A: Aaliyah Haughton, Singer and Actress Abba Kovner, Founder of the Jewish Avengers Abdul Sattar Edhi, now that’s how you be a humanitarian Abella of Salerno, One of the First Women Ever Employed at a Medical School Abigail Faulkner Sr., Accused of being a Salem Witch Abigail Johnson, you think Oprah’s rich right? Pssh Abigail…
Entries in Alphabetical Order
This should be pretty self-explanatory. Here is every entry, male and female, listed in alphabetical order. I’ve listed them by the first letter of their first name, or the name I have started their entry with (for example, Daisy Ashford’s real name was Margaret but everyone knew her as Daisy so she’ll be listed as…
Women’s Entries 1001-1500
Entries: 1001-1100: 1001: Darlene Cates, Actress 1002: Camille Claudel, Sculptor and Graphic Artist 1003: Turhan Hatice Sultan, Regent of the Ottoman Empire 1004: Frances Griffiths, Subject of the Cottingley Fairies Photographs 1005: Megan Leavey, Former Corporal in a K-9 Marine Unit 1006: Susanna Salter, The First Female Elected Mayor in United States History 1007: Kiya, One of the Wives of Pharaoh Akhenaten…
Women’s List Entries 501-1000
Entries 501 to 600: 501: Viola Davis, Academy Award Winning Actress 502: Alice Perrers, Mistress to Edward III 503: Rahat Khan, The Hockey Queen of Pakistan 504: Caroline Lacroix, Mistress of Leopold II 505: Anne Royall, The First Female Journalist to Interview a US President 506: Laurie Hernandez, Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast 507: Toni Basil, Choreographer and One Hit Wonder 508: Debbie Allen,…
Women’s List Entries 1-500
The First 100 Entries: Hypatia of Alexandria, she’s my number one for a reason Mary Anning, the mother of paleontology Ada Lovelace, she created computer codes 100 years before computers were invented Hertha Ayrton, inventor and electrical engineer Nettie Stevens, geneticist who worked on the theory of sex determination Marie Skłodowska Curie, you know her…
The Women’s List (New)
Have you ever been researching a woman from history and wanted to know more about them? Or maybe you just like reading stories about women from all walks of life. If either of those are the case, you’ve made your way to the right place. Since 2015, I have been gathering names and stories of…
1173) Frances Marion
“By the time I was ten years old I had been thoroughly schooled in all the social hypocrisies.” 1173: Frances Marion The First Hollywood Writer to Win Two Academy Awards Born: 18 November 1888, San Francisco, California, United States of America Died: 12 May 1973, Los Angeles, California, United States of America Original Name: Marion…
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1172) Alice Guy Blache
1172: Alice Guy-Blaché The First Director and Writer of Narrative Fiction Filmography Born: 1 July 1873, Paris, France Died: 24 March 1968, Mahwah, New Jersey, United States of America Alice was also a special effects innovator and the first known female film director. It is believed that from 1896 to 1906, Alice was the only…
1171) Sammu-Ramat
1171: Sammu-Ramat Empress Regnant of Assyria Born: c.850 BCE, Ancient Babylon (Present-day Iraq) Died: c.798 BCE, Ancient Babylon (Present-day Iraq) Also Known As: Semiramas Reign: c811-c808 BCE or Possibly c809-c792 BCE Sammu-Ramat was one of the first known women to rule an empire in world history. Because of this fact, her legacy has been twisted…