Indira Priyadarshini Nehru, better known as Indira Gandhi (1917-1984), was an Indian politician. Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977, she is the second woman in the world democratically elected to head a government. Prime Minister Only daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru and his wife Kawala, Indira
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
Eliška Junková (1900 – 1994), born Alžběta Pospíšilová, was a Czech racing driver and the only woman to win a Grand Prix event. Clandestine driving lessons Eliška Junková was born on November 16, 1900 in Moravia, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Daughter of a blacksmith, she is the sixth of eight c
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto (1953 – 2007) is a Pakistani politician. A key figure in the history of Pakistan, she was the leader of her party and twice Prime Minister of her country. Murdered, she was awarded the United Nations Human Rights Prize posthumously. Conviction of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Daughte
Louise Arner Boyd (1887 – 1972) was an American explorer, who explored the Arctic and Greenland. The passion for travel Daughter of Louise Cook Arner and John Franklin Boyd, Louise was born on September 16, 1887 in San Rafael, California. Her parents were influential citizens, and Louise and her t
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
Yvonne Hagnauer (1898 – 1998) was a French pedagogue whose school welcomed Jewish children and war orphans from 1941. She was a Righteous Among the Nations. Engaged teacher Yvonne Eugénie Pauline Even was born on September 9, 1898 into a family of Breton origin, in Pavillons- undergrowth in Ile-de
Angela Yvonne Davis (born 1944) is an American philosophy professor and human rights activist, member of the civil rights movement in the United States. An international education On January 26, 1944, Angela Davis was born into an African-American family in Birmingham, Alabama, in the midst of seg
Edith Giovanna Gassion , known as Edith Piaf and nicknamed la Môme (1915 – 1963), is the most famous French singer in France and abroad, with her countless great successes such as La Vie in pink, The Hymn to Love, The Crowd, Milord…. The brothel Daughter of Annetta Maillard, street singer, and Lo
Gertrude Caroline Ederle (1905 – 2003) was an American swimmer, the first woman to swim across the Channel. Entry into the competition at 14 Gertrude Ederle was born in New York on October 23, 1905; she is the third of six children. At the age of five, she contracted rubella and the disease depriv
Annelies Marie Frank (1929-1945) , better known as Anne Frank, is world famous for her “Diary of Anne Frank” which chronicles the months her family spent in hiding from Nazism. Deported to Germany, Anne Frank died a few months before the German surrender. Moving to Amsterdam Born June 12, 1929 in
Irene Joliot-Curie (1897 – 1956), daughter of Marie Curie and Pierre Curie, was a French chemist, physicist and politician. She obtained, with her husband, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and was Under-Secretary of State under the Popular Front. In the footsteps of his mother Born in Paris on Septem
Martina Navrátilová (born 1956) is a Czechoslovakian tennis player who became an American in 1981. Among the most successful players in the history of womens tennis, she is one of the greatest players of all time. First victory at 15 Martina was born on October 18, 1956 as Šubertová. After the div
Marie-Madeleine Bridou who became Fourcade through marriage (1909 – 1989) is one of the only women to have been at the head of a resistance network in France, one of the rare av with Belgian Andrée De Jongh. Editor for La Spirale Marie-Madeleine Bridou was born on November 8, 1909 in Marseille, i
Marjorie Gestring (1922 – 1992) was an American athlete who won numerous diving titles. In 1936, at the Olympic Games in Berlin, she became the youngest gold medalist at the age of 13. The youngest athlete to win a gold medal Marjorie was born on November 18, 1922 in the United States and it was
Hélène Boucher (1908 – 1934) was a French aviator who broke numerous speed records. She also campaigned for womens right to vote, alongside Adrienne Bolland and Maryse Bastié. Aviator in honor of test pilot Jean Hubert Daughter of Élisabeth Hélène Dureau and Léon Boucher, architect, Hélène, nickn
Elise Rivet , who became Mother Marie Elisabeth of the Eucharist, (1890 – 1945) was a Catholic nun, member of the resistance during the Second World War. She is a Righteous Among the Nations. Mother Marie Elisabeth of the Eucharist Daughter of a naval officer, Élise Rivet was born on January 19, 1
Johanna Arendt, better known as Hannah Arendt (1906 – 1975), is a political theorist who has worked extensively on totalitarianism. She is particularly known for her reflection on the trial of Adolf Eichmann, Eichmann in Jerusalem, the banality of evil . Heidegger Daughter of Martha Cohn and Paul
Magdalena Frida Carmen Kahlo Calderón, better known as Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954) was a Mexican painter of immense talent and artistic originality. The accident The third of four daughters of Matilde Calderón y González and Carl Wilhelm Kahlo, Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacán, bourg
Audrey Kathleen Ruston, better known as Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) was an English actress and film icon. Resistant at only eleven years old, she subsequently joined Unicef. Resistant to eleven years Daughter of Baroness Ella Van Heemstra and Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, Audrey was born on May 4
Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor, Pablo Picasso is generally presented as one of the greatest artists of the XXth century. A ladies man whose companions would deeply inspire his work, he was, along with Georges Braque, the founder of cubism and one of the pillars of modern art. Author of a ri
Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler (1831 – 1895) was an American doctor, the first black woman to become a doctor in the United States. In particular, she published one of the first books written by an African American on medicine. The first African-American doctor Daughter of Matilda Webber and Absolum
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the father of Pakistan, made a plan to weaken India permanently and included Nawab Hamidullah of Bhopal, Secretary of the Political Department Conard Corfield, Nawab of Junagadh Muhammad Mahabat Khanji and some other friends. Jinnah also tried to get help from Nizam of Hyderabad
Louise Augusta Wilhelmine Amélie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776 – 1810) was a sovereign of the former Kingdom of Prussia, known in particular for her opposition to Napoleon. The princess and the prince Born March 10, 1776, Louise was the daughter of Frédérique Caroline Louise, Princess of Hesse-Da