Victim of Gendered Violence Archives

Guirandana de Lay

Executed in 1461, Spanish healer Guirandana de Lay was a typical example of a witch hunt victim, who were often used as scapegoats for illness and other woes.

When eighteen-year-old “Marie,”reported her assault to police officers, she was bullied by the officers into recanting her statement, which then resulted in them charging her with making a false report.

Beth Ditto

Beth Ditto achieved renown as the singer and songwriter for Gossip, an indie, dance-punk band based in Portland, Oregon, before pursuing a solo career in music and acting.

Gisèle Pelicot

Gisèle Pelicot was in her late 60s when police revealed that her husband of 50 years had been drugging, raping, and allowing other men to rape her for almost a decade. By declining the option of a closed-door trial with full anonymity and no media, she ensured that the dozens of men who assaulted her would have to face the public, at the cost that she would as well.

Esther Cox

Subject of manifestations in the Great Amherst Mystery

Florence Newton

Irish woman accused of being a witch in the 1600s

Angelina Napolitano

1920s Italian-Canadian convicted murderer

Mary Butters

1700s and 1800s Irish practitioner of ‘white’ magic, using herbal and superstitious remedies to cure various ailments.

Clara González

Panamanian feminist, lawyer, judge, and activist Clara González became the first Panamanian woman to earn her Bachelor of Law Degree in 1922, the same year she established the Partido Nacional Feminista (PNF, National Feminist Party) to campaign for women’s rights and suffrage.