Blogs Posts in Women Skills category; 106 blog posts

Early Women's Botanists

Plains Indian culture was one of hunters and gathers: the men did the hunting and the women did the gathering. The task of gathering and the preparation of seeds, berries and edible roots and plants belonged to the women. They continually g [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

Gertrude Elion

Gertrude Elion patented the leukemia-fighting drug 6-mercaptopurine in 1954 and has made a number of significant contributions to the medical field. Dr. Gertrude Elion’s research led to the development of Imuran, a drug that aids the [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2007 | Comments : 0

Women in early medicine

Plains Indians used various wild berries and herbal plants in ceremonial rites that celebrated the gift of life from Mother Earth and the continuation of its people. The women gathered herbal plants and stored them for seasoning or flavorin [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2007 | Comments : 0

LADD, Catherine Stratton

A native of Virginia, Catherine became a well-known writer and educator in South Carolina. After her marriage, she began to write stories, poems, and essays, particularly on art and education. These were published under several different pe [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

Jane Austen

Jane Austen was born December 16th, 1775 at Steventon, Hampshire, England (near Basingstoke). She was the seventh child (out of eight) and the second daughter (out of two), of the Rev. George Austen, 1731-1805 (the local rector, or Church o [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

Anne Dudley Bradstreet

Anne Dudley Bradstreet was America's first poet. Born about 1612 in Northampton, England, Anne was the first daughter and second of the five children of Thomas Dudley and Dorothy (Yorke) Dudley, who was, by Cotton Mather's account, "a [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2007 | Comments : 0

Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972)

Charismatic, brilliant, and wealthy, the American heiress Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972) is best known for three things: her powerful Left Bank literary salon; her books of pensées, witty encapsulations of truth that follow an a [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2007 | Comments : 0

Expert Craftswomen

Plains Indians took much pleasure in finery and when entire communities came together for various religious rituals and celebrations, which were a large part of their lives, they wore their best regalia. It was a measure of status within th [...]

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