1141: Alessandra Giliani The First Known Female Practitioner of Anatomy and Pathology Born: c. 1307, Persiceto, Italy Died: c.1326, Bologna, Italy Alessandra was a surgical assistant who was said to have excelled in dissections. She may have invented a technique of injecting dye to see blood vessels throughout the human body. Alessandra’s story first appears…
1140: Agnes Waterhouse The First Woman Executed for Witchcraft in England* Born: c.1503, England Died: 29 July 1566, Present-day Chelmsford Borough, Essex, England Her sister and daughter were also accused. Agnes’s daughter was just eighteen. Like most accused witches, Agnes was a widow. She was accused of murdering her neighbor through witchcraft. When questioned, Agnes…
1139: Aglaonice The First Female Astronomer of Ancient Greece Lived: c. 3rd Century BC, Thessaly, Ancient Greece Aglaonice was thought of as a Sorceress because she could predict when lunar eclipses would happen. She is mentioned in the histories written by Plutarch and Apollonius of Rhodes. Little else of her life is known today. One…
1138: Zoë Porphyrogenita Byzantine Empress Born: c.978 AD, Constantine, Byzantine Empire (Present-day Istanbul, Turkey) Died: c.1050 AD, Constantine, Byzantine Empire (Present-day Istanbul, Turkey) Zoë was married to the heir presumptive, Romanus III Argyrus, and became the empress consort upon his ascension. However, Zoë didn’t really like her husband to say the least and became very…
1137: Theodora III Byzantine Empress Born: c.984 AD, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (Present-day Istanbul, Turkey) Died: 1056 AD, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (Present-day Istanbul, Turkey) Also Known As: Theodora Porphyrogenita Theodora was the daughter of Constantine VIII. Theodora spent most of her life in and out of convents and was placed there by her own sister on…
1136: Sophie Blanchard The First Professional Female Balloonist Born: 25 March 1778, La Rochelle, Poitou-Charentes, France Died: 6 July 1819, Paris, France Birth Name: Marie Madeleine-Sophie Armant According to some sources, Sophie was afraid of riding in a carriage and was very nervous when on the ground, but once she was in the air Sophie…
These are the entries born in the country of Chile. Entries: Sophia Hayden, The First Female Graduate of MIT’s Architectural Program
1135: Sophia Hayden Bennett Architect and Artist Born: 17 October 1868, Santiago, Chile Died: 3 February 1953, Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America Sophia was born to a Peruvian mother and an American father. She spent her first six years in Chile, before moving to the United States to live with her paternal grandparents. Sophia…
1134: Puabi Occupant of One of the Most Preserved Tombs in Mesopotamian History Lived: c.2,600 BC, Ur, Sumer (Present-day Iraq) Also Known As: Shub-Ad or Shudi-Ad Her name means “Word of My Father” and her tomb was excavated in the mid 1920’s to mid 1930’s (the exact years are different in various sources). Her grave…
1133: Rosana Chouteau The First Woman Elected Chief of the Osage Beaver Band Birth and Death Dates Unknown (Most likely born in the Indian Territory, known today as Oklahoma, United States of America) Very little information about Rosana is known for certain today. She was elected as chieftain after the death of her uncle in…