Famous Women

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811 – 1896)
USA, 2007. Author Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was an American abolitionist & author. Her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) was a depiction of life for African Americans under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the US & UK. It energized anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. She wrote more than 20 books, including novels, three travel memoirs and collections of articles and letters.
Silent Ambassadors
Dr. Apgar, an Armenian-American, Mt. Holyoke graduate, obstetrical anesthesiologist, introduced what came to be called the Apgar Score for newborns in 1952.
Mary Wollstonecraft. "Vindicación de los derechos de la Mujer"
Mary Wollstonecraft (27 de abril de 1759-10 de septiembre de 1797) Filósofa y escritora británica. Considerada una de las ...
Lou Andreas-Salomé, the First Woman Psychoanalyst, on Depression and Creativity in Letters to Rilke
“A great deal of poetic work has arisen from various despairs.” - Lou Andreas-Salomé, the First Woman Psychoanalyst.
Dorothy Height Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004.
Jackie's Historical Facts: Dorothy Height Awarded the Presidential ...
Helen Keller/Anne Sullivan Stamp, 1980
US Stamp 1980 - 15 cent. Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan.