When Jeanne Mance boarded a ship in La Rochelle in 1641, few believed in her chances.…
Kadambini Ganguly: India’s First Female Doctor
When a young Bengali woman stepped into Calcutta Medical College in 1884, it caused a scandal.…
Rukhmabai: The Woman Who Defied Child Marriage
In 1887, a young Indian woman was given a choice: move in with the husband she…
Charlotte Corday: The Assassin of Marat
Charlotte Corday went down in history as the „Angel of Assassination”—the woman who, on July 13,…
How Mária Telkes Powered the Green Revolution
She was called the „Sun Queen”—and it’s hard to imagine a more fitting title. For decades,…
Anna Sewell: Black Beauty’s Impact on Animal Rights
Anna Sewell spent nearly a decade bedridden, writing the story of a horse named Black Beauty.…
Nariman Sadik: Egypt’s Forgotten Cinderella Queen
Nariman Sadik’s journey took her from being the daughter of a civil servant to Egypt’s queen,…
Julia Lathrop: Pioneer for Child Welfare
Julia Clifford Lathrop made history as the first woman to head a federal bureau in the…
Elsie MacGill: The Queen of Hurricane Fighters
When in 1929 a Canadian engineer received her master’s degree in aeronautical engineering, she was moving…
Joan Beaufort: Scotland’s Controversial Queen
Joan Beaufort was one of the most colorful figures of fifteenth-century Scotland. A queen who owed…