Trailblazers - Women You Should Know®

Documentary Spotlights Courageous Women In Aviation And Determined Girls Pursuing The Field

wyskDecember 6, 2019

"Just watch, all of you men. I'll show you what a woman can do. . . . I'll go across the country, I'll race to the Moon. . . . I'll never look back." - Edna Ga...

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Recovered Voices: Pianist Lara Downes And The Quest For America’s Music

Dale DeBakcsyDecember 4, 2019

"Hey, do you want to go out to the symphony tonight?!""I sure do, I LOVE symphonic music! What are they playing?""It's a program of American classical mus...

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Baby Liberty: 18-Month-Old Has Portrayed 137 Influential Women In Inspiring Photography Project

wyskDecember 3, 2019

Meet Liberty Jaine, a baby girl who has spent the first 18 months of her life paying visual tribute to women everyone should know through a photography project...

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From Wartime Radar To W-Bosons: The Experimental Physics Of Joan Freeman

Dale DeBakcsyNovember 20, 2019

In 1983, one of the great pillars of modern physics was cemented in place when CERN announced the discovery of a group of particles that stood at the center of...

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The Path Of Most Resistance: Sophia Jex-Blake And The Fight For Women’s Medical Education

Dale DeBakcsyNovember 13, 2019

She had founded first England and then Scotland's first medical school for women, and been instrumental in the passing of the Medical Act that allowed women to...

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By Body Betrayed: The Vanishing Of Jacqueline du Pré

Dale DeBakcsyNovember 6, 2019

Were this a just and kind universe overseen by a benevolent being, cellist Jacqueline du Pré (1945-1987) would today be a mischievous seventy-four year old, sp...

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Trailblazing Journalist Gwen Ifill (1955–2016) To Be Honored With U.S. Forever Stamp In 2020

wyskOctober 28, 2019

Last Tuesday, the U.S. Postal Service revealed several of the new Forever stamps and others to be issued in 2020. Among the notable figures being celebrated is...

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Her Immigrant Story: ‘Mother Of Exiles’ Documentary Reveals Statue Of Liberty’s Little-Known History

wyskOctober 24, 2019

"What she represents is everything that has to be protected." - Diane von Furstenberg She's celebrating her 133rd birthday on October 28. She’s the Mother o...

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The Professor And The Frogs: The Ecology And Herpetology Of Margaret Stewart

Dale DeBakcsyOctober 22, 2019

Amphibians today are experiencing a population crisis of unprecedented scale. Frogs are going extinct, according to the most conservative estimates, at t...

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