Captain Thuridur Einarsdottir (1777-1863) was a brawny sea captain whose fishing and seafaring skills made her into a legend in...

Bessie Coleman (1892-1926) was the first African American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot’s license. She...

Barbara Hillary (1931-2019) was the first Black woman to travel to both the North Pole and the South Pole. This month, we’re...

Augusta and Adeline Van Buren (1884-1959, 1889-1949) made a harrowing cross country motorcycle journey to prove women had as...

Arati Saha (1940-1994) was the first Asian woman to swim across the English Channel. This month, we’re talking about adventurers...

Welcome to the first in our From Our Inbox series, in which we give listeners a taste of the mail we get from folks wanting to...

Annie Londonderry (1870-1947) was a housewife-turned-cyclist who went on to become the first woman to bicycle around the world....

Anésia Pinheiro Machado (1904-1999) has been crowned the “Dean of All Woman Pilots.” She broke glass ceilings to become one of...

Ada Blackjack (1898-1983) learned to adapt to the harsh conditions of the Arctic as a castaway for two years. This month, we’re...