July 31, 2015 Great-grandmother leaves care home to get her first tattoo Sadie Sellers decided to join her granddaughter to get her first tattoo at the age of 79.
July 30, 2015 Fanchon Blake In the 1970s Fanchon Blake was a sergeant in the Los Angeles police, and department policies held that women were ineligible for promotion beyond that rank. She filed a lawsuit against discriminatory hiring policies and won.
July 29, 2015 in Modern Worthies Eulalia Perez The woman who owned Pasadena This working-class Mexican woman once owned a huge chunk of the greater Los Angeles area -- until she was cheated out of the deed.
July 28, 2015 The women who programmed ENIAC During World War II, the US Army hired scores of female mathematicians. A handful became some of the first computer programmers when they were given the task of programming ENIAC.
July 27, 2015 in Ask Jason Why have “evil” princesses? Some have questioned why I write about brutal and morally reprehensible people, instead of just focusing on good role models. I have thoughts on the matter.
July 24, 2015 in Modern Worthies Alia Muhammad Baker The Librarian of Basra When war and looting swept up Basra, she smuggled thirty thousand books from her library to save them from destruction.
July 23, 2015 in Modern Worthies Shemika Charles Limbo Queen Shemika Charles has broken world records for limbo--the latest for limboing under a car.
July 22, 2015 in Modern Worthies Mary Sherman Morgan America's First Female Rocket Scientist A lack of a college degree and a child born out of wedlock couldn't stop this woman from saving the US Space Race with her custom rocket fuel.
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