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Collection: Women in Business

Angela Jimenez (1896-1982)
The Mom Who Lived a Dozen Lives
Tomboy, daughter, spy, soldier, foster mom, innkeeper, gold miner, nurse, activist; veteran: Angela Jimenez doesn't need a movie so much as a mini-series.
Nellie Bly (1864-1922)
The Queen of Expose Journalism
Daring journalist who infiltrated insane asylums, exposed slavery rings, and raced around the world in under 80 days.
Sayyida al-Hurra (1482-1562)
The Pirate Queen of Morocco
Indomitable pirate queen who ran Morocco and ruined Portuguese trade.
Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510-1569)
Savior of the Jews
Jewish businesswoman who saved thousands of Jews from the Inquisition by smuggling them out of the country.
“Stagecoach” Mary Fields (1832-1914)
The Baddest Postal Worker in the Wild West
Pistol-packing, liquor-swigging, 6’2″ black postal carrier/babysitter of the Wild West.
Mary Seacole (1805-1881)
The Most Famous Black Woman of the Victorian Era
One half of the odd couple of Crimean nursing - the jolly black businesswoman who swore by folk remedies, in stark contrast to Florence Nightingale's by-the-book Victorian approach to medicine.
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