Did you know the first person to win an Emmy Award was a lady?! That's right. Lots of famous women in history have achieved important female firsts, paving ...
Indira Gandhi was the third Prime Minister of India, from 1966 until her death in 1984. A powerful leader, she was one of themost famous Indian womenknown for her political intransigency and her centralisation of power. In addition to going to war with Pakistan and leading India into the...
American women’s history has been full of pioneers: Women who fought for their rights, worked hard to be treated equally and made great strides in fields like science, politics, sports, literature and art. These are just a few of the remarkable accomplishments by trail-blazing women in Ameri...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (born July 11, 1938) is an American historian of early America and the history of women, and a professor at Harvard University. Her approach to history has been described as a tribute to "the silent work of ordinary people"—an approach that, in her words, aims to...
Erma Bombeck's humor helped document the life of women in the 20th century as wives and mothers in suburban homes. 85 of 100 Calamity Jane GraphicaArtis/Getty Images Calamity Jane was one of the best-known women of the American "Wild West." Scandalous enough as a woman who dressed as a...
CochiseApache indian chief,Arizona Territory Barbara Edenwas born in Tucson, Arizona in 1934. She became famous for her starring role in the television series I Dream of Jeannie. Louie EspinozaArizona's first world champion boxer,Chandler
There are also Cherokee leaders who took different sides in the American Civil War, as well as Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, the highest ranking army officer of Indian ancestry. Four women (Pocahontas, Sacajawea, Roberta Lawson and Alice Brown Davis) were also inducted.Lambert M. Surhone...
Women’s history is full of trailblazers in the fight for equality in the United States. From Abigail Adams imploring her husband to “remember the ladies” when envisioning a government for the American colonies, to suffragists like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton fighting for women...
Some of the Indian women had written a new chapter in the book of history. Their success has not only inspired the women of India but the overseas women also become motivated. These women have proved that they are not born to stay inside the house and cook for others. Their passion towar...
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