1046: Elizabeth Fleischman-Aschheim X-Ray Pioneer Born: c.1859-1867, El Dorado County, California, United States of America Died: 3 August 1905, San Francisco, California, United States of America Elizabeth is the first known woman to die from the effects of x-ray exposure due to her own studying of them. Elizabeth’s parents were immigrants from of Jewish ancestry…
1044: Melba Roy Mouton Assistant Chief of Research Programs at NASA Born: 1929, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America Died: 25 June 1990, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America That’s right, Melba was another Hidden Figure, though her story wasn’t highlighted in the film. In 1950, Melba graduated from Howard University with a master’s…
1041: Elizabeth Rawdon, Countess of Moira Antiquarian and Literary Patron Born: 23 March 1731, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England (Present-day Castle Donington, United Kingdom) Died: 11 April 1808, Moira, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Elizabeth was also a pioneer in the study of Bog Bodies. She undertook the first scientific study of a bog body in recorded…
“I was brought up in the Cherokee tradition of equal education for boys and girls. It did not bother me to be the only girl in the math class.” 1035: Mary Golda Ross The First Female Native American Engineer Born: 9 August 1908, Park Hill, Oklahoma, United States of America Died: 29 April 2008, Palo…
1023: Margaret Harwood The First Female Director of the Maria Mitchell Observatory Born: 19 March 1885, Littleton, Massachusetts, United States of America Died: 6 February 1979, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Margaret was an astronomer focused on photometry (measuring variation in the light of stars and asteroids–most notably the asteroid Eros). Margaret was the…
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,…
960: Katharine Berry Richardson Created a Children’s Hospital in Kansas City Born: c.1858, Kentucky, United States of America Died: 3 June 1933, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America Katharine was sent to school by her older sister Alice. Once Katharine had her degrees, she worked so Alice could go to school. Katharine held degrees…
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,…