Isabella Tod Born: May 18, 1836 Edinburgh, Scotland Known For: Women's Rights Activist and Suffragette When I went to research Isabella Tod, a renowned women's rights activist in Northern Ireland, I found a wonderful short documentary made in 2013 by the BBC. Instead of writing a short blog in...
Tamara de Lempicka Born: May 16, 1898 Warsaw, Poland Known For: Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka lived a fascinating life, one that a short blog cannot hope to do justice to. Much like every other historical field, art history is dominated by stories of its famous male painters....
For today's HBDLadies post, we've done something a bit different. To celebrate the birthday of Sophie Scholl - member of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany. I reviewed a documentary about the search for understanding the White Rose movement and it's legacy, as...
Elizabeth Jane Cochran "Nellie Bly" Born: May 5, 1864 Cochran's Mills, Pennsylvania, USA Known For: Investigative journalist and writer Nellie Bly is one of those famous names that many people know, but few people know the story behind. In celebrating her birthday with this blog, we wanted to shed...
Catherine II (Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst) Born: May 2, 1726 Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland) Known For: Longest Serving Empress of Russia It's rare with our happy birthday cards when we go back in history further than the 19th century. But, when we spend so much time talking about...
Samantha Cristoforetti Born: April 26, 1977 Milan, Italy Known For: Italian Astronaut and 3rd European Woman in Space After completing several science degrees as an undergraduate, Cristoforetti began to tackle glass ceilings. With degrees in mechanical engineering and aeronautical sciences, she joined the Italian Air Force. While in this...
Manal Al-Sharif Born: April 25, 1979 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Known For: Women's Rights Activist It's not often that we get to hear directly from the badass women that we celebrate. Thus, when I have the chance to have one of these phenomenal women tell their own story, I'm jumping...
Rita Levi-Montalchini Born: April 22, 1909 Turin, Italy Known For: Nobel Laureate in Neurobiology Though statistically few women have won the Nobel Prize, especially in the science fields, Rita Levi-Montalchini shared the Nobel Prize in 1986 for Physiology or Medicine with her colleague Stanley Cohen on the basis of...
Wangari Maathai Born: April 1, 1940 Nyeri, Kenya Known for: Environmental activist and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize Wangai Maathai accomplished many firsts in her life and career. As we celebrate her birthday today, we celebrate the legacy of her environmental work and advocacy for women's...
Annie Mae Pictou Aquash Born: March 27, 1945 Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, Canada Known For: Indian Rights ActivistThe story of Annie Mae Pictou Aquash, a Canadian-born Mi'kmaq Indian activist, is one of those all too frequent stories where she is known more for her death, and the controversy surrounding...
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