Determination. If anyone’s life can be summed up in that one word, it’s WILMA RUDOLPH. From the circumstances of...
While she was born into a family of inventors, JOSEPHINE COCHRANE was not formally educated in the sciences. Born...
Meet SOPHIE SCHOLL, a young woman now remembered as the girl who stood up to Hitler. A member of...
If you’ve seen the movie Black Panther, or its sequel Wakanda Forever, then you are familiar with its exquisite...
“Hailing frequencies open.” As an African American female growing up in the 1960s, MAE JEMISON noticed the lack of...
You have likely heard the saying, “She sells seashells by the seashore.” This phrase references the first woman paleontologist, MARY ANNING...
If you purchase frozen or refrigerated foods, and haven’t gotten deathly ill, you can thank DR. MARY ENGLE PENNINGTON,...
Credited as the first female printer, CHARLOTTE GUILLARD ran a successful printing and binding business in 16th century Paris....
Sometimes, the people who are the quietest do the most to save democracy. EMMA UNSON ROTOR is one such...
Meet GRACE SHERWOOD, the witch of Pungo. Grace and her husband had a reputation of being litigious, but when...