RIBS OFF AN OLD TREE

History often tells us who won. It does not always tell us who was silenced. Ribs Off an Old Tree examines the lives of twelve women whose influence reached across kingdoms, faiths, families, revolutions, and generations.

Some were queens. Some were mothers. Some were warriors, reformers, survivors, or spiritual figures. Many were judged by records written long after their deaths, often by men who viewed female authority as dangerous. Beverly Barnes McKeever returns to their stories with a searching question: What happens when we look beyond the labels history gave them?