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Category Archives: Educators
Margaret Sanger – Mother of Modern Contraception
I am very excited to welcome guest blogger Tami Stout. She is currently studying political science and women and gender studies and has kindly offered to give us her insight about Margaret Sanger. Thank you Tami! Margaret Louise Higgins Sanger … Continue reading
Posted in Activists, Educators, Writers
Tagged 20th century, birth control, Gregory Pincus, Katherine McCormick, Margaret Sanger, science, women's rights
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Indra Devi, the First Lady of Yoga
In a huge departure from the women I usually write about, I’d like to introduce our readers to a woman who practiced the ancient discipline of yoga. Yoga was the domain of men from its inception. The earliest visual evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Activists, Educators, Female "Firsts", Writers
Tagged Argentina, BKS Iyengar, China, Ghandi, India, Indra Devi, K Pattabi Jois, Krishnamurti, Russia, Sathya Sai Baba, Shanghai, Sri Krishnamacharya, Tagore, Yoga
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Emmy Noether – Original in More Ways Than One
“Fraulein Noether was the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began.” ~ Albert Einstein If you ask anyone to name a famous woman mathematician, the names that come to mind will usually … Continue reading
Laura Bassi – Italian Physicist (1711 – 1778)
The entrance of women into the sciences has been a long process beginning several centuries ago. It’s not easy to find these women in the 18th century, but those that made a name for themselves did so because they were … Continue reading
Posted in Educators, Mathematicians, Scientists
Tagged 18th century, Italian physicist, Italy, physics, science, women in science
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Mary McLeod Bethune – “Genius Knows No Racial Barriers”
In 1904, a young woman with faith in God and a passion for education opened a school in Daytona Florida with $1.50 and five young African-American girls. Over the next fourteen years, the school would add a four-story building containing … Continue reading
Posted in Activists, African-Americans, Educators
Tagged 20th century, activist, African-Americans, Juneteenth, Mary McLeod Bethune, women, women's history
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Sonya Kovalevsky – A Marriage of Convenience
“Ask him to marry one of us? You’re crazy,” said Inez. “It’s the perfect solution”, replied Sonya’s sister Anyuta. “A lot of people are doing it. Women can’t study in Russia. At least the aristocracy can’t. It’s considered improper,” as … Continue reading
Posted in Educators, Mathematicians
Tagged 19th century, history, mathematics, Sonya Kovalevsky, women
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Maria Gaetana Agnesi – 18th century mathematician
“How long will I have to do this?” must have been the thought that frequently ran through the mind of Maria Agnesi as she stood in her parlor on Friday nights. Maria Gaetana Agnesi was the oldest of 21 children … Continue reading
Posted in Educators, Mathematicians, Saints & Religious leaders, Writers
Tagged 18th century, history, Italy, mathematics, science, women
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