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Some of the most incredible inventors, writers, politicians, & activists have been women. From Ida B. Wells to Sally Ride, here are women who changed the world. 22 Famous Women in History You Need ...
Mexican botanist and explorer who started her career at age 55; discovered one new genus and many new species of plants Béláné Mocsáry: Hungarian 1845: 1917: Hungarian geographer and travel writer who journeyed solo to four continents in the early 1900s Dervla Murphy: Irish 1931: 2022
Elisabeth van Houts (born 1952) – medieval European history; Rosamond McKitterick (born 1949) – Frankish and Carolingian history; Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker (born 1940) – specialist in the position of women during the Middle Ages; Mayke de Jong (born 1950) – political and religious history of the early Middle Ages; Eileen Power (1889 ...
Women's rights activist; women's advisor to Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating and editor of Ms. magazine (New York) 1940–1999: Cathy Harkin: Northern Ireland: 1942: 1985: Women's refuge: 1940–1999: Karlina Leksono Supelli: Indonesia: 1958 – 1940–1999: Kazimiera Szczuka: Poland: 1966 – 1940–1999: Lili Taylor: United States: 1967 ...
The most powerful women in the world — as deemed by Forbes — have been revealed. With the release of their female-specific 2024 Power List, the magazine has crowned 100 women the ultimate ...
This list of famous African American women to know in 2024 includes singers, actors, athletes, entrepreneurs, politicians and more inspiring modern Black women.
Amanda Theodosia Jones established the first all-women's company, called Women's Canning and Preserving Company; 1891 Marie Owens, born in Canada, was hired as America's first female police officer, joining the Chicago Police Department. [46] Irene Williams Coit, was the first woman passing the Yale College entrance examination. [47] 1892
Women's History Month This page was last edited on 27 March 2024, at 21:47 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...