The History Hive
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Mary Fillis and Dido Elizabeth Belle
Join us for our first Black History Month episode where we celebrate the lives of two amazing Black women - Mary Fillis and Dido Elizabeth Belle.
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Sources used:
Bakre, T. (2020) Unforgotten Women: Mary Fillis, The Black Tudor Driven By Independence. Available at: Mary Fillis, The Black Tudor Seamstress (refinery29.com) (Accessed: 3 October 2022)
English Heritage. (no date) Dido Elizabeth Belle. Available at: Dido Belle | English Heritage (english-heritage.org.uk) (Accessed: 3 October 2022)
Sanghera, S. (2021) Empireland. Milton Keynes: Penguin Random House
Rambling London Tours. (2020). Mary Fillis and Dido Belle: Black Women You Should Know About. [online] Available at: https://ramblinglondontours.com/2020/10/31/mary-fillis-and-dido-belle/ [Accessed 9 Oct. 2022].