Aletta Jacobs: When They Told Her ‘You Can’t,’ This Gutsy Woman Said ‘Just Watch Me’ Prohibited from attending high school, Aletta Jacobs found a workaround and became the Netherlands' first woman with a medical degree. But her gutsiness didn't end there.
My Grandmother, The Sheriff As a far West Texas sheriff in the 1950s, Mantie Merritt McReynolds served her county and her gender.
On First National Women Physician Day, We Thank Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell The first woman in the U.S. to receive a medical degree, Dr. Blackwell devoted her life not only to caring for patients, but also to helping other women become doctors.
GM CEO Mary Barra: ‘I Never Want To Get A Job Because I’m Female’ Two years into her tenure as General Motors CEO, Mary Barra says the novelty of her being a woman has worn off. Barra, who has endured sexist questioning from the press -- about her ability to be both a CEO an...
Anything You Can Play, She Can Play Better You may never have heard guitarist and bassist Carol Kaye’s name, but once you read this you’ll have her work stuck in your head for days.
‘I Asked Myself Why Should I Not Get The Fee Myself’ Dr. Eliza Ann Grier, an emancipated slave, was the first black woman licensed to practice medicine in Georgia.
