1110: Abella of Salerno One of the First Women Ever Employed at a Medical School Born: c.1380, Present-day Salerno, Italy Death Date and Location Unknown Abella was employed at the Salerno School of Medicine, which is now thought to be the oldest medical school of modern time. She wrote two medical texts, De atrabile and…
Category: Birth Locations
1109) Alice Kyteler
1109: Dame Alice Kyteler Evil Poisoner or Innocent Victim…? Born: c.1263, Kilkenny, Ireland (Present-day Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland) Died: after 1325, Possibly Dublin, Ireland (Present-day Dublin, Republic of Ireland) Alice was from a wealthy family. Her parents were Norman with some Flemish ancestry mixed in and Alice was the only child in her family. When…
1108) Petronilla de Meath
1108: Petronilla de Meath The First Irish Woman Burned at the Stake for the Crime of Heresy Born: c.1300 AD, Meath, Ireland (Present-day County Meath, Republic of Ireland) Died: 3 November 1324 AD, Kilkenny, Ireland (Present-day Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland) Petronilla was a maidservant to Alice Kyteler; both of whom were some of the first…
1107) Charlotte Pierce
“I do not believe there was any community anywhere in which the souls of some women were not beating their wings in rebellion. . . Every fiber of my being rebelled, although silently, for all the hours that I sat and sewed gloves for a miserable pittance which, after it was earned, could never be…
1106) Beatrice Shilling
1106: Beatrice Shilling Naylor Aeronautical Engineer and Motorcycle Racer Born: 8 March 1909, Waterlooville, England, United Kingdom Died: 18 November 1990, England, United Kingdom Beatrice was also the Inventor of ‘Miss Shilling’s Orifice’ a device that fixed engine failure during certain maneuverers in Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire fighter planes, both of which used a…
1105) Folorunsho Alakija
1105: Folorunsho Alakija Most Wealthy Nigerian Woman in the World Born: 15 July 1951, Ikorodu, Nigeria Folorunsho’s net worth was estimated at $2.5 Billion (USD) in 2014, but as of 2021 she is estimated to have a net worth of right around $1 Billion (USD). She makes her money from fashion, oil, real estate, and…
Entries Born in Turkey
These are the entries born within the modern geographic area of Turkey. Entries: Mirhimah Sultan, Ottoman Princess Phile, The First Woman Elected Magistrate in the Ancient Greek City of Priene Puduhepa, Hittite Queen Theodora III, Byzantine Empress Zoe Porphyrogenita, Byzantine Empress
1104) Mirhimah Sultan
1104: Mirhimah Sultan Most Powerful Ottoman Princess in the History of the Empire Born: c.1522, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Present-day Istanbul, Turkey) Died: 25 January 1578, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Present-day Istanbul, Turkey) Name Also Spelled: Mihrümah Mirhimah was the daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent and Hürrem Sultan (also known as Roxelana). Mihrimah married a grand vizier…
1103) Ban Zhao
1103: Ban Zhao The First Known Female Chinese Historian Born: c.45 CE, Anling, Fufeng (Present-day Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, China) Died: c.116 CE, Present-day China Also Known As: Huiban Ban Zhao married at the age of fourteen and had at least one child; never remarrying after her husband died early on. Instead, Ban devoted the rest…
Entries Born in Myanmar
These are the entries born in the country of Myanmar, also known as Burma. Entries: Aung San Suu Kyi, Former State Counsellor of Myanmar