1037: Giulia Tofana Professional Poisoner Born: c.1620, Present-day Palermo, Italy Died: c.1659, Present-day Rome, Italy Giulia is remembered today for the salacious rumor that she helped over six-hundred women poison their husbands to escape their marriages, until finally being brought down by a bowl of soup. Yes, you read that right, six-hundred men. So how…
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1036) Alice Coachman
“I made a difference among the blacks, being one of the leaders. If I had gone to the games and failed, there wouldn’t be anyone to follow in my footsteps. It encouraged the rest of the women to work harder and fight harder.” 1036: Alice Coachman The First African American Woman to Earn an Olympic…
1035) Mary Golda Ross
“I was brought up in the Cherokee tradition of equal education for boys and girls. It did not bother me to be the only girl in the math class.” 1035: Mary Golda Ross The First Female Native American Engineer Born: 9 August 1908, Park Hill, Oklahoma, United States of America Died: 29 April 2008, Palo…
1034) Dorothy Fosdick
1034: Dorothy Fosdick Foreign Policy Expert Born: 17 April 1913, Montclair, New Jersey, United States of America Died: 5 February 1997, Washington DC, United States of America Dorothy helped bring about NATO, the United Nations, the Marshall Plan (aka The European Recovery Effort following World War II) and spent three decades as a chief strategist…
1033) Naia
1033: Naia One of the Oldest Skeletons Ever Found in North America Lived: c. 10,000 BC, Present-day Mexico Naia is the name given to a set of skeletal remains found deep under the water in a cave in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. The cave was later dubbed Hoyo Negro, meaning Black Hole in Spanish because of…
1032) Isabella of France
1032: Isabella of France English Queen Remembered as the She-Wolf of France Born: c.1292-1296, Paris, France Died: 23 August 1358, Castle Rising, Norfolk, England (Present-day Norfolk, England, United Kingdom) Isabella was an English Queen who refused to fade into the background of the history books. She dealt with her husband’s boyfriends as long as she…
1031) Georgiana Cavendish
1031: Georgiana Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire Born: 7 June 1757, Althorp, Northamptonshire, England (Present-day Althorp Estate, England, United Kingdom) Died: 30 March 1806, Devonshire House, Greater London, United Kingdom (Present-day Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom) Georgiana was born to the affluent Spencer family and held the titles of Honorable and later Lady growing up. One of…
1030) Maria Teresa Mirabal
“Perhaps what we have most near is death, but that idea does not frighten me. We shall continue to fight for that which is just.” 1030: María Teresa Mirabal One of the Famed Las Mariposas Born: 15 October 1936, Salcedo, Dominican Republic Died: 25 November 1960, Dominican Republic Full Name: Antonia María-Teresa Mirabal de Guzmán…
1029) Dedé Mirabal
“I stayed alive to tell their stories.” “We lived in fear, and there is nothing worse than living in fear.” 1029: Dedé Mirabal Born: 1 March 1925, Salcedo, Dominican Republic Died: 1 February 2014, Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic Original Name: Bélgica Adela Mirabal Reyes Dedé was the second oldest in her family. Unlike her three sisters, …
1028) Minerva Mirabal
“It is a source of happiness to do whatever can be done for our country that suffers so many anguishes. It is sad to stay with arms crossed.” 1028: Minerva Mirabal One of the Famed Las Mariposas Born: 12 March 1926, Salcedo, Dominican Republic Died: 25 November 1960, Dominican Republic Full Name: María Argentina Minerva…