Archive for June, 2024
Women and Adversity: Jane Addams, Lesbian Co-founder of Hull House in Chicago
June 13, 2024Women and Adversity: Jane Addams, Lesbian Co-founder of Hull House To recognize June as Pride Month, I’m featuring famous women who were lesbians. I wrote a post about Jane Addams on this ...
Women and Adversity: Anne L’Huillier, 2023 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
November 23, 2023Subscribe to my blog via email at the bottom of www.jamathews.com/blog Women and Adversity: Anne L’Huillier 2023 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics Anne L’Huillier was awarded the Nobel Prize ...
Women and Adversity: Narges Mohammadi, 2023 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
October 26, 2023Subscribe to my blog via email at the bottom of www.jamathews.com/blog Women and Adversity: Narges Mohammadi 2023 Nobel Peace Prize Winner The suppression of women in Iran goes beyond what any ...
Women and Adversity: Katalin Karikó 2023 Winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine
October 12, 2023Women and Adversity: Katalin Karikó 2023 Winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine Katalin “Kati” Karikó’s scientific pursuit is a journey of determination. She believed in her research of mRNA ...
Women and Adversity: Zuzana Čaputová First Woman President of Slovakia
August 24, 2023Women and Adversity: Zuzana Čaputová First Woman President of Slovakia Zuzana Čaputová (Zoo Zan⸍nah Cop⸍ oo toe vah) has been called the Erin Brockovich of Slovakia because of her det ...
Women and Adversity: Ana Brnabic Prime Minister of Serbia
August 10, 2023Women and Adversity: Ana Brnabić Prime Minister of Serbia We get into complicated territory when we talk of the Balkan Penisula, a region in southeastern Europe. Eleven countries comprise the Ba ...
Women and Adversity: Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States
February 23, 2023Women and Adversity: Kamala Harris Vice President of the United States It’s logical for me to feature a black woman during February, which is Black History Month. Since I’ve been writing abou ...
Women and Adversity: 21st Century Women, Halimah Yacob, President of Singapore
June 23, 2022Women and Adversity: 21st Century Women Halimah Yacob President of Singapore Restricting qualifications so only ONE person can qualify? That’s what happened in the Republic of Singapore’s ...
Women and Adversity Blog: 2021
January 14, 2021Along with all the people in countries around the world, U.S. residents are happy to leave 2020 behind and look forward to a prosperous, healthy 2021. What will my blog contain in 2021? Much of ...