Ann Lowe (c. 1898-1981) designed some of the most iconic couture dresses of the mid-20th century, including Jacqueline Kennedy’s...
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Lost Women of Science They Remembered the Lost Women of the Manhattan Project So That We Wouldn’t Forget
In the early 1990s, two physicists, Ruth Howes and Caroline Herzenberg, began looking into a question that had aroused their...
Folk Heroes: Dung Hà
Dung Ha (c. 1965-2000) was a powerful Vietnamese gangster who challenged the “Godfather of Saigon.” She broke gender expression...
Folk Heroes: Veleda
Veleda (c. 100 CE) was a seeress venerated by Germanic tribes for her prophecies and diplomatic gifts. She was considered a...
Folk Heroes: Tomyris
Tomyris (unknown - 520 BCE) was the fierce queen who defended her kingdom against an invasion by Cyrus the Great, the king of...
Folk Heroes: Mother Shipton (Ursula Southeil)
Ursula Southeil (c. 1488-1561), better known as “Mother Shipton,” was an English prophetess and seeress known for her...
Folk Heroes: Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer
Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer (c.1526 - 1588) embodied what it meant to be a heroine. As the owner of a shipyard, she played an...
Lost Women of Science Meet the Physicist who Spoke Out Against the Bomb She Helped Create
Katharine “Kay” Way was a nuclear physicist who worked at multiple Manhattan Project sites. She was an expert in radioactive...
Folk Heroes: Scheherazade
Scheherezade is the storyteller of the frame story for Arabian Nights or The Thousand and One Nights, a collection of stories...
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