Iconic Women

The Extraordinary Journey of Transgender Icon Frances Thomson

Frances Thompson, a formerly enslaved transgender woman, anti-rape activist and...

Nigerian Chef, Hilda Baci

The world record for the longest cooking time by an...

Challenging Racial Segregation, American Civil Rights Pioneer, Dorothy "Dot" Counts

Dorothy "Dot" Counts-Scoggins (born March 25, 1942) is an American...

Turkish Taekwondo Champion, Kübra Dağli

Kübra Dağlı is a Turkish Taekwondo world champion in the...

Senegalese Writer and political activist, Mariama Bâ

She published two books, So Long a Letter (1979) and...

Syrian-born Astrophysicist, Dr Rim Turkmani

She is a trained astrophysicist, a former Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow...