Education

No. 626: Maria Montessori
An emotional outburst by the founder of a new educational style reveals her theory on imagination, and the intensity behind her success.

No. 950: Natural Philosophy
Even though Jane Marcet couldn't attend college, she focused her home liberal education course around natural philosophy. Now natural philosophy has drifted out of the educational nucleus and America is falling behind in teaching science.

No. 900: Political Economy
In one of Jane Marcet's many educational books for girls, a fictional teacher equips young ladies with a knowledge of the political economics that shape their world.

No. 828: Somerville and Marcet
This Scottish woman's scientific treatises led to a place in the Royal Society's Great Hall, a condemnation, and a strange equality.

No. 465: Science and Engineering Education
The United States fails to make use of a rich source of engineers and allows potential American college and graduate students to maintain misconceptions about the field of engineering.

No. 213: The Pythagoreans
Pythagoras and Plato believed in the intellectual equality of women, yet some young girls today still do not.

Law

No. 968: Belva Ann Lockwood
Lockwood not only managed to win measures for equality for a black attorney and the Cherokee nation, but also formed a political party and ran for president of the United States.