618: Clementine Churchill So Much More Than Winston’s Wife Born: 1 April 1885, Mayfair, Westminster, London, United Kingdom Died: 12 December 1977, Knightsbridge, London, United Kingdom Nobody knows for certain who Clementine’s father was (her aristocratic parents were notorious for having affairs and hating one another, and her “father” left her mother when she was…
Sun and moon have no light left, earth is dark, Our women’s world is sunk so deep, who can help us? Jewelry sold to pay this trip across the seas, Cut off from my family I leave my native land. Unbinding my feet I clean out a thousand years of poison, With heated heart arouse…
“Common charity, that is, feeding and clothing people, I am beginning to look upon as wicked! Not in its intention, of course, but in its carelessness and its results, which certainly are to destroy people’s character and make them poorer and poorer. If it could only be drummed into the rich that what the poor…
Constance’s advice to women interesting in joining the revolution? “Dress suitably in short skirts and strong boots, leave your jewels in the bank, and buy a revolver.” 440: Constance Markievicz The First Woman Elected to Britain’s Parliament But She Refused to Take Her Seat Born: 4 February 1868, Westminster, London, United Kingdom (Though she was…
“Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel. It gives woman a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. It makes her feel as if she…
411: Mary Agnes Chase Botanist and Social Activist Born: 29 April 1869, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States of America Died: 24 September 1963, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America Mary worked at the US Department of Agriculture and the Smithsonian Institution. For the USDA, she began working as a botanical illustrator before rising higher within…
386: Marjory Stoneman Douglas Conservationist, Environmentalist, and “Mother of the Everglades” Born: 7 April 1890, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America Died: 14 May 1998, Coconut Grove, Florida, United States of America Before she began her environmental work, she started as an editor and columnist for the Miami Herald after graduating from college with an…
369: Sofia Kovalevskaya Mathematician and Education Rights Advocate Born: 15 January 1850, Moscow, Russia Died: 10 February 1891, Stockholm, Sweden Original/Alternate Spellings: Sofya, Sophie, or Sonya Sofia stated her exposure to math began at a young age when her room was repapered with her father’s old calculus notes rather than wallpaper (this despite the fact…
367: Maria Mitchell First Female Astronomer in the United States Born: 1 August 1818, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States of America Died: 28 June 1898, Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America Her name was pronounced Mariah (think Mariah Carey). Maria was also the first American scientist to discover a comet, the first woman elected to the…
These days, if you aren’t a Women’s Rights Advocate, you’re a sexist misogynistic pig, but a hundred years ago and beyond the story was much different. This list encompasses those who historically fought for Women’s Rights, and the Select Few From Today who have made it their obvious mission in life to continue the cause…