According to the MIT Pantheon Project, these 15 women are the most famous women to date. Thanks for the inspiration, ladies. 15. Angela Merkel. ... What Cleopatra is famous for: Politics.

Born as an enslaved woman, Ida B. Wells-Barnett grew up to become one of the best known journalists in U.S. history and a leading anti-lynching and women’s suffrage advocate.She published ...

About a month ago, I fled from a Massachusetts women-in-politics event about halfway through. For reasons unknown to me at the time, I felt angry, sad and confused — I had to make my escape. At ...

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Some of the most incredible inventors, writers, politicians, & activists have been women. From Ida B. Wells to Sally Ride, here are women who changed the world. 22 Famous Women in History You Need ...

Your next book is a history of Christian women in US politics over the past 50 years. And a lot of the women students you spoke with at Liberty University are envisioning careers in politics and law.

Another example of the contribution of women to Mr. Friedman’s work is his 1957 book, “A Theory of the Consumption Function,” one of his most important publications in technical economics.

Lexington museums will focus on the area’s famous women as they celebrate the city’s 250th anniversary. As March is Women’s History Month, the museums in Lexington will focus on how women ...

Today, there are 151 women in Congress. One-quarter of U.S. senators are women, and roughly 30 percent of lawmakers in the House. Four decades ago, when Malcolm embarked on her political project ...

Every night, some of the most famous men in politics seemed to play more of a supporting role. By Jess Bidgood When State Senator Cordell Cleare of New York watched Michelle Obama, the former ...