Hedy Lamarr: The Actress and Inventor

In the 1930s, a dark-haired Viennese girl with porcelain skin became a symbol of film revolution,…

Lee Radziwill. Sister of Jackie Kennedy

In March 1933, a girl was born in New York whose fate would unfold in the…

Inge Lehmann. The Woman Who Heard Earth’s Heartbeat

In the late 1920s, a Danish mathematician analyzed strange anomalies in seismic data from distant New…

Maud Gonne – Ireland’s Joan of Arc

At the end of the 19th century, one of the most beautiful women in Europe became…

Elizabeth Hazen & Rachel Brown. The Invisible Heroes of Science

In the mid-20th century, two American scientists achieved a breakthrough that changed medicine forever. Elizabeth Hazen…

Simone Weil. She starved herself to death

French philosopher Simone Weil lived only thirty-four years, but left behind thought that inspires successive generations.…

Alice Evans. The Researcher Who Saved Millions

Alice Evans (1881-1975) proved that milk could kill and forced the food industry into a sanitary…

Hetty Goldman. The First Lady of Excavation

Hetty Goldman (1881-1972) transformed archaeology from artifact hunting into systematic cultural analysis. As the first woman…

Mina and Thomas Edison – The Extraordinary Marriage

Thomas and Mina Edison built more than inventions – they shaped modern America through technology, social…

Angie Dickinson – Icon of Film and Television

Angie Dickinson is a textbook example of a star who defined the image of a strong…