Janice Jochum is a life-long feminist and political and community activist. Her early years were spent in North Carolina where she began community and political involvement while still in her teens. She participated in fundraising for the Arts Council,… more »

Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (Murray December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who… more »

She’s made plenty of headlines because her sport is one a lot of people – both men and women – would not dare to do and she is excellent at it.  Vicki Golden is a professional freestyle motocross rider. She began biking at age seven, imitating her… more »

When Frances Perkins was a little girl, she asked her parents why nice people could be poor. Her father told her not to worry about those things, and that poor people were poor because they were lazy and drank. Eventually, she went to Mount Holyoke… more »

The badass '60s programmer who saved the moon landing Her code fixed a malfunction that could’ve prevented Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong from landing safely. July 19 will mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's arrival on the moon. The lunar lander… more »