She was surrounded by men: daughter of a Duke, sister of an Earl, and wife of the King's illegitimate son! But Mary Howard, daughter-in-law of Henry VIII, was not about to be pushed around. She stood up for what was hers, refused to be married off, and ended up with an income and a chance to make a life of her own.

No wonder her father described her as "too wise for a woman."

Join Rebecca Larson of Tudors Dynasty to meet a remarkable woman and get a new perspective on women's lives in Tudor England.

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