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,...
Welcome to week 3 of our Reading Month! For today's video, Dr. Erin is recommending 5 Native American/Indigenous/Indian/First Nation women writers and some truly fascinating books. She's got a good bit of context and it's a longer video than last weeks, but well worth your...
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...
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...
Claudette Colvin Born: September 5, 1939 Montgomery, Alabama, USA Known For: Civil Rights Activist Our birthday blog today celebrates the life and legacy of Claudette Colvin. You might not know who she is, but Claudette was the first black woman to refuse to give up her seat on a...
Katherine Johnson Born: August 26, 1918 White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA Known For: Mathematician and NASA employee responsible for helping with the first US space flights Rather than reinvent a wheel that has already been perfected, I'm not going to write a blog celebrating the amazing accomplishments of Katherine...
For our book review series, we've decided to move into vlogs! Up first is my review of Julissa Arce's powerful story of living undocumented in America. This one sits in all our categories except for academic - check it out! [embed]https://youtu.be/fMmflFKfkAg[/embed] Stay tuned for more book reviews...
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel Born: August 19, 1883 Saumur, Marie-et-Loire, France Known For: Clothing designer and style icon Today's birthday blog is another opportunity for me to learn some new information about a woman and name our entire Western pop culture is familiar with. Coco Chanel was born in the...
Gerty Theresa Cori Born: August 15, 1896 Prague, Czech Republic Known For: Biochemist and Nobel Prize Winner For today's birthday blog, we're celebrating a world renowned chemist! Gerty Cori had to fight for equal recognition as her husband, especially since they worked on many projects together. Gerty moved to the...
Margaretha Geertriuda Zelle AKA Mata Hari Born: August 7, 1876 Leeuwarden, Netherlands Known For: Exotic Dancer and Suspected Spy Mata Hari is one of those names of famous women we all know. If you had asked me before I wrote this blog, I would have told you she was...
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