I never heard about Margaret Sanger before reading the book about the creation of Wonder Woman, The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore.… Read More »Margaret Sanger: A Life Devoted To The Birth Control Movement
The youngest son in an 11-child family, Howard Carter was born on May 9, 1874, in Brompton, Kensington, London. The Hamond family, the lords of… Read More »Howard Carter and the Tomb of Tutankhamun
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a pioneering 19th-century engineer, left an indelible mark on the world of engineering, transport, and construction. Born into an esteemed family of… Read More »Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a Revolutionary Innovator
Born Augusta Ada Byron, Ada Lovelace was a mathematician and author who seemed for a long time fated to be forgotten, like so many women… Read More »Ada Lovelace, The Countess Who Knew How To Code
Born in 1885, Rachel Mary Parsons came from a wealthy family full of brilliant minds—her father invented the steam turbine, her grandfather built giant telescope,… Read More »Rachel Mary Parsons: Wealthy Heiress, Engineer, and Militant
I heard about Philo Farnsworth for the first time in the book “The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1920-1961” by Jeff Kisseloff. In it,… Read More »Philo Farnsworth: A Television Pioneer Who Started Young
Marianne North and her father, Frederick North, were regular visitors to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. During one visit, the botanist and family friend… Read More »Marianne North: A Victorian Pioneer in Botanical Exploration and Art