356: Vera Rubin Astronomer Who Pioneered Work on Galaxy Rotation Rates Born: 23 July 1928, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: 25 December 2016, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America Vera “uncovered the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion” (Wikipedia). Today, she is most remembered as being…
355: Esther Lederberg-Simon Microbiologist and Pioneer in the Field of Bacterial Genetics Born: 18 December 1922, Bronx, New York, United States of America Died: 11 November 2006, Stanford, California, United States of America Growing up, Esther was especially close to her grandfather. After unsuccessfully attempting to teach her male cousins Hebrew, Esther asked him to…
354: Rosalyn Yalow Medical Physicist and Biochemist Born: 19 July 1921, Bronx, New York, United States of America Died: 30 May 2011, Bronx, New York, United States of America Rosalyn was rejected from several prominent universities’ graduate programs because she was Jewish and a woman (including Perdue). She was the only woman to hold a…
353: Lady Godiva, Countess of Mercia Legendary Defender of the Poor Born: c.980, Mercia, Coventry, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Died: c.1067, Mercia, Coventry, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Also Known As: Godgifu According to legend, Godiva was incensed at her husband increasing the taxes against the people he ruled over and so she openly complained. Her…
352: Jane C Wright Oncologist, Researcher, and Surgeon Noted For Her Pioneering Work in Chemotherapy Born: 30 November 1919, Manhattan, New York, United States of America Died: 19 February 2013, Guttenberg, New Jersey, United States of America Jane’s father was one of the first African American men to graduate from Harvard Medical college, setting the…
“NASA was a very professional organization. They didn’t have time to be concerned about what color I was.” 351: Katherine Johnson Physicist and Hidden Figure Born: 26 August 1918, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States of America Died: 24 February 2020, Newport News, Virginia, United States of America Katherine was awarded the Presidential Medal…
350: Grace Greenwood Bedell Billings Wrote President Lincoln as a Child in a Now Famous Letter Born: 4 November 1848, Westfield, New York, United States of America Died: 2 November 1936, Delphos, Kansas, United States of America In it, Grace told him to grow whiskers because his face was so thin. In her letter, Grace…
https://youtu.be/4pQIHA2ymbc?list=WL 349: Monica Mitro Former Executive Producer of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Birth Date and Location Unknown Monica has served in that position almost every year from 2018 back to 1995. In 2019, it was announced that the fashion show had been cancelled for that year, leaving the fate of the show unknown. Monica…
These are the People born in the country of Syria, whether it be the modern country as we see it on the map, or a person born in that region before Syria came to be. Entries: Asia Ramazan Antar, Freedom Fighter With the YPJ Kiya, Wife of Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten Naziq al-Abid, Suffragette & Revolutionary…
348: Zenobia Queen of the Palmyrene Empire Born: c.240 AD, Palmyra, Present-day Syria Died: After 274 AD, Most Likely Rome, Present-day Italy Also Known as: Septimia Zenobia Original Name: Julia Aurelia Zenobia Palmyra was known as the Pearl of the Desert and was located at a strategic point between the Roman Empire and the empires…