The Many Wars Of Florence Nightingale
Though we think of her as the Lady With the Lamp, tirelessly patrolling the sick wards of the Crimean War offering solace and healing to soldiers who had been ...
History
The Modern Amphitrite: The Many Nautical Revolutions Of Janet Taylor
The nineteenth century saw Great Britain expanding vociferously into new markets, extending its influence, for better or worse, into every corner of the globe ...
Sojourner, Susan, And Elizabeth To Make History In NYC’s Central Park On August 26… Watch Live Unveil Of Their Monumental Statue
After 6 long years of challenging work and a tireless fight waged by the all-volunteer nonprofit, Monumental Women, history will be made tomorrow - Wednesday, ...
Ida B. Wells, Women’s Suffrage And Civil Rights Hero, To Be Honored With 1,000 Square-Foot Photo Mosaic In DC’s Union Station
It’s National Women's Suffrage Month, a designation by Congress in collaboration with the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission (WSCC) to commemorat...
Bringing Science To Psychoanalysis: The Many Survivals of Sabina Spielrein
The life of Russian psychologist Sabina Spielrein (1885-1942) began in emotional and physical abuse, and ended with the murder of herself and her two daughters...
The Last Woman Who Knew Everything: The Omnivorous Mind Of Clémence Royer
When Clémence Royer died on February 7, 1902, she took with her into oblivion perhaps the last human brain that believed in and aimed for Complete Knowledge.&n...
From The Underground Railroad In Syracuse To A Historic Practice In Santo Domingo: The Journey Of Dr. Sarah Loguen Fraser
In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first American woman to earn a Medical Degree, and within half a century seven thousand American women had followed her...
A Healer At The Fringe Of Civilization: The Siberian Odyssey Of Doctor Anna Bek
It is the early 1870s and we are heading into the mining town of Gornyi Zerentui, located in the mountainous Transbaikal region on the distant Siberian fringe ...
Emma Darwin And The Invisible Heroism Of The Scientific Caretaker
The road leading to the creation and publication of The Origin of the Species was one of the most tortuous and personally costly in the history of science.&nbs...