About Hystorias

Everyone sees old shit. I see new stories.

Hystorias is where history and antiques reveal the untold stories of women from our collective past. I’m Steph, a B2B marketer and collector of old shit, lover of forgotten stories and feminist history nerd.

I try to look at the past from a fresh perspective, one that celebrates the resilience, creativity and strength of women throughout history, even when society confined them to the shadows.

I explore the hidden narratives behind vintage and antique objects, peeling back layers to reveal what they tell us about the lives of women who came before us.

Hystorias is for anyone curious about history; who loves learning and wants to see the past through fresh eyes. Join me as I dive into the world of antiques and forgotten women, one intriguing object at a time, proving that history isn’t just about dates and battles. It’s also about the lives of everyday women who shaped our world in ways big and small.

Excuse the cursing. #sorrynotsorry

A quick note on AI.

I love history, but I also love technology. And in my day job, as a VP of Marketing and Head of Client Services at Conveyor Marketing Group, we lean into the (ethical and responsible) use of AI.

On this blog, I use AI (specifically ChatGPT) as my collaborator. I use it to brainstorm ideas, do research, suggest historical women I may not know about, optimize content for SEO, create meta tags, rework older content that I wrote years ago and generate first drafts for me to iterate on. No content on this site has been spit out by AI and blindly published. Everything that ChatGPT has helped me create has then been refined, molded and expanded upon from my own experience, preferences and opinions.

In a twist I once would have never expected, genAI has become my creative partner. It helps me move faster and keep this going while also working full time, raising a child and being a functional human. And I do want to be upfront that it does have a role here.