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Mar 30, 2017 · From Amelia Earhart to Aretha Franklin, these photographs definitively prove that women have always been awesome.
- All That's Interesting
- Jane Austen (1775 –1817) You can thank Jane Austen for basically creating those rom-com books you love to read. In her teenage years during the early 1810s, she started writing her most famous novels, like Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.
- Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) Ada Lovelace's genius was years before her time. As an English mathematician, she is credited with being the world's first computer programmer.
- Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) Florence Nightingale, a.k.a. Lady with the Lamp, was a British nurse who is credited as the founder of modern-day nursing.
- Nellie Bly (1864-1922) Nellie Bly basically set the standard for investigative journalism. At a time when women writers were confined to the society pages, Bly tackled more serious topics like mental health, poverty, and corruption in politics.
Jan 27, 2023 · With Women's History Month coming up, all eyes are on famous women who have contributed to society. Here, we honor 15 influential women throughout history.
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- Morgan Brinlee
- Sojourner Truth, c. 1797-1883. Born a slave named Isabella Bomfree in New York, the National Women's History Museum reported that Sojourner Truth ran away in 1827 to an abolitionist family that helped her buy her freedom.
- Harriet Tubman, c. 1820-1913. After escaping slavery in 1849, Harriet Tubman (whose exact date of birth is unknown) helped hundreds of other slaves to freedom via a network of secret routes and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
- Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910. Whether you know her as "the Lady with the Lamp" or "the mother of nursing," chances are you already know a little something about Florence Nightingale.
- Susan B. Anthony, 1820-1906. When thinking of moments where history changed for women, it's hard not to think of women's suffrage. For women in the United States, the right to vote came thanks to the tireless work of suffragettes like Susan B. Anthony.
Photo-Illustration by Neil Jamieson for TIME. From Amelia Earhart to Beyoncé and Eva Perón to Malala, meet 100 women who defined the last century.
Feb 15, 2018 · Photographer Susan Wood has had an incredible life and career as a photographer to some of the most powerful and influential women of the 20th century. Since the 1950s, her pictures have graced the pages of magazines such as Life, Vogue, and Harper's Bazaar, while her subjects have ranged from fashion, food, fine art, and still life.
Sep 7, 2017 · Watch Firsts, featuring candid interviews with groundbreaking women from Oprah Winfrey to Madeleine Albright to Sheryl Sandberg, at time.com/firsts. ALTHEA GIBSON became the first person of color...
