Music History Missed A Beat: Drumming Legend Viola Smith
Another legend you've never heard of... Viola Smith Quick Facts: Viola Smith was dubbed “the fastest girl drummer” in her heyday and was one of the first known professional female...
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Fanny: “It Just Wasn’t Our Time”
Fanny Quick Facts Fanny is the first female rock band to secure a multi-album record deal, paving the way for female rockers to come. David Bowie wrote about Fanny in...
Pride Collection: Stormé DeLarverie
Stormé is one of the pioneers of Pride. She helped lead the uprising against alienation from greater society and it’s because of people like her that we are able to...
Wangari Maathai: One Seed At a Time
Driven to help women regain access to basic resources, Dr. Wangari Maathai started a revolution along the way. Founder of the Green Belt Movement, she helped plant over 50 million trees...
Mary Seacole: Adventure Unafraid, Give Unabashed
Doctress, Nurse, Entrepreneur, World traveler. Mary Seacole was the original “Doctor without Borders” sailing all around the caribbean to aid on the front lines of major disease outbreaks such as...
Pussy Riot: Create and Rebel
Rebels with a cause, Pussy Riot is a punk band whose goal is to bring attention to the corruption and human rights violations in Russia and around the world through...
Vel Phillips: A Lifetime of Doing the Right Thing
Armed with a tenacious spirit and an iron-will, Vel Phillips carved a new path in the state of Wisconsin for women and people of color. She was the first black...
Maya Angelou: A Voice of Clarity, A Heart of Courage
Dr. Maya Angelou was a woman of many hats. In her life she overcame the difficulties of poverty, sexual abuse, and single motherhood to become a writer, poet, dancer, actress,...
Dolores Huerta: “Sí, Se Puede” A Lifetime of Fighting for Fairness and Justice
The originator of the phrase “Sí, se puede!” this social justice icon led the most successful boycott in United States history, earning farm workers living sewage and safer working conditions....
Joan Clarke: Mathematics is Not Just a Matter for Men
Brilliant mathematician, Joan Clarke was able to succeed despite the misogyny in this male-dominated field in an extremely patriarchal time period. She became one of two female code breakers for...
Yayoi Kusama: The Success of Staying True to Your Vision
Kusama found solace and escape from her troubled family life and mental illness in art. Her most famous design is the repetition of dots or tiny points of life, with...