Daughter of the accomplished Louise of Savoy, Marguerite of Navarre wrote poems and stories, patronized Renaissance humanists and reformers, helped her brother, France's king, in affairs of state, and educated her daughter, Jean d'Albret, in the new Renaissance standards. Learn more about this key woman in Renaissance France: Marguerite of Navarre (aka Margaret of Navarre or Marguerite of Angoulême).

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In World War II, posters promoted the idea that victory begins at home, with sacrifices, effort, and preserving certain goods for the war. This effort was usually directed at women, and these sacrifices and efforts were a key way that women -- who were not recruited into the military in as large numbers as men -- could contribute to the war effort. Here are some of the posters of World War II promoting the home front effort to support victory abroad.

• World War II Posters - Victory Begins at Home

I'm sure that people will be looking to Sylvia Plath's life and death for some context for the death of her son, Nicholas Hughes, also from suicide -- but beyond sharing a family history of depression, and her words which evoked the feelings common to many afflicted with severe depression, I agree with the author of this Guardian article that the connection with Plath's work is, well, artificial and forced:

• Nicholas Hughes's death tells us nothing about Sylvia Plath's poetry

And for those of you looking for words by Sylvia Plath:

• Sylvia Plath Quotes