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How Emily Faithfull Revolutionized Women’s Work
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Yvonne Brill: The Mind Behind Satellite Engines
When the United States launched the space race in the 1940s, Yvonne Brill was the only…
Sofia Kovalevskaya: The First Female Math Professor
In the second half of the 19th century, universities in most European countries remained closed to…
Retta Scott: Trailblazer for Women in Animation
Retta Scott made history as the first woman to receive an official animator credit in the…
Virginia Apgar and the Birth of a Life-Saving Test
Virginia Apgar was a woman who transformed a chaotic field of medicine into a precise science…
Mary Agnes Chase: Pioneering Scientist and Suffragist
Mary Agnes Chase made history as a world-class expert on grasses, even though she formally ended…
Anna Wheeler: American Mathematics Pioneer
Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler was a pioneer of linear algebra in infinite dimensions, a field that…
Eglantyne Jebb: Founder of Save the Children
At the end of World War I, a British social reformer fought what seemed like a…
Vinnie Ream: The First Woman Sculptor of the Capitol
Vinnie Ream made history as the first woman to receive an art commission from the federal…