Woman is a Rational Animal

Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia

Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia

Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia was born in 1618 in Heidelberg, Germany. She was the third child of Elisabeth Stuart, the daughter of King James I of England, and the Protestant King Frederick V of Bohemia. Elisabeth was formally tutored in many subjects, including a...
Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary McLeod Bethune

Founder of Bethune-Cookman University and recipient of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s highest honor for promoting education for African Americans, Mary McLeod Bethune is a well-recognized figure in the field of education.[1] She...
Jane Jacobs

Jane Jacobs

Jane Jacobs was an urban theorist and writer, born in 1916 and died in 2006, who thought about the way that urban organization impacts city life and social issues. One of the most influential figures in pivoting the conversation of urban studies away from the...
Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt, born in 1906 in a German Empire, was a Holocaust survivor known worldwide for her extensive contributions that extend across the social sciences, from political economy to psychology. As one of the most influential political theorists of the twentieth...
Helen Longino

Helen Longino

​​Historically, men have dominated most discourses in the fields of science and philosophy. Since then, the exclusion of female perspectives and criticism has created a knowledge gap where half of humanity’s wisdom has been overlooked. Thankfully, this is changing;...
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