Beulah Louise Henry (1887-1973) is nicknamed “Lady Edison” and is recognized for her everyday devices that made life a...

Bessie Blount Griffin (1914-2009) has gone largely unknown. But her mission to help disabled veterans, and her ingenious...

Crystal Eastman (1881-1928) was unrelenting in her fight for equality. When the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920, after...

Frances Gabe (1915-2016) hated cleaning so much, she dreamt of building a house that could clean itself. Using her own money,...

Josephine Cochrane (1839-1913) invented a machine that brought the feeling of luxury straight into your own home–the commercial...

Marie Van Brittan Brown (1922-1999) was the inventor of the first home security system. A woman so ahead of her time, her...

Yvonne Brill (1924-2013) was a rocket scientist behind some of the century’s biggest aerospace innovations–though she never...

Dagonwadonti (Molly Brant) (c.1736-1796) was an important political figure during the era of the American Revolution. She was a...

Tune in for a special preview of the new podcast, Getting Even with Anita Hill, from Pushkin Industries. The American icon talks...