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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Ida Rosenthal and Sara Little Turnbull share a connection to a garment most women in America, and many around the world, wear every day: the brassiere, more commonly called the bra.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Women's History
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Held to celebrate the centennial of Thomas Jefferson's 1804 Louisiana Purchase, the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair was the perfect place for George Westinghouse to demonstrate his companies' dominance and specifically, the skills of the 9,000 Pittsburghers who worked in his factories.
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
With nearly 400 patents to his name, Westinghouse is a beacon of Gilded Age industry.
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
African Americans history is full of business pioneers and the beauty product industry is no exception. From the more well-know Madam C. J. Walker to modern day mogul Rihanna.
Posted in: African American History, Biography, Business
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about Madam C. J. Walker, businesswoman and beauty entrepreneur.
Posted in: African American History, Biography, Business, Women's History
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
But a century before these tech and financial giants, there was John D. Rockefeller. He accumulated so much wealth that he could still make the list if he were alive today.
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about Josephine Aspinwall Roche, Progressive reform advocate.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Women's History
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Today’s post was written by Denise Dempsey a Science Reference Librarian who has previously written about the women featured in the motion picture “Hidden Figures” and the post “A Family of Pharmacists”. Among the photographs in the Picture This blog post, Portraits of Nineteenth Century African American Women Activists Newly Available Online, is one of …
Posted in: African American History, Biography, Science, Women's History
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was written by Sean Bryant a Reference Librarian in the Science Section who previously wrote about World War I tanks and John Glenn. This post continues the story of the last man to walk on the moon, astronaut, Eugene Cernan, which was inspired by our last NASA talk of 2016. Geologist Dr. Noah …
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Biography, Science