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
Pioneering Women and Trans Folks
Lise Meitner: Women Weren’t Allowed to Go To University, So She Got Her Doctorate by Herself
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
Esther Pohl: The Doctor That Saved Portland From The Plague
In 1907, when women still couldn’t vote in the United States, Esther Pohl was unanimously elected to serve as head of the Portland, Oregon Public
June 25, 2020
Sarah and Angelina Grimke: Born to a Slave-Owning Family in the South, They Became Prominent Abolitionists
Sarah and Angelina Grimke were white sisters who were some of the earliest leaders of the movement to end slavery in the United States. Unlike
June 19, 2020
Lucy O’Reilly Schell: The Race Car Driver That Beat Hitler
During the 30s, the Germans controlled most of the most popular sports unequivocally: race car driving. German drivers, in state-of-the art Mercedes cars, armed with
June 19, 2020
Nawal El Saadawi: The Egyptian feminist who got sent to jail. And then wrote a book on toilet paper
Nawal El Saadawi never held back on speaking her mind – even when doing put her into prison and made her the target of rage
June 19, 2020