Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson wrote more than 200 short stories, but it’s just one that puts her work at the top of the list of the most frequently banned literature in the world.
100 women project
One hundred years since women won the right to vote. One hundred days until the election. One hundred women with one hundred stories.
Melusina Fay Peirce
Melusina Fay Peirce dreamed of a life for women that paid them for everyday household chores. Oh, what might have been.
Maud Stevens Wagner
When tattoos began popping up everywhere in our research this week, we took it as a sign and discovered Maud Stevens Wagner, credited as the first female tattooist in the United States. Born in Kansas in 1877, little is known of her early life. By adulthood, Maud was performing as …
Julia Child
Julia Child mastered French cuisine, but before Paris she lived in Sri Lanka and China working for the US government.
Misty Copeland
Misty Copeland’s journey from ballet prodigy to inclusivity advocate springs solely from an art form that brings her joy.
The Oracle of Delphi
Today’s autumnal equinox has us feeling a bit metaphysical, so let’s turn to ancient Greece and the story of the Oracle of Delphi, a collective of women over time whose divine communication with the gods made them among the most powerful women in the ancient world. From about 1400 BC …
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born in 1875 in a Michigan town named after her family, Katharine had lineage, serious lineage. Her great-grandfather had served in both John Adams’ and Thomas Jefferson’s cabinets and was honored to read George Washington’s eulogy before the Senate. Intelligent and determined, Katharine wanted to make her own mark. She …
RBG
We created the 100 Woman Project to prove a point: That women, who make up 49.7 percent of the world’s population, have — despite thousands of years of effort to erase our stories, our history, our contributions and our opinions — risen above all that to make this world a …
