932: Mayar Mohamed Moussa Died During a “Botched” Female Genital Mutilation Surgery When She was Seventeen Born: c.1999, Most Likely Egypt Died: May 2016, Suez Province, Egypt Mayar’s death sparked Egypt’s second ever prosecution for an FGM crime. The first case took place in 2013, after thirteen-year-old Sohair al-Bata’a (her name has also been spelled…
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931) Seraph Young Ford
931: Seraph Young Ford The First American Woman to Cast a Ballot Vote Born: 6 November 1846, Winter Quarters, Nebraska Territory, United States of America (Present-day Near Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America) Died: 22 June 1938, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States of America It was 14 February 1870, and Seraph had arrived at the…
930) Asia Bibi
“They said change your faith, and you’ll be freed. But I said no. I will live my sentence. With my faith.” 930: Asia Bibi Christian Woman who was Jailed After Being Accused of Blasphemy Born: 1971, Sheikhupura, Pakistan Also Known As: Aaisya Noreen Bibi Christians make up less than two percent of Pakistan’s population (as…
929) Berta Soler
“We will continue to fight for our rights because we recognize it is our duty to free ourselves, but we can’t do it alone.” 929: Berta Soler Leader of the Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco Laura Pollan) Born: 31 July 1963, Matanzas, Cuba Full Name: Berta de los Angeles Soler Fernandez The Ladies in…
928) Melanie Gaydos
“I was never, ever bothered by the way that I look. It has nothing to do with me.” 928: Melanie Gaydos Model Born with Ectodermal Dysplasia Born: 1990, Connecticut, United States of America Melanie is unique within the field of Ectodermal Dysplasia. Though its estimated 1 in 10,000 human births result in a form of…
927) Geli Raubal
927: Angela Maria Raubal Adolf Hitler’s Half-Niece & Longtime Girlfriend (I Wish I was Kidding) Born: 4 June 1908, Linz, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Present-day Linz, Austria) Died: 18 September 1931, Munich, Germany Geli, as she was known, was an up and coming singer (Hitler paid for her vocal lessons). However, she spent the majority of her…
926) Imelda Marcos
926: Imelda Marcos Former First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 Born: 2 July 1929, Manila, Philippines Imelda is most famous for her thousands of pairs of shoes and her overall extravagant lifestyle. When Imelda was eight, her mother died from pneumonia. Her father’s legal practice went bankrupt soon after, and the family…
925) Myra Bradwell
925: Myra Bradwell The First Licensed Female Attorney in Illinois Born: 12 February 1831, Manchester, Vermont, United States of America Died: 14 February 1894, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America Myra was denied by Illinois and later federal courts in her attempts to pass the bar; possibly because she was a married woman. At the…
924) Elizabeth Keckley
“No common mortal has died—the Moses of my people has fallen.” (Elizabeth’s reaction upon seeing Abraham Lincoln’s body) 924: Elizabeth Keckley Former Slave and Later Personal Seamstress of Mary Todd Lincoln Born: February 1818, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States of America Died: 26 May 1907, Washington, DC, United States of America Elizabeth was able to…
923) Christina Hoff Sommers
“Here are young women with more opportunities, more liberties than almost any women in history and at that moment we tell them they’re short-changed silenced victims of a patriarchy? It’s defeatist and demoralizing.” 923: Christina Hoff Sommers She is Known for Critiquing Contemporary Feminism Born: 28 September 1950, Sonoma County, California, United States of America…