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Emily Dickinson
Born on December 10, 1830, in the picturesque town of Amherst, Massachusetts, Emily Dickinson's life was as intricate as her poems, woven...
Oct 12, 2023


Rukhambai Raut
Born amidst the colonial architecture and buzzing streets of Bombay in 1864, Rukhmabai's life, from its very beginning, embodied the...
Oct 12, 2023

Mary Putnam Jacobi
Born in London in 1842 to American parents, by 1848 Mary had relocated to New York. From a tender age, her zeal for medicine was evident....
Oct 12, 2023


Madam C.J. Walker
Madam CJ Walker. Born Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867, in a Louisiana cotton plantation, her journey from an orphaned child to...
Oct 12, 2023


Isabella Bird
Born amidst the rolling hills of Yorkshire in 1831, Isabella Bird was not only a daring explorer but also a keen naturalist and...
Oct 11, 2023


Annie Smith Peck
Annie Smith Peck, born on October 19, 1850, in Providence, Rhode Island, emerged as a luminous figure in a time when the US was grappling...
Oct 9, 2023


Edith Wharton
Born on January 24, 1862, Edith Wharton, originally named Edith Newbold Jones, hailed from New York's social elite, the prominent Jones...
Oct 9, 2023


Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf, a name that resonates with literary brilliance, left an indelible mark on the world of modernist literature. Her life,...
Sep 29, 2023


Constance Markievicz
"I shall never worry about men's opinions; I shall be true to my own convictions till the day I die." Constance Markievicz, born...
Sep 14, 2023
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