Best known for initiating the effort to free an enslaved woman named Eliza Winston in 1860, she weathered mob violence for her efforts. She rebuilt her home and business after the incident and lived in Minneapolis for the remainder of her life.
One of America’s foremost ceramic artists and a highly regarded teacher of ceramics. She was credited with being one of the key figures in the mid-century transformation of ceramics from craft to fine art.
A successful dressmaker and clubwoman, Alice Casneau had an active professional and public life in Boston during the turn of the 20th century.
Scottish-New Zealander dressmaker and coalminer
Irish dressmaker
Irish philanthropist and promoter of local industry
In 1965 Stephanie Kwolek created the first of a family of synthetic fibers of exceptional strength and stiffness. The best-known member is Kevlar, a material used in protective vests as well as in boats, airplanes, ropes, cables, and much more—in total about 200 applications.
New Zealand dressmaker, farmer and domestic servant
Abbess of Quedlinburg and one of the most distinguished artists of the 1100s, excelling in miniature painting and embroidery.
New Zealand home science lecturer and writer