“Correct measurements are absolutely necessary to ensure the best results.” 884: Fannie Farmer Betty Crocker Who? Born: 23 March 1857, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Died: 15 January 1915, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Fannie wrote one of the earliest American cookbooks still in publication (The Fannie Farmer Cookbook). Her books were widespread…
883: Mary Jackson One of NASA’s Hidden Figures Born: 9 April 1921, Hampton, Virginia, United States of America Died: 11 February 2005, Hampton, Virginia, United States of America Mary earned bachelor’s degrees in math and physical sciences in 1942. She worked as a teacher, bookkeeper, and secretary initially. She was married and had two children….
882: Dorothy Vaughan One of NASA’s Hidden Figures Born: 20 September 1910, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America Died: 10 November 2008, Hampton, Virginia, United States of America Dorothy received a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics in 1929. Dorothy was a math teacher in Virginia before World War II struck. In 1943, she took what…
“Was I not a girl I would be a Soldier!” 881: Margaret Ann Bulkley One of The First European Doctors to Perform a Successful C-Section Born: c.1789-1795, Cork, Ireland (Present-day Cork, Republic of Ireland) Died: 25 July 1865, London, United Kingdom Also Known As: Dr. James Barry Margaret’s medical feat occurred while serving in Cape…
880: Isabella Hagner James The First Person Employed by a First Lady of the United States Born: 1876, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America Died: 1 November 1943, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America Also Known As: Belle Hagner When Isabella was a child, the man who would assassinate President Garfield befriended her…
879: Clara de la Rocha Soldadera in the Mexican Revolution Birth Date Unknown, Durango, Mexico Died: 1 June 1970, Culiacán Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico Clara was a Mexican Revolutionary who helped seize Culiacán. She achieved the rank of Colonel, but little else is known about her. According to a distant relative, Clara once attacked a power…
878: Asia Ramazan Antar Teenage Warrior Born: 1997, Al-Quamshili, Syria Died: 30 August 2016, Near Manbij, Syria Also Known As: Viyan Antar Asia served with the YPJ (Women’s Protection Units Fighter), a Kurdish group primarily known for fighting to eliminate the Islamic State from the world (and fight to see the Kurds have a country…
877: Christine Granville World War II Spy Born: 1 May 1908, Poland Died: 15 June 1952, Earl’s Court, Chelsea, United Kingdom Original Name: Krystyna Skarbek Christine’s father was a member of the Polish aristocracy and her mother had been born to a Jewish banking family and therefore was seen as lower class (because Anti-Semitism was…
876: Annie Moore Schayer The First Immigrant to Come Through Ellis Island Immigration Station Born: 24 April 1874, County Cork, Ireland (Present-day County Cork, Republic of Ireland) Died: 6 December 1924, New York City, New York, United States of America Annie was seventeen years old and traveling with two younger brothers when she arrived in…
875: Margaret Pole Her Family Had Risen So Far, and They Fell So Low Born: 14 August 1473, Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Somerset, England (Present-day Somerset, United Kingdom) Died: 27 May 1541, Tower of London, London, England (Present-day Tower of London, London, United Kingdom) Margaret was one of two women in her time to hold an…