Isabelle Kelley (1917-1997) was an American social worker. She was the principal author of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 and the...

Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was an English writer and archaeologist who spent much of her life exploring and mapping the Middle...

Fannie Farmer (1857-1915) was an American culinary expert whose “Boston Cooking-School Cook Book” became a best-seller. Fannie...

Ethel Hays (1892-1989) was one of the most successful women cartoonists of the 1920s. Her cartoons were featured in newspapers...

Robin Tyler (1942-present) was the first queer comic to come out on U.S. national television. She was a radical whose dynamic...

Gracie Allien (c.1906-1964) was the ditzy housewife of the husband-wife comedy duo George Burns & Gracie Allen. Coming up from...

Florence Mills (1896–1927) was a groundbreaking African-American jazz singer and dancer during the Harlem Renaissance. She...

Elaine May (1932-present) is a comedienne, actor, writer, and director who  rose to fame as one half of a highly successful...

Joan Rivers (1933-2014) was a comedy legend with a career spanning over five decades. She broke new ground as a stand up during...