times Bestselling author with a passion for telling the stories of leading ladies lost in history. Her debut novel, The Traitor’s Wife, came out in 2014 and her second novel, The Accidental Empress, came out in February 2015. Allison’s third New York Times Bestseller, Sisi: Empress on Her Own, hit shelves March 2016. In 2017 her fourth historical novel, Where the Light Falls, was published. Beauty in the Broken Places was released in 2019, a Memoir of Love, Faith, and Resilience. In May 2019 she published her first children’s book, Nelly Takes New York. Her fifth historical novel, The Queens Fortune, released February 2020 and her second children’s book, Poppy Takes Paris released May of 2020. Her instant bestseller The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post came out in early 2022. Her next historical fiction novel, Finding Margaret Fuller, hit the shelves March of 2024.
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