938: Fereshteh Forough Founder, CEO, & President of Code to Inspire Born: 1985, Iran* Code to Inspire is the first school to teach girls coding in Afghanistan. Fereshteh is an education advocate for gender equality and women’s empowerment in developing countries. Fereshteh is one of eight children. Her family left Afghanistan after the Soviet Invasion…
“A black face in all that white snow was a pretty easy target. Those Germans must be terrible marksmen.” 917: Augusta Chiwy Volunteer Nurse During the Siege of Bastogne in World War II Born: 4 June 1921, Belgian Controlled German East Africa (Present-day Mubavu, Burundi) Died: 23 August 2015, Brussels, Belgium Augusta was born to…
909: Lady Jane Franklin Sponsored Many Voyages to Explore and Map the Arctic Born: 4 December 1791, London, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Died: 18 July 1875, London, United Kingdom Jane’s mother died when she was young. Her father was a silk merchant who educated his daughter in the bare minimum most girls received at the…
“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…
892: Olga Erteszek The Queen of Ladies’ Lingerie Born: 15 June 1916, Krakow, Poland Died: 15 September 1989, Brentwood, California, United States of America Olga had several patents (Wikipedia claims twenty-eight) for women’s undergarments–including the first nightgown with a built-in bra, the seamless bra, and her first product, a lacy garter belt (ooh la la)….
“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,…
885: Martha Matilda Harper Entrepreneur Who Emphasized Healthy Hair Care Born: 10 September 1857, Oakville, Ontario, Canada Died: 3 August 1950, Rochester, New York, United States of America Full Married Name: Martha Matilda Harper MacBain Martha is credited with creating the first formal business franchising system in the United States. When Martha was seven, her…
883: Mary Jackson One of NASA’s Hidden Figures Born: 9 April 1921, Hampton, Virginia, United States of America Died: 11 February 2005, Hampton, Virginia, United States of America Mary earned bachelor’s degrees in math and physical sciences in 1942. She worked as a teacher, bookkeeper, and secretary initially. She was married and had two children….
882: Dorothy Vaughan One of NASA’s Hidden Figures Born: 20 September 1910, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America Died: 10 November 2008, Hampton, Virginia, United States of America Dorothy received a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics in 1929. Dorothy was a math teacher in Virginia before World War II struck. In 1943, she took what…