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Ynés Mexíca: Pioneering Botanist
https://www.youtube.com/embed/I09r6811cGo Why were there so many lady botanists? Because no one could stop you from going outside and collecting plants. Of all the sciences, this was one with few barriers, at a time (for so much of history) when women were blocked...
Artemisia Gentileschi: Baroque Italian Painter/Awesome
This post was written for kids. Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, (which was right after the Renaissance) who painted stories from the Bible as well as portraits. To be an artist back in the 1500s and 1600s, as a woman, was really...
Inventions for Making Popcorn Balls through History!
Tools for Making Popcorn Balls Have you ever had a popcorn ball? It's basically popcorn, stuck together with white syrup, made into a ball. They used to be a classic homemade treat for Halloween. They're less popular these days, probably because working with molten...
Lost and Found: Edmonia Lewis and the Death of Cleopatra
This article is for parents, other adults, or advanced kid readers. (If you're new here, you may not know that many of our posts are written for kids!) Edmonia “Lewis’s best-known work in her lifetime was the Death of Cleopatra, a twelve-foot tall sculpture weighing...
This IS a Picture of Margaret E. Knight!
Photo Discovered of Inventor Margaret E. Knight! So many thanks to Laura Rankin of the Framingham Historical Society (Massachusetts) for finding and sharing this picture of inventor Margaret E. Knight! We'll do a minisode to follow up on our podcast episode about...
Being Bold Podcast, Season 1, Episode 4: Margaret E. Knight and Her Inventions
Being Bold Podcast, Season 1, Episode 4: Margaret E. Knight and Her Inventions A tale of intrigue and ingenuity - Margaret E. Knight and her many inventions! All original music in this episode composed by Midi R.L.
Marie Van Brittan Brown, Inventor
Guest post author: Lily Does your house have a security system? Marie Van Brittan Brown was the inventor of the first home security systems which made the homes of so many people safer! Born on October 20, 1922 in New York, she was an inventor and Nurse. Marie Van...
Clara Barton: Not Only an Angel of the Battlefield
For a long period of history, and even today, women are the ones who tend to take care of the sick. This was true in childhood of Clara Barton, her brother was seriously injured and she took care of him during his long recovery - two years, starting when shew as only...
Kids Need to See It to Be It
The Problem of the Missing Role Models When I saw this tweet from the terrific kids' show Sci Girls, about Kamala Harris, I thought, "Yes!" All people need to see themselves in books, movies, tv, and the real world, represented. No one likes to be left out, but more...
Frida Hansen, Weaver
Imagine you’re a lady born in 1855, you live in Norway and you were raised as a proper lady from a wealthy family. You were given an education at private schools and taught to do embroidery and to draw and paint. You grow up, get married and everything is fine, until...
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