Marie Colvin (1956-2012) was a brave journalist who would go into areas of conflict, putting herself in harm’s way, to report the atrocities few in
Category: Women’s History Month
Women’s History Month: Ada Lovelace, Computers
Painting of Ada by: Margaret Sarah Carpenter Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was the (only legitimate) daughter of poet Lord Byron. Her official title was: Augusta Ada
Women’s History Month: Mairi Chisholm and Elsie Knocker, WWI Bad Asses
Mairi Chisholm grew up in a wealthy family. Her older brother rode a motorcycle competitively. She would watch him at his various events. Although
Women’s History Month: Marsha P Johnson
Marsha P. Johnson was a transgender woman who was honored with the title “Stonewall instigator”. She was a drag queen and a revolutionary LGBTQ rights activist.
Women’s History Month: Isabella MacDuff
Isabella MacDuff (1285-1313) was a heroine during the Wars of Scottish Independence. These wars were between England and Scotland in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Isabella
Women’s History Month: Dorothy Hodgkin, Insulin
Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994) was a British chemist who developed protein crystallography. She won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964 for her work in the
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