Female Scientists That Didn’t Let Anyone Stop Them
It’s no secret that women’s achievements in science have often been overlooked. Here are some groundbreaking women in science who didn’t let sexism stop them.
August 11, 2020
Pioneering Women
Carolina Maria de Jesus: She Lived In the Slums, Had An Elementary-School Education, and Wrote a Best-Seller
“And so, on May 13th, 1958, I found myself fighting against modern slavery: hunger!” So wrote Carolina Maria de Jesus in her journal, in one
July 29, 2020
Violet Jessop: She Survived the Titanic and Two Other Maritime Disasters
Violet Jessop was lucky from a young age. She was born in Argentina in 1887 to Irish immigrants. She became ill with what her doctors
July 22, 2020
Miriam Makeba: The Black Singer Who Was Born During Apartheid and Became “The Voice of Africa”
Miriam Makeba was first sent to prison when she was just 18 years old. It was 1932, during the Great Depression. Her mother, who typically
July 20, 2020
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz: The 17-year-old Who Proved That She Was Smarter Than Mexico’s Experts
Imagine yourself at 17. Imagine that you’re sitting across 40 of the smartest and most educated people in the country – and next to them
July 16, 2020
Lise Meitner: Women Weren’t Allowed to Attend University. She Self-Studied Her Way to a Doctorate.
She was the first woman in Germany to become a full professor; Albert Einstein called her “the German Marie Curie,” and after World World II,
July 2, 2020
Mary Pickford: Hollywood’s Big Star Fought Against the Studios
She was one of Hollywood’s first stars, known as America’s Sweetheart (despite being born in Canada), but she was also a savvy businesswoman, and along
June 29, 2020
Turia Pitt: Most of Her Body Burned as She Ran, But She Didn’t Let That Stop Her
“I heard a noise, so I took off my headphones and raised my head. Then, I saw the fire. The huge wall of fire that
June 29, 2020
June Almeida: The Scottish Woman Who Dropped Out of School and Discovered Coronavirus
June Almeida was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1930, and died in 2007 – long before the Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, took our lives by storm.
June 27, 2020
Mary Anning: The 12-Year-Old That Discovered the First Dinosaur
A guest post by Yael Gazit Everyone who has ever watched Friends knows what Ross’s job is (Paleontology), but have you ever wondered where this
June 26, 2020
Genie Chance: The Earth Beside Her Shook, So She Broadcasted for 59 Straight Hours
On Friday, March 27th, 1964, the ground in Alaska shook. It didn’t just shake – the earthquake was a 9.2 on the Richter scale –
June 26, 2020
Hedy Lamarr: She Was The Most Beautiful Woman in the World, and the inventor of the Bluetooth
“My beauty was my curse, so-to-speak. It created an impenetrable shield between people and who I really was, and made people view me in only
June 26, 2020