788: Sybil Ludington Ogden The Real Midnight Rider Born: 5 April 1761, Fredericksburg, The Colony of New York (Present-day Lugintonville, New York, United States of America) Died: 26 February 1839, Catskill, New York, United States of America Also Spelled: Sibbell, Sebal, Sebil, Cybil, or Sibel Sybil was a heroine of the American Revolution; and unlike…
“The price of truth cost my daughter her life,” -Judith Poe, Serena’s Mother 787: Serena Shim Why Don’t We Remember Her Name? Born: 10 October 1985, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America Died: 19 October 2014, Suruç, Turkey Also Known As: Serena Ali Suhaim Serena was a journalist who worked for Press TV, which is…
“I don’t care what they say about me. I know my work is good.” 786: Mary Higby Schweitzer Paleontologist Who Made an Astonishing Discovery Born: c.1955, Montana, United States of America Mary discovered blood vessels and structures that looked like whole cells inside a 68-million-year-old t-rex fossil. Mary has also found organic material in a…
These are the entries born in Malaysia. Entries: Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi, Olympic Rifle Shooter Who Competed While Eight Months Pregnant
“I’m quite stubborn. Anything I want to do, I will do.” 785: Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi The First Olympic Athlete to Compete While Eight Months Pregnant Born: 24 September 1982, Perak, Malaysia Also Spelled: Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi That’s right, Nur competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics Rifle Events while heavily pregnant (though she was…
784: Margaret Abbott The First United States’ Woman to Win Gold at the Olympics Born: 15 June 1878, Calcutta, British-Controlled India (Present-day Kolkata, India) Died: 10 June 1955, Greenwich, Connecticut, United States of America Full Name: Margaret Ives Abbott Dunne Nickname: Peggy Margaret died without ever learning she’d actually won an Olympic Event, having competed…
“Being a woman, I’m naturally curious. As a woman, I can’t investigate, so I read.” 783: Vivienne Nearing Imagine Being Remembered for Cheating on a Game Show Born: 3 February 1926, New York City, New York, United States of America Died: 4 July 2007, East Hampton, New York, United States of America Vivienne was a…
These are the entries born in the country of Kyrgyzstan. Entries: Kurmanjan Datka, United Kyrgyzstan as a country
“It hurts me to see my son die, but I cannot lose my people.” 782: Kurmanjan Datka United Kyrgyzstan as a Country Born: 22 May 1811, Pamir-Alay Mountains (Present-day Kyrgyzstan) Died: 1 February 1907, Osh, Kyrgyzstan After running away from an arranged marriage when she was eighteen, Kurmanjan later married a local feudal leader for…
“God help anyone who walked on the lawn after Mary had cut it.” -One of the Nuns Mary lived with 781: Mary Fields She Wasn’t Called Stagecoach for Nothing Born: c. 1832, Hickman County, Tennessee, United States of America Died: 5 December 1914, Cascade, Montana, United States of America Mary was the First African American…