Women's History

Frances Perkins: Labor Secretary for FDR, and the brains behind the New Deal

While we take for granted the 40-hour work week and generally safe working conditions, not many know about the woman who spearheaded the...

Olga of Kyiv: Ingenious Avenger, Leader, and Saint

In twelfth-century Europe, most of the stories that have survived were written by monks, and they usually carried a moral lesson. The...

Maude Callen: Nurse-Midwife provided medical care to the poorest in her community

In the mid-twentieth-century American South, Black women had limited access to medical services and maternal care. Many gave birth at...

Phillis Wheatley: A Black and enslaved poet who helped shape Revolutionary America

Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), was a Black and enslaved poet who lived in the American Colonies during the Revolutionary War. Through her...

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, Medal of Honor Recipient

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919) was born on a farm in Oswego, New York in November 1832. She attended Syracuse Medical College,...

Kate Shelley and the Great Train Rescue of 1881

On 6 July 1881, a massive storm in Boone County, Iowa caused a flash flood. The flood washed out the support trestles for the train...

CLEOPATRA'S VERY EXPENSIVE DINNER

In his Natural History, Roman natural philosopher, Pliny the Elder, described a decadent dinner thrown by Cleopatra for Antony. ...

"The Amazing" GRACE HOPPER

COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, MATHEMATICIAN, & NAVY REAR ADMIRAL Grace Hopper (1906-1992) was a pioneer in computer programming who worked on the...

IRENE MORGAN

Before Rosa Parks, a Woman Refused to Give Up Her Seat In 1955, Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery,...

BRINGING HISTORY TO LIGHT