Kenny was born in rural Australia to Mary and Michael Kenny in 1880. Her early education was a mix of homeschooling and structured before she broke her wrist at 17. That’s when she met her future mentor Aeneas McDonnell and discovered her love of medicine while reading through McDonnell’s books but in no way was…
Category: Science
007- Grace Hopper
Grace Brewster Murray was born on December 9, 1906 in New York City. The first winner of “Computer Science Man of the Year” award from the Data Processing Management Association in 1969 Awarded 40 honorary degrees from universities First person from the United States and the first woman from any country to be made Distinguished…
006 – Two first for female doctors
Fe del Mundo Doctor Fe Del Mundo lead studies that evolved incubators and improved the practices in how we treat jaundice. Her whole life, spanning eight decades, was dedicated to pediatrics in the Philippines “[Del Mundo] humorously relates that when she arrived in Boston and went to the dormitory assigned her in a letter…
001 – Jeanne Barret
Birth/Death: July 27, 1740 – August 5, 1807 Quick Summary: Jeanne Barret was Born in Autun, France to day laborers who could barley scrape by. As a result of this upbringing she quickly learned the trade of being an herb woman. First of all she develops a love for botany and care taking. A…
Liberating the Queen 