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Mary Ann Bevan. Ringling Brothers Circus and was employed as a nurse. Mary Ann Bevan ( née Webster; 20 December 1874 – 26 December 1933) was an English nurse, who, after developing acromegaly, toured the circus sideshow circuit as "the ugliest woman in the world". [1]
Hetty Green (November 21, 1834 – July 3, 1916) was an American businesswoman and financier known as "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age.Those who knew her well referred to her admiringly as the "Queen of Wall Street" due to her willingness to lend freely and at reasonable interest rates to financiers and city governments during financial panics.
Georgia O'Keeffe. For the 2009 film, see Georgia O'Keeffe (film). Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American modernist painter and draftswoman whose career spanned seven decades and whose work remained largely independent of major art movements. Called the "Mother of American modernism", O'Keeffe gained ...
This article may require copy editing for prosify lists, fix tone. You can assist by editing it. (November 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Part of a series on Women in society Society Women's history (legal rights) Woman Animal advocacy Business Female entrepreneurs Gender representation on corporate boards of directors Diversity (politics) Diversity, equity, and inclusion ...
A few historical accounts of intersex people exist due primarily to the discovery of relevant legal records, including those of Thomas (ine) Hall (17th-century United States), Eleno de Céspedes, a 16th-century intersex person in Spain (in Spanish), and Fernanda Fernández (18th-century Spain). In 2019 the Smithsonian Channel aired a ...
The U.S. has medaled in the team all-around in every Summer Olympics since 1992, winning golds in 1996, 2012, and 2016. [2] Seven American female gymnasts have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games: Shannon Miller (seven), Simone Biles (seven), Aly Raisman (six), Nastia Liukin (five), Mary Lou Retton (five), Dominique Dawes (four), and ...
During the Roman Republic. Valeria, the name of the women of the Valeria gens. Valeria, first priestess of Fortuna Muliebris in 488 BC; Aemilia Tertia (с. 230 – 163 or 162 BC), wife of Scipio Africanus and mother of Cornelia (see below), noted for the unusual freedom given her by her husband, her enjoyment of luxuries, and her influence as role model for elite Roman women after the Second ...
Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed ( Hungarian: Báthori Erzsébet, pronounced [ˈbaːtori ˈɛrʒeːbɛt]; Slovak: Alžbeta Bátoriová; 7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) [2] was a Hungarian noblewoman and alleged serial killer from the Báthory family, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia). Báthory and four of her ...