Bessie Stringfield (1911 – 1993), nicknamed The Motorcycle Queen of Miami was the first black woman to travel the United States alone and on a motorcycle, facing many racist and sexist prejudices along the way . A room on a map Bessie Stringfield was born in Kingston, Jamaica to a white Dutch mo
Bhikaiji Rustom Cama, née Bhikai Sorab Patel (1861 – 1936) was a prominent figure in the Indian independence movement. The Indian Home Rule Society Bhikai Sorab Patel was born in Bombay on September 24, 1861, into a privileged Parsi family. His mother Jaijibai Sorabji Patel and his father Sorabji
American sculptor, Anna Coleman Watts Ladd (1878 – 1939) worked in particular to create masks for soldiers disfigured during the First World War. An accomplished artist Anna Coleman Watts Ladd was born on July 15, 1878 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA. She spent her youth in Europe, studying sculpt
Louise Florence Pétronille Tardieu d’Esclavelles (1726 – 1783) , who became Louise dEpinay through marriage, is a French woman of letters and pedagogue. Educational choices that go against convention Only daughter of Florence Angélique Prouveur de Preux and Louis-Gabriel Tardieu, Marquis dEsclavel