A community activist and co-founder of the Brixton Black Women’s group, Olive Morris dedicated her life to advocating for others.

Mary Anning help to found the early science of paleontology, defying the odds and creating a remarkable legacy of firsts.

The "female Valentino" successfully navigated Hollywood and the transition from the silent screen to modern movies.

Mary Kay & Johnny broke all the social norms on TV and pioneered the domestic situation comedy.

Along with a group of women reviewers, Elizabeth Cady Stanton sought to reposition women in conversations about Christianity. By Jenna...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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,...