750: La Malinche Interpreter who Helped Bring Down the Aztecs Born: c.1496-1505, Aztec Empire (Present-day Mexico) Died: c.129, Spanish Controlled Mexico (Present-day Mexico) Also Known As: Doña Marina or Malintzin Original Name: Malinal La Malinche was a Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast. She worked with the Spanish as an intermediary and advisor when…
740: Marie Stopes Author, Suffragette, Eugenicist, and Birth Control Pioneer Born: 15 October 1880, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Died: 2 October 1958, Dorking, United Kingdom Marie wasn’t a medical doctor, and that was only part of the reason why the medical establishment and Catholic Church hated her. She was, in fact, a paleobotanist, and became the…
732: Mary Anderson Invented and Patented Windshield Wipers Born: 19 February 1866, Greene County, Alabama, United States of America Died: 27 June 1953, Monteagle, Tennessee, United States of America Her patent read, “Window cleaning device for electric cars and other vehicles to remove snow, ice or sleet from the window.” However, when Mary tried to…
731: Anna E Bågenholm Radiologist and World Record Holder Born: 1970, Vänersborg, Sweden Anna’s claim to fame is she is the previous record holder for lowest body temperature without dying (in 2010 a seven-year-old girl survived with 55.4-degree Fahrenheit temperature, beating Anna’s record, however Anna is still the only adult to survive such a low…
722: Bertha Benz The First Person to Drive an Automobile Long Distance Born: 3 May 1849, Pforzheim, Germany Died: 5 May 1944, Ladenburg, Germany Bertha was the wife and business partner of Karl Benz (Of Mercedes-Benz fame). It is said Bertha made her decision to make her mark on the world after finding the Family…
707: Bertha Parker Pallan Cody The First Female Native American Archaeologist Born: 30 August 1907, Chautauqua County, New York, United States of America Died: 8 October 1978, Los Angeles, United States of America Also Known As: Birdie Bertha was descended from the Seneca tribe through her father and also had Abenaki blood thanks to her…
701: Janet Wojcicki Anthropologist and Epidemiologist Born: 8 January 1970, California, United States of America Janet’s sisters are the CEOs of YouTube (Susan) and 23andMe (Anne). Janet’s main study is obesity and how it develops in large populations. She has also studied the link between nutritional factors and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa and the link…
700: Peggy Whitson Oldest Female Astronaut in Space to Date Born: 9 February 1960, Mount Ayr, Iowa, United States of America Peggy went up for the final time at the age of fifty-six. She is also a biochemistry researcher. Peggy also holds the United States record for longest cumulative time in space (665 days). She…
“We who are educated have to be pioneers of Indian civilization. We have to prepare our people to live in the white man’s way, to use the white man’s books, and to use his laws if you will only give them to us. The white people have reached a high standard of civilization, but how…
689: Anne Wojcicki CEO of 23andMe. Born: 28 July 1973, San Mateo County, California, United States of America Anne is also a co-founder of the company. Anne holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology. She co-founded 23andMe with Linda Avey and Paul Cusenza in 2006 after growing tired of Wall Street’s attitude towards the medical field….