Born into one of the wealthiest families in Kentucky, Susan Shelby Magoffin journaled her trip. She and her new husband followed the Santa Fe Trail from 1846 to 1847. Would you take the rugged road trip this young woman did? Early Life Susan Shelby was born on the family plantation near Danville, Kentucky, on July… Continue reading Would You Take the Rugged Road Trip This Young Woman Did?
Category: Strong Women
The Amazing Story of the First Lady of Physics
Five months after China became a republic, a girl named Chien-Shiung Wu was born. This is the amazing story of the First Lady of Physics.
The Amazing First Native American Woman Doctor
It was an age where women couldn’t vote, non-whites rarely went to school, and the American government said Native Americans weren’t citizens. The odds were against Susan LaFlesche Picotte. Some of her own people rejected her learning and caregiving. But she persisted. She earned a degree in medicine and worked tirelessly to improve her tribe’s… Continue reading The Amazing First Native American Woman Doctor
She Threw Off Her Veil and Changed the World
She threw off her veil and changed the world. Huda Shaarawi (pronunciation) grew up in a harem and became Egypt’s leading women’s rights activist. Also, a philanthropist and founder of the first Egyptian feminist organization, Huda’s defiance still influences the world today. Early Life Huda Shaarawi (Also Huda Sharawi, Hudā Shaʿrāwī, Hoda Charaaoui) was born… Continue reading She Threw Off Her Veil and Changed the World
The First Female Presidential Candidate Spent Election Day in Jail
Fifty years before women could vote, a woman ran for the top office in the land. The law didn’t allow her to vote, but there was no law against her running for President of the United States of America. An activist for women’s rights, Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1838-1927) the first female Presidential candidate spent election… Continue reading The First Female Presidential Candidate Spent Election Day in Jail