He went into a specialty store where he saw a beautifully hand painted fabric art quilt of poppies. After the cashier finished checking out another customer, she walked over to him. “May I help you?” she asked. He turned and for a moment, he was speechless. She was a beautiful girl in her late teens …
Women Astronomers
This painting of a young woman looking through a telescope is by Pietro Rotari, an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Verona. His career took him from place and he died in 1762 at the age of 55 in St Petersburg where he had traveled to paint for the Russian court. …
Alice Ball
Alice Ball was the pharmaceutical chemist who developed a medical treatment for Leprosy, giving hope to millions. Leprosy is a dreaded disease. It has been around since biblical times. It is disfiguring and it filled its sufferers with hopelessness. In the US people with Leprosy were forcibly removed from their homes and detained indefinitely in …
Notes to Women 