Tag: 19thcentury
October 8, 1871: Great Fire of Chicago Begins in Mrs. O’Leary’s Barn
On This Day in 1849: Harriet Tubman Runs Away
“America the Beautiful” and Katharine Lee Bates
Marie Curie, First Woman to Win a Nobel Prize (ep. 16.13)
Madam CJ Walker, First Female Self-Made Millionaire (ep. 16.12)
Ada Lovelace, First Computer Programmer (ep. 16.11)
Caroline Herschel, First Female Professional Scientist (ep. 16.10)
Annie Londonderry, First Woman to Cycle Round the World (ep. 16.f)