by michelle | Mar 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
In the face of grave danger and heartbreaking personal loss, this woman chose to walk in faith and, in doing so, became one of the most influential Christian women of the 20th century. Born to American missionaries living in Belgium in 1926, Elisabeth grew up in the...
by michelle | Mar 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
One of the only women of her generation to be recognized as a prima ballerina, this woman danced her way to international acclaim. Born in 1925 on an Osage Indian reservation in Oklahoma, Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief’s heritage was a blend of Osage and Scotch-Irish....
by michelle | Mar 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Imagine voluntarily spending time in an asylum or traveling around the world in a race. This woman didn’t have to imagine; she did both! Elizabeth Cochran was born in Pennsylvania in 1864. Her father died when she was 6, causing financial hardship for her mother, who...
by michelle | Mar 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
The City of Chicago was established in 1837 but it took 142 years to elect its first female mayor. Jane Byrne grew up on the North Side of Chicago in the 1930s. She married William Byrne, a Marine, but was soon widowed when he died in a plane crash, leaving her to...
by michelle | Mar 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
The only woman in the United States to ever be given the Congressional Medal of Honor, she practiced medicine as well as advocating for women’s rights and the abolition of slavery. Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was the fifth daughter born to Alvah and Vesta Whitcomb Walker...
by michelle | Mar 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
More than the wife of a Founding Father, she made a home for orphans and preserved important parts of the birth story of America after her husband’s famous death. In 1857, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton was one of fourteen children born to Philip and Catherine...
by michelle | Mar 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
One woman’s fondness for cooking encouraged a standardized system of measure and a cookbook which has found a place in American homes for over a century. Fannie Merritt Farmer was born in 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, the first of four girls in her family. Though it...
by michelle | Mar 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
As a young girl, Dr. Sally Ride’s parents encouraged her to follow her dreams, which would eventually take her to heights they could never have imagined. Born in 1951 in Encino, California, Sally began playing tennis at age 10, which led to scholarships and...
by michelle | Mar 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
Captured and taken from her home in Africa as a young girl, this enslaved person found power in the written word and is still studied for her poetry today. When the slave ship brought her to Boston in 1761 when she was around 7, she was purchased to be a domestic...
by michelle | Mar 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Women in sports have had to fight to prove their worth, as both competitors and crowd-worthy entertainment. However, thanks to one woman who took a stand against the discrimination faced by her gender, sports fans saw that being a male did not equal dominance. ...
