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,...
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...
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton Born: August 9, 1757 Albany, New York Known For: Co-Founded First Orphanage in NYC, wife of Alexander Hamilton For our dear readers who know that we're both obsessed with "Hamilton" the musical - it should come as no surprise that we are celebrating the life and...
Alice Ball Born: July 24, 1892 Seattle, Washington, USA Known For: Discovery of the First Treatment for Leprosy In honoring Alice Ball for our HBDLadies Series, we have yet another woman whose accomplishments were hidden from history. Too often women's role in history is left unwritten, their accomplishments forgotten, or...
Margherita Hack Born: June 12, 1922 Florence, Italy Known for: Astrophysicist and scientific disseminator. Margherita Hack was known as the "Lady of the Stars" and spent her long career as an astronomer who focused on stellar spectroscopy and radio astronomy. Along with over 200 scientific papers to her name,...
Happy Friday, everyone! It's Dr. Hinson back with my 5 Friyays. Dr. Donnelly is away on her holidays and I'm away next week, so it's a potted and quick Friyays for me - let's get going! Hail To The Queen of Jeopardy (for now) It amazes me...
Rachel Carson Born: May 27, 1907 Springdale, Pennsylvania, USA Known For: Marine biologist and conservationist. Rachel Carson is best known for the award-winning and policy-influencing book 'Silent Spring.' Born in a small town near Pittsburgh, PA, Carson grew up around nature and with a fascination for reading and writing....
Betty Williams Born: May 22, 1943 Belfast, Northern Ireland Known For: Co-Winner of Nobel Peace Prize After witnessing the death of 3 children in a shooting incident in Belfast in 1976, Betty started organizing a movement for peace during the height of the conflict in Northern Ireland. She eventually...
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