The Beauty Entrepreneur: Madam C. J. Walker
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about Madam C. J. Walker, businesswoman and beauty entrepreneur.
Posted in: African American History, Biography, Business, Women's History
Category: Women’s History
HERstory! Women in Science, Technology and Business
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
On Tuesday, February 11th, and Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. the Science and Business Reading Room will highlight our newest reading room display, HERstory! A Celebration of Strong Women in Science, Technology and Business, with the fabric art quilts of the HERstory collection. For these two days only, the reading room will host 47 fabric art quilts inspired by the lives and achievements of outstanding women.
Posted in: Displays and Exhibits, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Women's History
Henrietta Leavitt, How She Loved the ‘Clouds’
Posted by: Nate Smith
Henrietta Leavitt's discovery led to new ways of measuring distances in space.
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Science, Women's History
The First Lady Astronaut Trainees
Posted by: Nate Smith
These thirteen women defied the conventions of their time to have their shot at space flight.
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Women's History
The Enchantress of Number
Posted by: Nate Smith
This blog was written in preparation for Ada Lovelace Day, which occurs every year on the second Tuesday of October and celebrates women in STEM. Augusta Ada Byron, daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron and intellectual Lady Byron (whom Byron once named the “Princess of Parallelograms”), was born in 1815. Shortly after Ada’s birth, …
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Women's History
Not Business As Usual: U.S. Suffrage Activists Gain a Voice
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
In the drive toward the 19th Amendment, suffragettes proved they could run movements, organizations, and businesses.
Posted in: Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Women's History
Unions, Feminism, and Margaret Dreier Robins
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about Margaret Dreier Robins and the National Women’s Trade Union League.
Posted in: Business, Women's History
Josephine Aspinwall Roche: A Changemaker You’ve Likely Never Heard of!
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about Josephine Aspinwall Roche, Progressive reform advocate.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Women's History
Earhart in L’Aerophile
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
For Women's History month, a short post about Amelia Earhart material in the L'Aerophile collection.
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Women's History