Aug 18, 2022Member-onlySophie SchollWe all like to think when dangers arrives we will stand up and do the right thing. Most of us will never be tested in dangerous situations where our lives are at stake, but Sophie Scholl, a 21 year old student at the University of Munich, was and stood up…Women4 min readWomen4 min read
Aug 11, 2022Member-onlyOlga of KievSometime around 903 CE, Olga married Prince Igor. In an ideal world they would have lived happily ever after. After Igor took power, the Drevlian tribe decided to stop paying tribute to Igor despite having paid the tribute to his tribe in the past. Igor traveled to the Drevlians with…Women3 min readWomen3 min read
Aug 4, 2022Member-onlyAna OrantesAna Orantes ( Spanish) never got the chance to live her life as free as she wanted, but her death sparked an outcry that changed the laws of Spain. Ana’s husband began beating her while they were still newlyweds. The first time he hit her, she didn’t know why. She…Women4 min readWomen4 min read
Jul 28, 2022Member-onlyMaria Teresa de FilippisFormula One legend Juan Manuel Fangio once told her, You go too fast, you take too many risks,” but Maria Teresa de Filippis was fearless and determined to race. Maria Teresa was the youngest of five children. They were all competitive. She was born in Naples on Nov. 11, 1926…Women6 min readWomen6 min read
Jul 25, 2022Member-onlyNeerja BhanotShe was a beautiful soul. Neerja Bhanot was a senior flight attendant on Pan Am 73. On Sept. 5, 1986, four armed men from the Abu Nidal terrorist group hijacked Pan Am flight 73, which was traveling from Mumbai to Frankfurt and then onto New York. The hijackers boarded the…Women3 min readWomen3 min read
Jul 21, 2022Member-onlySally RideI never wanted to be an astronaut, but I looked up to one. As a young girl, my grandmother always taught me that I could do anything I wanted. Just because I was a girl didn’t mean I couldn’t do the job a boy did. I was a tomboy. I…Women5 min readWomen5 min read
Jul 18, 2022Member-onlyLaura SpicerLaura Spicer was a slave. Her story is also one of the saddest I have ever read. Laura Spicer and her children were sold away from her husband. He had heard she was dead and eventually married again. After four years of searching, Laura found him and sent him letters…Women3 min readWomen3 min read
Jul 14, 2022Member-onlyMihrigul TursunMihrigul Tursun is an ordinary woman like you or me. While we sit in relative safety in the western world, she was persecuted and imprisoned for who she is. Her story went viral in 2019 when Japanese artist Tomomi Shimizu created a manga about her life and treatment in Chinese…Women3 min readWomen3 min read
Jul 11, 2022Member-onlyNella LarsenShe was one of the most promising writers to come out of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance, but died alone in obscurity. Her writings today are being revisited as they delve into the idea of race and sexuality in the black community. Nella Larsen was born on April 13, 1891 in…Women5 min readWomen5 min read
Jul 7, 2022Member-onlyLa MaupinOpera singer. Duelist. Saucy girl. Julie d’Aubigny always got the job done. Julie, also known as Mademoiselle Maupin or La Maupin, was an opera singer in the 17th century. We don’t know much about her for certain, but her career and lifestyle was certainly entertaining. During her lifetime, rumors and…Women6 min readWomen6 min read
