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How Henrietta Lacks Changed Modern Medicine
When, in January 1951, a thirty-year-old woman from Baltimore came to the hospital with a concerning…
Nawal El Saadawi: Egypt’s Unyielding Feminist Icon
When, in 2011, an eighty-year-old woman appeared among protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, no one was…
Pauline Newman: Labor Heroine Who Challenged America
When an eleven-year-old girl from Kaunas stood at a sewing machine in a New York factory,…
Nellie Cashman: Pioneer of the American Gold Rush
When thousands of men rushed to the Klondike in 1898 in pursuit of gold, fifty-three-year-old Nellie…
Unveiling Elizabeth Hanson: CIA’s Unsung Hero
At CIA headquarters in Langley, employees grew accustomed to the sight of a young woman in…
Polly Cooper: The Oneida Woman Who Saved Valley Forge
The Continental Army was slowly dying during the winter of 1777-1778. Soldiers ate tree bark, and…
Sophia Smith: Women’s University Pioneer
In a small Massachusetts town, a deaf, unmarried woman in her sixties faced a dilemma most…
Berthe Morisot: A Forgotten Impressionist Pioneer
When in 1874 a group of artists rejected by the official Salon organized their own exhibition…
Franceska Mann’s Defiance in Auschwitz Revealed
Before she was sent to hell, she danced on Europe’s stages. Fourth place out of 125…