Ellen Craft (1826-1891) was an abolitionist and freedom seeker from Georgia. She disguised herself as a white enslaver to escape...

Connie Converse (1924-unknown) was an American singer songwriter who was active in the 1950s New York music scene. Her...

Gayl Jones (1949 – present) is a prolific author celebrated for her writing about Black womanhood, slavery, and the...

The year is 1897 and Annie Maunder, an amateur astronomer, is boarding a steamship bound for India from England. Her goal: to...

Helga de la Brache (c.1817-1885) was the secret daughter of exiled King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. At least, that’s what she...

Mary Carleton (c.1634-1673) was a fraudster who posed as a German princess to marry a man she thought was a lord. When his...

Anna Mae Aquash (1945-1975) was an Indigenous activist known for her advocacy for Indigenous rights during the American Indian...

Jean Ritchie (1922-2015) was the mother of folk music. She was an instrumental voice in the American folk music revival of the...

In this episode of Lost Women of Science Conversations, Michelle Nijhuis talks to historian Catherine McNeur about how she...