Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900 – 1979), British-American astronomer, is known to have been one of the first astronomers to maintain that the stars are mainly composed of hydrogen. She is also the first female head of the astronomy department at Harvard. The solar eclipse of May 29, 1919 Cecilia He
Élise Léontine Deroche, known as Baroness Raymonde de Laroche (1882 – 1919) was the first woman to obtain a pilots license in 1910. Aviation pioneers Daughter of a leatherworker father, Élise Deroche was born on August 22, 1882 in Paris. As a child, she loved sports and physical activity and gre
Lucie Bernard, better known as Lucie Aubrac (1912 – 2007), is a famous French resistance fighter. Among many resistance actions, she notably helped her husband, Raymond Aubrac, and 13 other resistance fighters escape. Communist and pacifist activist Daughter of Louise Vincent and Louis Bernard, Lu
The youth and beauty of Agnès Sorel will very quickly bring her to the notice of the King of France, Charles VII . She is presented to him as the prettiest woman in the kingdom. Very quickly, in 1444, Agnès Sorel rose to the rank of unofficial first lady of the kingdom of France. She has the status