We all know Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Emmeline Pakhrust, Frida Kahlo and Grace Hopper. These are women who have contributed to society, left their mark, and had a major influence in a variety of fields, including the arts and science, whether they were conscious of it or not.
But what about others like Andrée de Jongh, Amelia Bloomer, Lee Miller, Mary McLeod Bethune, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Empress Zewditu and Emma Lazarus? They are (or should be) just as relevant as the others, but their names and stories aren't so well-known.
I often think about and wonder how many ordinary individuals, particularly women, have had their names erased and their achievements lost throughout history (or transferred to other people, as we know happened not once, but several times).
I’ll leave a few names for you here. Search them. The world we live in today has been shaped by many more people than the history books can tell.
Flora Sandes. English woman who wanted to help in the war effort during WW1. Travelled to Serbia as a volunteer st John's ambulance nurse, after being rejected as unqualified to become a nurse in the UK. They were attached to the Serbian 2nd infantry regiment which took part in the great retreat through Albania. When all other ambulance staff had left or had been killed during the retreat she was accepted in the Serbian Army as a private.
She quickly was promoted to corporal and in 1916 was seriously injured by a grenade during hand to hand combat. She was awarded the highest medal in the Serbian services and promoted to sargeant major.
Unable to continue in a combat role due to her injuries she ran a military hospital.
In June 1919 the Serbian parliament passed a special act of parliament to become the first female commissioned officer in the Serbian army.
Credit to Wikipedia for all of the above. First heard about her on the BBC.
Harriet Jacobs. Author of INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL (under nom du plum Linda Brent). Ms Jacobs escaped unbelievable hardship to work with abolitionist cause (w Frederick Douglass & her brother) at end of Civil War. Her writing, speaking, & educating was pivotal. ESSENTIAL READING: 'Harriet Jacobs: A Life' by Dr Jean Yellin, whose tireless research rescued this marvelous woman's work from oblivion.
Na pesquisa que fiz, com relação a mulheres brasileiras, encontrei esse site: https://www.tvt.org.br/mulheres-brasileiras-apagadas-pela-historia/
Flora Sandes. English woman who wanted to help in the war effort during WW1. Travelled to Serbia as a volunteer st John's ambulance nurse, after being rejected as unqualified to become a nurse in the UK. They were attached to the Serbian 2nd infantry regiment which took part in the great retreat through Albania. When all other ambulance staff had left or had been killed during the retreat she was accepted in the Serbian Army as a private.
She quickly was promoted to corporal and in 1916 was seriously injured by a grenade during hand to hand combat. She was awarded the highest medal in the Serbian services and promoted to sargeant major.
Unable to continue in a combat role due to her injuries she ran a military hospital.
In June 1919 the Serbian parliament passed a special act of parliament to become the first female commissioned officer in the Serbian army.
Credit to Wikipedia for all of the above. First heard about her on the BBC.
Harriet Jacobs. Author of INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL (under nom du plum Linda Brent). Ms Jacobs escaped unbelievable hardship to work with abolitionist cause (w Frederick Douglass & her brother) at end of Civil War. Her writing, speaking, & educating was pivotal. ESSENTIAL READING: 'Harriet Jacobs: A Life' by Dr Jean Yellin, whose tireless research rescued this marvelous woman's work from oblivion.