WOMEN & GIRLS: BARBARA ROSE JOHNS
Mar 02, 2026
Did you know that the first act of the Civil Rights Movement was led by a 16-year-old wanting a...
WOMEN & GIRLS: BETTE NESMITH GRAHAM
Inspiration, inventions, Women & Girls
|Jan 02, 2026
Can you imagine a time when the only way to correct a mistake when “typing” was to redo the...
WOMEN & GIRLS: MADAME TUSSAUD
Oct 02, 2025
MADAME TUSSAUD. Most travelers are familiar with her name because of the wax “museums” that populate touristy hotspots the...
WOMEN AND GIRLS: EUGÉNIE BRAZIER
Eugenie Brazier, Women & Girls
|Sep 02, 2025
Born in rural France in 1895, EUGÉNIE BRAZIER entered domestic service at 19 when her father kicked her out for...
Women & Girls: Margaret Knight
Jul 02, 2025
Have you ever given much thought to paper bags? Me neither, but an intrepid self-taught young woman named MARGARET...
Women & Girls: Madam C. J. Walker
Apr 02, 2025
You may be familiar with America’s first female self-made millionaire, MADAM C. J. WALKER, but do you know how...
Women & Girls: YULIIA “TAIRA” PAIEVSKA
Mar 02, 2025
YULIIA “TAIRA” PAIEVSKA may not be a household name, but to the world of Invictus athletes she’s a symbol...
WOMEN & GIRLS: WILMA RUDOLPH
Feb 02, 2025
Determination. If anyone’s life can be summed up in that one word, it’s WILMA RUDOLPH. From the circumstances of...
Women & Girls: Josephine Cochrane
Jan 02, 2025
While she was born into a family of inventors, JOSEPHINE COCHRANE was not formally educated in the sciences. Born...
WOMEN & GIRLS: Sophie Scholl
Dec 02, 2024
Meet SOPHIE SCHOLL, a young woman now remembered as the girl who stood up to Hitler. A member of...









