Women in History

Maria Goeppert Mayer (June 28, 1906 – February 20, 1972) was a German-born American theoretical physicist, and Nobel laureate in Physics for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus. She was the second female Nobel…
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Toni Morrison (born February 18, 1931) is an American novelist, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed characters. In 1993 Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in…
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Hannelore Schmatz (February 16, 1940 – October 2, 1979(1979-10-02)) was a German mountaineer, the first woman and first German citizen to die on the upper slopes of Everest. Schmatz's body was swept further down the mountain. She…
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Sarah Fuller (February 15, 1836-August 1, 1927) was an American educator. She was born in Massachusetts. In 1869, she became principal at the newly formed Boston School for Deaf-Mutes. In 1871, the school staff were trained in the skill…
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Esther Hobart Morris (August 8, 1814 – April 3, 1902), was the first woman Justice of the Peace in the United States. She began her tenure as justice on February 14, 1870, serving a term of less than nine months. Esther Hobart was born…
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Forugh Farrokhzad (January 5, 1935 – February 13, 1967) was an Iranian poet and film director. Forugh Farrokhzad is arguably one of Iran's most influential female poets of the 20th century. She was a controversial modernist poet and an…
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Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Karman (born 7 February 1979) is a Yemeni journalist, politician and senior member of the of Al-Islah political party, and human rights activist.
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Fatemeh Ibrahim Assayed Al-Baltaji or Umm Kulthum, who died February 3, 1975, was an internationally famous Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. Known for her extraordinary vocal ability and…
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Leymah Roberta Gbowee (born 1 February 1972) is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women's peace movement, Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. She was…
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1902 – Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982 Alva Myrdal (January 31, 1902 –February 1, 1986) was born in Uppsala. She first came to public notice in the 1930s, and was one of the…
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