Born: November 20, 1923 Union of South Africa Known For: Writer, Political Activist, and Nobel Prize Winner for Literature In our ongoing attempts to introduce you all to historic women you might not know, we're celebrating the birthday of Nobel Prize Winner Nadine Gordimer. She lead a fascinating life,...
Born: November 8, 1875 Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China Known For: Revolutionary, Feminist It's harder to find a more badass broad from history than the Chinese revolutionary and feminist Qiu Jin. From a young age, Qiu began to invest in understanding women's issues. She studied in Japan where she learned...
Brenda Chapman November 1, 1962 Beason, Illinois, USA Known For: First woman to direct an animated feature from a major studio. One of the things you might not know about Dr. Kristen and I is that we love animated movies. Especially those from our childhood. A bonding moment from...
Zaha Hadid October 31, 1950 Baghdad, Iraq Known For: Award Winning Architect Zaha Hadid is one of those people that I had never heard of until it was time for their birthday blog. Needless to say having a look at her extensive list of professional recognitions and her UNREAL...
Lenore "Lee" Krasner October 27, 1908 Brooklyn, New York, New York Known For: Abstract Expressionist painter Continuing our coverage of lesser known artists, up in today's birthday blog is Lee Krasner. An influential and important painter in her own right, for most of her life (and legacy) she is...
Helen Hunt Jackson Born: October 15, 1830 Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Known For: Author, Poet, and activist for Native Americans For today's HBD Ladies blog, we're delighted to celebrate a hometown hero for Dr. Erin. Helen Hunt Jackson spent many years in Colorado Springs, CO. She's buried in the town...
Jody Williams Born: October 9, 1950 Rutland, Vermont, USA Known For: Noble Peace Prize Winner for work to ban landmines We're back with our latest HBD Ladies blog and we're celebrating Nobel Laureate Jody Williams. Jody is an American political activist. She's known for her work banning anti-personnel landmines,...
Born: September 28, 1768 Paris, France Known for: Radical organizer in French Revolution One of the things Dr. Kristen and I talk about all the time is the importance of understanding context. Though the story of French revolutionary Pauline Léon marks her as a radical woman for her...
Born: September 20, 1878 Kent, England, UK Known For: Pioneering Aviatrix Usually when I do the research for these birthday blogs, I know a little bit about the woman I'm writing about. In this case, I knew nothing about Lilian Bland and I was quite surprised with what...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Born: September 15, 1977 Enugu, Nigeria Known For: Writer and Public Speaker For today's HBD Ladies blog we're dipping into the never-ending resource of TED Talks. You may have seen Chimamanda's tiny and accessible published essay 'We Should All Be Feminists' in your local book store....
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