Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794-1871) walked hundreds of kilometers from the provinces to Paris as an aspiring seamstress,…
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…
Julius Wagner-Jauregg. A Genius or a Mad Scientist?
Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857–1940) was an Austrian psychiatrist who received the Nobel Prize for treating syphilitic dementia…
Ishi. The Last Wild Man in America
Ishi (c. 1861–1916) was the last living member of the Yahi people of California. For decades…
Marie Pasteur. The Woman Who Saved Science
Marie Pasteur was born in 1826 as the daughter of a university rector. She married Louis…
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…
Irene Weiss. The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz
Irene Weiss (b. 1930) was thirteen when she arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau with her family. Most of…
Hedwiga Golik. The Woman Found After 40 Years
In a small apartment in central Zagreb, the body of a woman who died in front…