Crosby came up with the first modern bra, patented in 1914. Her real name was Mary Phelps Jacob, and she was also a publisher.
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Her portraits, especially those documenting the Dust Bowl migration and Japanese-American WW II internees, gave a haunting human face to social problems,…
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Amelia Mary Earhart took women's accomplishments to new heights — literally! Earhart not only was the first female aviator…
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She cofounded the Catholic Worker movement, a global community of laypeople who choose to live simply and express their faith by serving the poor.
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In 1939, the DAR refused to let Anderson sing in DC's Constitution Hall because she was black. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the DAR,…
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She was the first woman to be elected to both the House and the Senate, and the first woman to have her name placed in nomination at the convention…
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Mead was a famed anthropologist with a slew professional accomplishments, three marriages, intense friendships, and groundbreaking travels.
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The creator of the American Look — informal, not haute — she pioneered comfy, casual, stylish, and affordable women's sportswear. And…
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