DR. MAGDALENE M. CARNEY – Setting the Perfect Example
Dr. Magdalene M. Carney was a writer, a Civil Rights advocate, a Bahá’í, and first and... Read More.
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Mary Brown Martin – Suffragist and Educator
Born in 1877 in Raleigh, North Carolina to two formerly enslaved parents, Mary Brown Martin brought... Read More.
Dorothy Baker – Teacher to the end
A wet purse was discovered at the seaside in January of 1954. The woman who had... Read More.
Martha Root – Teaching the World
Martha Root was different from other girls even as a little child. She enjoyed reading and... Read More.
Mildred Mottahedeh – A Powerhouse Woman for Humanity
Mildred Root Mottahedeh was a collector of Chinese export porcelains and a co-founder of a business... Read More.
Phoebe Hearst – Her name shall be uplifted
In 1862, at the young age of 19, Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson wed George Hearst, a very... Read More.
Lua Getsinger – Herald of the Covenant
"You must serve as my flag and wave it in both the East and the West." ‘Abdu’l-Bahá said this to Lua Getsinger, when she... Read More.
Women in Space – How Lucille Ball Saved Star Trek® and the Impact on NASA
Women have always played a pivotal role in space exploration. From key roles in sci-fi fantasy television shows and movies to real-life scientific heroines,... Read More.
