JANUARY 15: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN

Jane Hoey

Jane Hoey, born today in 1892, was director of the Bureau of Public Assistance, Social Security Board from 1936-53. She helped states develop programs of assistance, especially mothers’ aid programs.


Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya

Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (Russian: Со́фья Васи́льевна Ковале́вская), was a Russian mathematician who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and mechanics. She was the first woman appointed to a full professorship in Northern Europe and was also one of the first women to work for a scientific journal as an editor. She was born today in 1850.


Irene Kuhn

Irene Kuhn, a journalist who penned a nationally syndicated column for nearly 25 years, was born today in 1898.


The Spaniard-American woman commonly known as “Conchita” was born today in 1936. She set up a peace camp for over 20 years across from the White House in order to protest nuclear arms. She is known for carrying out the longest continuous act of political protest in the U.S. and has been featured in Michael Moore’s 2004 documentary Fahrenheit 9/11.

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