Frances Glessner Lee is known as the ‘mother of forensic science’ for her creation of the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, most of which are still used for training homicide investigators. Glessner Lee was born in Chicago to a wealthy family, but the privilege of wealth was not enough to allow her same education as her …
Efua Dorkenoo, affectionately known as ‘Mama Efua’ was a Ghanaian-British campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM) who pioneered the global movement to end the practice. Dorkenoo began her career in health while working as a staff nurse at various hospitals including the Royal Free. While training as a midwife, she became aware of the practise of FGM while …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Taylor Anne Mordoh. It is featured in the Illustrated Women in History zine #5 which is available here http://etsy.me/2nMhm6n Yi So-yeon is an astronaut and biotechnologist who became the first Korean to fly in space. Yi was born and raised in Gwangju, South Korea. In 2006, …
Sophia Jex-Blake was an English physician and feminist who led the Edinburgh Seven, the first women to matriculate at a British university. Jex-Blake was dissuaded from pursing an education by her parents, who did not believe that women were entitled to equal education. She eventually managed to attend Queen’s College, where she impressed the faculty …
This weeks biography of a woman in history was submitted by Claire Healey Marie Stopes – Sex Advisor Extraordinaire Marie Stopes began her career as a scientist, studying botany and geology. She excelled in academia (despite the fact that she was initially not allowed to attend lectures, and after taking, and passing the same examinations as …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Taylor Anne Mordoh Mary Anning was a British Paleontologist and Geologist who was named in 2010 by the Royal Society as one of the ten most influential British women in scientific history. Born in 1799 Mary Anning first became known as a teenager as a fossil …
Hilda Leyel (also known as Mrs C F Leyel) was an expert on herbalism and founded the Society of Herbalists (now known as the Herb Society) Leyel developed a love of herbs and flowers at a young age, and after completing her education at Uppingham School went on to study medicine. She developed an interest in herbalism, studying …
Edith “Edie” Windsor was an LGBT rights activist and technology manager at IBM. She became an gay rights icon in 2013 when she sued the federal government to recognise her same-sex marriage which successfully overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, giving same-sex married couples federal recognition for the first time. Windsor was born …
The biography for this weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Catherine Haustein Godmother to the birth control pill–Katharine Dexter McCormick Katharine Dexter was the first woman to get a science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in biology in 1904. The curriculum was research heavy and besides the demanding work, she had to …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Rachel Nesbitt. Elsie Inglis Born 16th August 1864 in India, then moved to Edinburgh with her Father. She was a medical doctor as well as a suffrage campaigner. In 1887 Inglis started her studies at the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, then at the University …