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Category: Pioneering Women

10 Amazing Feminist Talks, Poetry Readings & Calls to Action
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10 Amazing Feminist Talks, Poetry Readings & Calls to Action

Listening to these amazing women is glorious, each and every one of them is courageous, inspiring and ambitious for our…
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Emily Wilson | Not the First Women to Translate The Odyssey
Books Literature Pioneering Women

Emily Wilson | Not the First Women to Translate The Odyssey

Emily Wilson is not the first women to translate The Odyssey, as she has pointed out many times. The poem…
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Sojourner Truth | Ain’t I A Woman?
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Sojourner Truth | Ain’t I A Woman?

Sojourner Truth was an antislavery and women’s rights activist, famous for her Ain’t I A Woman? speech given in 1851.…
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Georgia O’Keeffe | The Mother of American Modernism
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Georgia O’Keeffe | The Mother of American Modernism

Georgia O’Keeffe was one of America’s first modernist painters, best known for her large paintings of flowers in close-up, New…
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Marie Curie | Double Nobel Prize Winning Scientist
Pioneering Women Women of Science

Marie Curie | Double Nobel Prize Winning Scientist

Marie Curie's work led to some of the greatest inventions of the 20th century, such as the development of radiotherapy…
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Mary Wollstonecraft | Proto-feminist, Writer & Philosopher
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Mary Wollstonecraft | Proto-feminist, Writer & Philosopher

Mary Wollstonecraft was a philosopher, writer and advocate of women's rights. She lived and wrote during the 18th century. She…
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Margaret Hamilton | The Code That Got Us To The Moon
Pioneering Women Women of Science

Margaret Hamilton | The Code That Got Us To The Moon

Margaret Hamilton is an American computer scientist and software engineer. She led the team who developed the software for the…
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Ada Lovelace | Pioneering Computer Programmer
Pioneering Women Women of Science

Ada Lovelace | Pioneering Computer Programmer

Ada Lovelace wrote the worlds first complex computer program. She was the first to see the potential of Charles Babbage’s…
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Elizabeth Wilbraham | Mystery 17th Century Architect
Pioneering Women

Elizabeth Wilbraham | Mystery 17th Century Architect

Lady Elizabeth Wilbraham is traditionally acknowledged as an important architectural patron of the 17th century, but she is now thought…
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Agnodice | The Heroic Physician From Athens
Pioneering Women Women of Science

Agnodice | The Heroic Physician From Athens

Agnodice is one of the first female doctors known to history, though, it’s unclear if she was a real Greek…
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Frida Kahlo | Artist and Icon
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Frida Kahlo | Artist and Icon

Frida Kahlo is a celebrated artist, who has become a political and cultural icon. She is best known for her…
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Boudica | The Warrior Queen
Pioneering Women

Boudica | The Warrior Queen

Boudica was a Celtic queen who led a rebellion against the Romans occupying Britain in 60-61 AD. The Romans attacked…
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Lady Nancy Astor | First Woman in the House of Commons
Pioneering Women

Lady Nancy Astor | First Woman in the House of Commons

Lady Nancy Astor was the first women to take her seat in parliament. She was elected MP for Plymouth Sutton…
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Mary Anning | Pioneering Fossil Hunter
Pioneering Women Women of Science

Mary Anning | Pioneering Fossil Hunter

Mary Anning was a famous fossil hunter and a pioneering palaeontologist. She discovered fossilised sea creatures from the time of…
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