July 14, 2017 in Modern Worthies Agafia Lykova Russia's most famous hermit Russia's most famous hermit has lived outside of civilization for virtually seven decades, amidst some severe difficulties.
July 13, 2017 in Modern Worthies Cecile DeWitt-Morette The Academic Who Overcame it All Cecile DeWitt-Morette was a pioneering mathematical physicist who worked with Albert Einstein, Irene Joliot-Curie, and Richard Feynman, and advocated for more women in the sciences.
July 12, 2017 Pregnant in the field: female archaeologists tell about doing their job while expecting "In the field there were times when I almost forgot that I was pregnant, I was just doing my thing.”
July 11, 2017 China expanded the Great Wall to keep this female warrior out Mandukhai Khatun went into battle pregnant, pausing only to give birth to twins (as the legend goes). Regardless, she was no joke.
July 10, 2017 in Press Interview with Drawn + Drafted! I got interviewed by the stellar Drawn + Drafted about my work process, the ups and downs of being a web person, and more! Check it out!
July 10, 2017 in Modern Worthies Jasmin Moghbeli NASA's Newest Astronaut This Iranian-American marine is now one of NASA's newest astronauts.
July 7, 2017 The Women Who Shaped Early D&D “I’d never written fiction. But I was so mad—Don’t tell me I can’t do something—so I did it.”
July 5, 2017 in Modern Worthies Simone Veil The Holocaust Survivor Who Became a French Minister Veil, who died last week, was a fierce lawyer, a Holocaust survivor, and the first woman elected as president of the European Parliament.
July 4, 2017 Horse-Riding Lady Librarians Were the Great Depression’s Bookmobiles Packs of female librarians once roamed the hills of Kentucky, dispensing books to those whom they encountered.
July 3, 2017 31-year-old runs race while 5 months pregnant, in 110 degree heat. “I think that a lot of people say things like you run like a girl. That doesn’t mean you have to run soft or you have to run dainty. It means that you’re strong.”
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