Jeanne Baret: The Two Stories Of The World’s First Woman To Circumnavigate The Globe
Told one way, the story of Jeanne Baret is an essentially inspiring tale: a woman born a peasant, raised with the expectation of seeing nothing more in her lif...
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Florence Bascom: The Many Facets Of Geology’s “Stone Lady”
There is a special poetry in rocks available to a select few and utterly incomprehensible to absolutely everybody else. While ninety-nine pairs of eyes o...
Paola Prestini And The Birth of Classical Music’s New Way Forward
Picture a composer.What you've probably brought to mind is an image of a tortured soul, locked away in a dim attic, quill in trembling hand, trying despera...
13-Year-Old Artist Pays Tribute To RBG, Creates Digital Collage Portrait Using Eight Of Her Acrylic Paintings
Today, September 25, 2020, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15, 1933 - September 18, 2020), a true American hero, lies in state at the U.S...
Gertrude Bell, Byzantine Archaeology, And The Founding Of Iraq
The art of Strenuous Living is one we usually associate with the generation of nervous over-achievers who grew up after the US Civil War, during the age that s...
47 Years Ago Today: Billie Jean King Defeated Bobby Riggs In Battle Of The Sexes
More than 50 million Americans tuned in to watch, making it the most viewed U.S. tennis match of all time. More importantly, King's victory made it a game-changer for women’s tennis....
Her Story: The Amazing Life Of Reva Stern Stetten Gornbein Who Turns 100 Today
What can one woman accomplish in 100 years? A full life, well-lived if you are Reva Stern Stetten Gornbein (b. September 10, 1920). Her path has been a kaleido...
Where Sex Begins: The Chromosomal Investigations Of Nettie Stevens
If you were to ask an ancient Greek how it is determined that a baby is born a boy or a girl, they would have had some interesting and very compelling theories...
Apparently It Was So Scary For Men To Supervise Women Workers In 1944, This “How To” Film Was Made
"Women scare me. At least they do in a factory." - 'Joe', Factory Line Supervisor, 1944, speaking of the problems he’s having supervising women workers
To keep ...