Lizzie Magie: The True Inventor of Monopoly Was Forgotten
Lizzie Magie was the inventor of Monopoly (known then as The Landlord’s Game), but her contribution has been largely ignored.
October 1, 2020
Pioneering Women
Sojourner Truth: She Was Born a Slave. Then She Sued – And Won
Sojourner Truth Speech, Ain’t I A Woman, is still considered one of the most important and most quoted speeches in the history of the US. Quite an accomplishment for someone who never learned to read or write.
September 28, 2020
Cécile Rol-Tanguy: The Communist Resistance Fighter Who Liberated Paris
In May 1940, Cécile Rol-Tanguy’s father was imprisoned by the Vichy regime. Her partner, Henri, was off fighting, far away from Paris. Her daughter, Françoise,
September 23, 2020
Artemisia Gentileschi: The Renaissance Artist Who Sued Her Rapist… And Won
The first woman to get accepted into the Florence Academy of Art during the Renaissance was almost completely forgotten in art history. When she is
September 21, 2020
Dona Gracia: The Millionaire That Wanted to Set Up a Jewish Country, 500 Years Before Hertzl
Gracia Mendes Nasi Beatrice de Luna (Dona Gracia) dreamed of a Jewish state, years before Hetrzl. She acted against authorities to protect Jews from Inquisition and settle European Jews.
September 16, 2020
They Liked to Run But Couldn’t Find The Right Bra. So They Invented One
Lisa Lindahl, Polly Smith, and Hinda Miller wanted to find a way to run without back pain. The invention is what we know now as the sports bra.
September 15, 2020
Australia Didn’t Want To Send Her to the Olympics. So She Raised Her Own Funds and Won the Gold Medal
Australia may have been one of the first countries to grant women the right to vote, but that doesn’t mean that women had full equality.
September 14, 2020
The Trung Sisters: The Sisters That Defended Vietnam from the Chinese
When Jesus was a year old, someone just as extraordinary was born far away – the eldest Trung sister. Around 1 AD, Trung Trac was
September 8, 2020
She Was Told Women Couldn’t Shoot, So She Became The World’s Best Sniper
When she was a teenager, Lyudmila Pavlichenko heard her neighbor’s son say that women can’t shoot – and she got angry. She decided that she
September 7, 2020
She Was Imprisoned by the Gestapo And Became One of France’s Most Famous Singers
Juliette Gréco didn’t get off to a promising start. She was born as a product of rape – a fact which her mother kept reminding
August 31, 2020
Carol Baltosiewich: The Church Declared AIDS a Punishment From God, So She Treated AIDS Patients
When the Catholic Church explained that AIDS was a punishment for being gay, and Church officials called AIDS patients perverts, one Catholic nurse from Illinois
August 28, 2020
Barbe-Nicole Clicquot: Widowed at 27, She Founded the Most Prestigious Champagne Brand in the World
She was widowed at the age of 27, as a mother to a 3-year-old daughter. Napoleon’s wars occupied the world, and importing goods from France
August 16, 2020