Gynecologist, Gisella Perl (circa 1900 – 1988) risked her life to try to save that of many women during her deportation to Auschwitz, performing thousands of abortions. (Warning:this article deals with torture, extreme abuse, experimentation inflicted on prisoners - especially pregnant - in Auschw
American mathematician , Dorothy Johnson Vaughan (1910 – 2008) supervised the group of scientists West Area Computers of NASA, which was then NACA. His story and that of his colleagues were told in the book and film Hidden Figures . Gifted mathematician Daughter of Annie and Leonard Johnson, Dorot
Nur al-Huda Sultan, who became Huda Sharawi through marriage or Hoda Shaarawi (1879 – 1947) was a pioneer of Egyptian feminism. An early marriage Daughter of Iqbal, slave, and Muhammad Sultan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nur al-Huda Sultan was born on June 23, 1879 in Minya in Upper E
Victoria, born Alexandrina Victoria (1819 – 1901) is a famous Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland who also became Queen of Canada, Empress of India and Queen of Australia. His 63-year reign is one of the longest in UK history. A strict upbringing Born May 24, 1819, Alexandrina