George Stinney Jr. was executed on the electric chair in Columbia in 1944 as a fourteen-year-old…
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Constance Markievicz. Ireland’s National Heroine
Command in the Easter Rising, a death sentence commuted to prison, and a seat in the…
Louise Weiss – Pioneer of Feminism and Mother of the United Europe
Louise Weiss came into the world in Paris in 1893 and for nine decades actively shaped…
Laura Bassi. The Woman Who Changed Science
Laura Maria Caterina Bassi Veratti came into the world in Bologna in 1711 and spent her…
Mela Muter – The Polish Painter Who Conquered Paris
Maria Melania Mutermilch was born in Warsaw in 1876 as a daughter of an artistic family…
Anna Boberg. Painter of Norwegian Landscapes
A Swedish artist gained international recognition for paintings of the northern lights and Arctic landscapes, having…
Margery Kempe. The Voice of a Medieval Woman
A medieval English mystic created the first autobiography in the English language, dictating her story despite…
Mary Seacole. The Pioneer of Nursing
A Jamaican nurse combined traditional herbal medicine with Western practices and traveled to the Crimean front…
Anna Magdalena Bach. Singer, Copyist, Inspiration
A Baroque soprano married one of history’s greatest composers and became a key figure in preserving…
Melitta Bentz. The Woman Who Invented the Coffee Filter
A German housewife changed how coffee is brewed worldwide, using paper from her son’s notebook and…