For those who wonder after reading these pages how it is possible that the evidence of Yolande's involvement in the story of Joan of Arc has never before been adequately explored, I can only respond that there is no more effective camouflage in history than to have been born a woman.
I find this statement both infuriating & encouraging (in my usual dichotomous way!) in that there are surely many, many, many more stories out there that have yet to be told, simply because the main character is female. How frustrating! ...But at the same time, what an opportunity!
Thank you Nancy Goldstone for uncovering this story - and a big kudos to everyone else out there taking the time to spend their talents writing, sharing, performing, and expressing these previously lesser-known stories and creating new stories so that we can all see ourselves in the heroes and the villains and every aspect of the human experience.
And, cuz it's who I am, a quick shout-out to the Babes for their Fighting Words play development program encouraging playwrights in this cause, and to Kat Wolf and WolfPoint Media for creating an entertaining web-series with a 'new' kind of hero: The Scarlet Line.