Viola Desmond was a civil rights activist and businesswoman from Nova Scotia, Canada. I first discovered her through the Encyclopedia…
María Teresa Vera was a Cuban singer, composer, and guitarist who broke gender norms for Cuban women, but whose music…
Ruth First was an anti-apartheid activist, journalist, and academic born to Jewish-Latvian parents who immigrated to Johannesburg, South Africa in…
Florence Price (1887-1953) was an African American musician: a composer, organist, pianist, and music teacher, who was the first African…
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) was another legend of the Civil Rights Movement, helping to register thousands of people to vote…
Septima Clark (1898-1987), an activist and educator, is often referred to as the “Queen mother” or “Grandmother” of the Civil…
In celebration and recognition of Black Women’s History Month, here is my first Badass Women post of April: Rose Lokissim.…
Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese American physicist with nicknames such as the “First Lady of Physics”, the “Chinese Madame Curie”,…
Like being able to keep food cool and fresh in the fridge? Like keeping ice cream in the freezer for…
As promised, here is the second installment of Badass Women in honor of Women’s History Month: Queen Seondeok of Silla.…