Retta Scott made history as the first woman to receive an official animator credit in the…
Virginia Apgar and the Birth of a Life-Saving Test
Virginia Apgar was a woman who transformed a chaotic field of medicine into a precise science…
Mary Agnes Chase: Pioneering Scientist and Suffragist
Mary Agnes Chase made history as a world-class expert on grasses, even though she formally ended…
Anna Wheeler: American Mathematics Pioneer
Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler was a pioneer of linear algebra in infinite dimensions, a field that…
Eglantyne Jebb: Founder of Save the Children
At the end of World War I, a British social reformer fought what seemed like a…
Vinnie Ream: The First Woman Sculptor of the Capitol
Vinnie Ream made history as the first woman to receive an art commission from the federal…
Oprah Winfrey: From Poverty to Media Mogul
Her television show transformed American media, and every book she recommended quickly soared to the top…
Farnese Atlas: The Oldest Preserved Star Map
In 16th-century Rome, amid the ruins of the ancient Baths of Caracalla, a monumental sculpture was…
Stephanie Wilson: NASA Astronaut and Artemis Team Member
The road from the laboratories of Denver to the deck of the space shuttle took Stephanie…
Jane Franklin: The Woman Behind Arctic History
Jane Franklin went down in history as a woman who refused to accept her fate. When…