Category: Woman of the Week
Maria Sibylla Merian – Woman of the Week
Maria Sibylla Merian (April 2, 1647 – January 13, 1717) worked as a botanic artist. Her detailed observations and documentation of the metamorphosis of the butterfly make her a significant, albeit not well known, contributor to entomology.
Jane Digby – Woman of the Week
Jane Elizabeth Digby was an English aristocrat who lived a scandalous life of romantic adventure, spanning decades and two continents.
Ma Rainey, The Mother of the Blues – Woman of the Week
In 1983, Rainey was inducted into the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
Atifete Jahjaga – Woman of the Week
Today is the 37th birthday of Atifete Jahjaga, the fourth, and current, President of Kosovo.
Happy Birthday Lucy Burns! She faced her fear and made a difference for all of us
Burns continually protested, picketed, and marched and spent more time in jail than any other suffragist. But, she admitted that she was fearful, despite appearances to the contrary: “I am so nervous I cannot eat or sleep. I am such […]
Dorothy Miller Richardson – Woman of the Week
Dorothy Miller Richardson (17 May 1873 – 17 June 1957) was a British author and journalist.