The shot rang out in autumn 2004, in an ordinary apartment above a bar in Ohio.…
Kategoria: Famous Women
Zainab al-Ghazali: Female Voice in Political Islam
In a world dominated by men, Zainab al-Ghazali built an empire with millions of female followers,…
Mabel Staupers: The Woman Who Changed Nursing
When in 1945 the U.S. Armed Forces finally opened their nursing corps to women of all…
Georgina Ward: The Countess Who Stunned Europe
In the mid-19th century, the Scottish family of the Moncreiffe baronets became known for an extraordinary…
Micky Axton: Pioneering Female Test Pilot
When ten-year-old Mildred Darlene Tuttle first soared above Kansas in 1929, she could not have known…
Marguerite Gérard: Breaking Barriers in Art
At a time when women were not officially allowed to study painting or compete for prestigious…
Sarla Thukral: India’s First Female Pilot
While Indian women were fighting for basic civil rights in the 1930s, Sarla Thukral was earning…
Kate Warne: America’s First Female Detective
In the mid-19th century, American women could not vote, study law, or work in law enforcement.…
Agnes Hunt: Pioneer of Pediatric Orthopedics
In Victorian England, children with bone deformities were condemned to vegetate in dark rooms. One woman…
Mary Mallon: A Short Biography
At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, mysterious typhoid fever epidemics began erupting in…