Maryam Mirzakhani was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. She was the first-ever female winner of the prestigious Fields Medal prize and the first Iranian to be honoured with the award. Mirzakhani was born in Tehran, Iran. She attended Farzanegan School, which was part of the National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents. In …
Monisha Kaltenborn is the former team principal of the Sauber Formula One team, and was the first woman to become a team principal in Formula One. Kaltenborn was born in Dehradun, India. At the age of 8, her family emigrated to Austria and she continued her education in Vienna, during which time she gained Austrian Citizenship. While at the …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Rachel Nelson. Carrie Brownstein is an American musician, comedian, writer, actress, and director. She rose to prominence in the acclaimed punk band Sleater-Kinney, which she formed in 1994 with Corin Tucker. Brownstein grew up in Washington State and attended college in Olympia. During this time she …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Roberta Fidora @robertafidora. It is part of the Illustrated Women in History III zine which is available here http://etsy.me/2nwlby2 To many, Grace Jones is notorious for whacking an etiquette-challenged chat show host and being the muse of many a photographer, fashion designer and artist, but her …
Diane Abbott was the first black woman ever elected to the British Parliament in 1987. She has since built a distinguished career as a Labour MP, broadcaster and commentator. Abbott was born in London in 1953. She attended the grammar school Harrow County and then went on to Newnham College Cambridge where she obtained a …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Katharina Röser @katharinaroeser. Christina, Queen of Sweden is remembered for her unconventional lifestyle, masculine dressing and behaviour and her lavish sponsorship of the arts and her influence on European culture. When Christina was born, she was initially proclaimed to be the son her parents desired but after …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by James Purvis. Nadia Boulanger was a French composer and conductor who amongst her other achievements became the first woman to conduct the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 1912. As a child she was sensitive to music, and a story is told of her hearing a fire alarm …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Rose Robbins. Highsmith was born in 1921, and both her parents were artists and her mother told her once that she’d tried to abort her by drinking turpentine. Highsmith cultivated a love of books from a young age, and in 1950 her first novel Strangers on …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Mice Hell @triggerthumblr for the Illustrated Women in History exhibition in April 2017 Swindon Central Library. Gormflaith ingen Murchada, c.960-1030 Medieval Irish noblewoman Loathe as I am to just give a list of a woman’s male relatives while recounting her life, there is actually so little …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Mia Clark for the Illustrated Women in History exhibition in April 2017 Swindon Central Library. Yukiko Sugihara was responsible for encouraging her husband, Chiune Sugihara, Japan’s consul in Kovno, Lithuania to issue 2,139 visas for 6,000 displaced Polish Jews during WWII despite his government’s objections and …