Revolutionary women
Warriors, scientists, visionaries: women who changed the world
The writer Rachel Carson who fought insecticide wars
How Silent Spring, a book about DDT use, changed the way we think about the environment
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Forugh Farrokhzad: A trailblazing voice for women in Iran
How the courage and audacity of an Iranian writer continues to inspire
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Margaret Sanger: Mother of birth control
The controversial campaigner who founded Planned Parenthood and helped develop the pill
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Alice Guy: The first female movie mogul
The pioneer of early cinema who was overlooked by history
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The Sun: Myths and magnetism
Understanding the star that makes all life on Earth possible
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A forgotten founder of climate science: Eunice Newton Foote
The first person to link CO2 with global warming, and why she vanished from history
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La Malinche: Mexico's great 'traitor'
The indigenous slave girl who helped the Spanish conquer the Aztecs
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Margaret Fuller: Early feminist and war correspondent
A brilliant American journalist determined to live her life to the full
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Sofya Kovalevskaya: The eventful life of a maths pioneer
A brilliant Russian whose scientific discoveries helped to reshape European universities
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Laskarina Bouboulina, the mother of modern Greece
An intrepid sea captain who commanded daring naval attacks with her own fleet of ships
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Ida Pfeiffer: 19th Century globetrotter
The eccentric traveller and collector who circumnavigated the globe twice
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Sister Juana, a great mind of Mexico
An outspoken nun who was also a daring poet
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Olympe de Gouges: France’s forgotten revolutionary heroine
The French social activist, feminist and playwright who was executed at the guillotine
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Umm Kulthum: Egypt’s singing superstar
Exploring the life of a woman whose voice still captivates people across the Middle East
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The woman whose cells changed medical history
The story of Henrietta Lacks who unwittingly left behind an extraordinary medical legacy
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Dido of Carthage: A love story gone wrong
What makes the legend of Dido so appealing to the arts and beyond?
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Elizabeth Fry: 'The angel of prisons'
How a nineteenth century Quaker philanthropist shook up the prison system
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Queen Tamar: The myth of a perfect ruler
Georgia’s most iconic female sovereign
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Lal Ded, mystical Kashmiri poet
A free-spirited woman whose pithy words challenged social norms
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Bertha von Suttner: A champion of peace
The writer who became the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
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Hazel Scott: Jazz star and barrier breaker
An exceptionally talented musician who always stood her ground
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Gretta Cousins: champion of Irish and Indian women
A pianist and activist who fought for women’s votes and better lives
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Artemisia Gentileschi: The painter who took on the men
The Italian Baroque artist who's become a hero for modern-day feminists
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Emilie du Chatelet: a free-spirited physicist
The life and work of a remarkable 18th-century polymath
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