Jacqui Rossi talks about George Orwell's life in Burma, England, and Scotland.

• 4:20

Jacqui Rossi talks about the life and achievements of Sir J.J. Thomson – the English scientist who discovered the electron.

• 3:14

Jacqui Rossi talks about Mary Queen of Scots reign from infancy, life in France and ultimate execution by Elizabeth I.

• 3:19

Jacqui Rossi talks about English writer Mary Wollstonecraft's life, works, and progressive thoughts on educating young women.

• 3:26

Jacqui Rossi talks about the short life of Henrietta Lacks and her unintentional but substantive contributions to medicine.

• 3:16

Jacqui Rossi talks about the accomplished life of young Malala Yousafzai, an education advocate and survivor of an assassination attempt by the Taliban.

• 3:09

Jacqui Rossi talks about philosopher Sir Francis Bacon's life, his rivalry with King Phillip, and the conspiracy theories surrounding him.

• 3:13

Jacqui Rossi talks about the tumultuous life of Mary I of England, from being disinherited to becoming England's first female monarch.

• 3:01

Jacqui Rossi talks about Roman emperor Nero: the good, the bad and the tyrannical.

• 3:26