Anna Mae Aquash (1945-1975) was an Indigenous activist known for her advocacy for Indigenous rights during the American Indian...
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Women of Sound: Jean Ritchie
Jean Ritchie (1922-2015) was the mother of folk music. She was an instrumental voice in the American folk music revival of the...
Lost Women of Science Lost Women of Science Conversations: Mischievous Creatures
In this episode of Lost Women of Science Conversations, Michelle Nijhuis talks to historian Catherine McNeur about how she...
Women of Sound: Margaret Watts Hughes
Margaret Watts Hughes (c.1847-1907) was a Welsh singer, songwriter and scientist. She invented the eidophone, which allowed her...
Women of Sound: Maria Szymanowska
Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831) was a virtuoso pianist, one of the first to perform solely from memory. She was known for her...
Women of Sound: Aimé Painé
Aimé Painé (1943-1987) was a Mapuche singer-songwriter from Argentina. As she worked to rediscover her own identity, she became...
Women of Sound: Daphne Oram
Daphne Oram (1925-2003) was one of Britain’s first electronic musicians. She co-founded the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, a leading...
Women of Sound: Beryl Mortimer
Beryl Mortimer (c.1928-2001) was a renowned Foley artist that worked in British cinema from the 1950s to the 1990s. Her most...
Lost Women of Science The Cognitive Scientist Who Unraveled the Mysteries of Language
While working at the Salk Institute in California, Ursula Bellugi discovered that sign language was made up of specific building...


