Annie Londonderry- Around the world on a bicycle
Annie Londonderry (1870 – 11 November 1947), born Annie Cohen Kopchovsky,was a Jewish Latvian immigrant to the United States who became...
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Susan Ahn Cuddy- the first Asian-American woman to join the U.S. Navy.
Susan Ahn Cuddy, (January 16, 1915 – June 24, 2015) was the first female gunnery officer in the United States Navy.
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Hedy Lamarr- The glamorous actor and inventor
Hedy Lamarr, (9 November 1914- 19 January 2000), was truly unique beauty, She was an ingenious genius who planted a seed that would bloom...
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Sofya Kovalevskaya- The first woman with a doctorate in mathematics
Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya, (15 January 1850 – 10 February 1891), was a Russian mathematician who made notable mathematical, partial...
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Jovita Idar Vivero- The Mexican Civil Rights Advocate
Jovita Idar Vivero (September 7, 1885 – June 15, 1946), was a passionate speaker and advocator for a group that is still marginalized and...
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Rell Sunn- The Queen of Hawaiian Surfing
Rell Sunn, (July 31, 1950, in Hawaii – January 2, 1998, in Makaha, Oahu, Hawaii), was an American world surfing champion. In the history...
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Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai- The woman of trees
Wangarĩ Muta Maathai ( 1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011), A Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist, was the first African...
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Gladys Mae West - The woman who modelled the Earth
Gladys Mae West, (born 1930), She was born as Gladys Mae Brown in Sutherland, Virginia. West learned very early on that she didn't want...
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Nana Asma'u - The Islamic Poetic Princess
Nana Asmaʼu (full name: Nana Asmaʼu bint Shehu Usman dan Fodiyo; 1793–1864), was a Fula princess, teacher, and poet, and a daughter of...
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Amrita Sher-Gil - The Avant-Garde Artist
Amrita Sher-Gil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) was a Hungarian-Indian artist.Her father, Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Majithia, a Sanskrit...
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Valentina Tereshkova- The First Woman in Space
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova was born in Maslennikovo on March 6th, 1937. Her parents were working on a collective farm, and during...
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Sofonisba Anguissola- the woman who redefined Italian Renaissance
Sofonisba Anguissola (c. 1532 – 16 November 1625),In order to gain universal acclaim, she was the first female artist. In Cremona,...
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Why reading about these women is important.
Hello dear reader, You might be wondering as to why you need to acknowledge these women and read about their stories, you might also...
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Luisa Capetillo - the trouser adorn activist
One of the most prominent labor activists of Puerto Rico was Luisa Capetillo (October 28, 1879- October 10, 1922). She was a social...
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Nettie Stevens - dicoverer of the X and Y chromosomes
(higher level of understanding required) Nettie Maria Stevens (July 7, 1861 – May 4, 1912), was the most crucial figure involved in the...
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Elizabeth J. Magie-Phillips - the 'monopoly' maker
Elizabeth J. Phillips ,( May 9, 1866– March 2, 1948), Born in 1866 in Illinois,To a family that was politically forward-thinking, Lizzie...
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Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin - the first Native American Attorney
Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin (Metis/Turtle Mountain Chippewa), (1863-1952), was an ambitious woman, she was the first native woman to...
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Nancy wake- 'The white mouse' spy
Nancy Wake, (30 August 1912- 7 August 2011), was an extraordinary woman, she was a spy, nurse, and journalist. who joined the French...
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Margaret E. Knight - Inventor of the modern paperbag
Margaret Eloise Knight (February 14, 1838 – October 12, 1914), perhaps the inventor whose products are used daily without a thought about...
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Margaret D. H. Keane - hands behind the big eyed art
Margaret D. H. Keane, (born Peggy Doris Hawkins, September 15, 1927), Is known infamously for the big eyed paintings, which look...
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