“Life is waning away, and with the exception of my own immediate family, I am cut off from all I have ever known & loved in my youth & my dear old Arlington I cannot bear to think of that used as it is now & so little hope of my ever getting there again….
“Every scientist dreams of doing something that can help the world.” 796: Tu Youyou Pharmaceutical Chemist Born: 30 December 1930, Zhejiang Ningbo, China Youyou won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2015. She is the chief scientist at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (where she has worked since 1965). Youyou pioneered a…
“It’s going to be hard work whether you think it’s fun or not, so you might as well have fun while you’re doing the hard work.” 795: Dr. Carol Greider Molecular Biologist Born: 15 April 1961, San Diego, California, United States of America Full Name: Carolyn Widney Greider Carol won the Nobel Prize in Physiology…
794: Kate Shelley The First Woman in the United States to have a Bridge Named After Her Born: c.1863, County Offaly, Ireland (Present-day County Offaly, Republic of Ireland) Died: 21 January 1912, Moingona, Iowa, United States of America Full Name: Catherine Carroll Shelly The bridge is called the Kate Shelley High Bridge and is located…
These are the entries born in the country of Ethiopia. Entries: Taytu Betul, Empress of Ethiopia
“You [Italy] want other countries to see Ethiopia as your protégé, but that will never be.” 793: Taytu Betul Empress of Ethiopia Born: c.1851, Begemder Province, Ethiopia Died: 11 February 1918, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Taytu is also remembered for founding Addis Ababa. Taytu means Sun in the Amharic language, and she definitely brought the sunshine…
792: Gouyen Mescalero Apache with a Vendetta against the Comanche Born: 1857, Chiricahua Apache Territory (Present-day parts of New Mexico & Arizona, United States of America) Died: 1903, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States of America Also Written: Góyą́ń Her birth name is unknown; Gouyen is a title reserved for brilliant and wise Apache women. Some…
791: Nitocris Last Pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty Unknown Birth Date, Ancient Egypt Died: c.2181 BC, Ancient Egypt Also Spelled: Nitiqret or Nicaule Her reign ended the period of Egyptian history known as the Old Kingdom. Nitocris is mentioned in Herodotus’s Histories. However, some scholars believe her story is nothing more than that, a story….
These are the entries born in present-day Mongolia or the Mongolian Empire. Entries: Hoelun, Mother of Genghis Khan Khutulun, Mongol Warrior Mandukhai, Khatun of the Northern Yuan Dynasty Toregene, Yeke Khatun of the Mongolian Empire
790: Khutulun Wrestler and Great-great-granddaughter of Genghis Khan Born: c.1260, Mongol Empire (Present-day Much of Central Asia)* Died: 1306, Mongol Empire (Present-day Much of Central Asia) Also Known As: Aigiarne, Aiyurug, or Khotol Tsagaan Khutulun’s father and uncle started a thirty-year civil war over control of how the Mongol Empire should be run. Her father…