Women worth knowing
Extraordinary women, overlooked stories, and a more complete history. Explore the lives, ideas, and achievements that changed the world.
She combined surgical skill with dangerous rescue flights, reaching wounded people in combat zones and helping establish a new approach to emergency care on the battlefield.
Black women challenged exclusion in medicine, nursing, and research, expanding professional opportunities and improving care for communities neglected by existing institutions.
She entered a distance race women were forbidden to run, challenging restrictions that kept female athletes off the starting line and out of serious competition.
She sold her home to build a children’s hospital, then devoted her career to improving care and reaching families poorly served by existing services.
She earned a medical degree when the profession excluded women, then helped build hospitals and schools that made it possible for others to follow.