Nightingale was born May 12, 1820, in Florence, Italy. As a member of an affluent British family she was afforded a classical education, including mathematics, German, French and Italian. Her early philanthropic work caring for the ill and poor people… more »
Anna Julia Cooper: born August 10, 1858, died Feb. 27, 1964 When people hear the words “feminism” or “feminist movement,” far too often they visualize only the struggles of white women. For those who study feminism as a series of waves, there has been a… more »
Pritzker Prize.com Laureates 2020 Yvonne Farrell (1951) and Shelley McNamara (1952) met during their collegiate studies at the School of Architecture at University College Dublin (UCD). They studied under rationalist architects who had newly arrived to… more »
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm became the first African American woman to run for President when she sought the Democratic nomination in 1972. more »
On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a new law that would admit women as members of the Supreme Court bar and allow them to submit and argue cases at the high court. Suffragette, teacher, lawyer and presidential candidate Belva… more »