1022: Henrietta Swan Leavitt The Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe Born: 4 July 1868, Lancaster, Massachusetts, United States of America Died: 12 December 1921, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America She is most known for discovering the relation between Luminosity and Period in Cepheid Variables. Don’t worry if that makes no sense…
“While we cannot maintain that in everything woman is man’s equal, yet in many things her patience, perseverance, and method make her his superior.” “Labor honestly, conscientiously, and steadfastly, and recognition and success must crown your efforts in the end.” 1021: Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming She Literally Did “Rewrite the Stars” Born: 15 May 1857,…
Just a quick note to celebrate this historic milestone. After gathering data and stories for five years, I am now proud to say the first 1,000 women have been posted to this website, where their stories will live on forever. We have seen criminals, victims, scientists, mathematicians, lawyers, advocates, survivors, artists, musicians, actresses, innkeepers, warriors,…
959: Alice Berry Graham Created a Children’s Hospital in Kansas City (Missouri) Born: c.1850, Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: 3 May 1913, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America Alice used her salary as a schoolteacher to send her younger sister Katharine to medical school. Once Katharine had earned her medical degree,…
“Love all, trust few, and do right.” 904: Dr. Olivia Hooker The First African American Woman to Enter the US Coast Guard Born: 12 February 1915, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States of America Died: 21 November 2018, White Plains, New York, United States of America Olivia enlisted in 1945 and worked in the SPARs Program, also…
“I made up my mind that if the army wanted nurses, they would be glad of me…I would go to the Crimea; and go I did, as all the world knows.” 890: Mary Seacole Nurse during The Crimean War Born: 14 October 1805, Kingston, Jamaica Died: 14 May 1881, Paddington, Greater London, United Kingdom Mary…
“That first loaf should have been sent to the Smithsonian Institution as a sample of bread from the Stone Age for it was hard as a rock and about one inch high.” 886: Margaret Rudkin Pepperidge Farm Remembers Born: 14 September 1897, Manhattan, New York, United States of America Died: 1 June 1967, New Haven,…
869: Dr. Susan ‘Doc Susie’ Anderson One of the First Female Doctors in Colorado Born: 31 January 1870, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America Died: 16 April 1960, Denver, Colorado, United States of America Susie was the inspiration for TV’s Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. Susie practiced medicine for sixty years. Susie’s family moved to…
“It’s going to be hard work whether you think it’s fun or not, so you might as well have fun while you’re doing the hard work.” 795: Dr. Carol Greider Molecular Biologist Born: 15 April 1961, San Diego, California, United States of America Full Name: Carolyn Widney Greider Carol won the Nobel Prize in Physiology…
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….