Why it matters if women have money. True stories of Katharine Dexter McCormick, Alva Belmont, Madame CJ Walker, Mary Elizabeth Garrett and Mrs. Frank Leslie.
What great stories. And such inspiration. I just recently learned that Katharine McCormick was also the person who made MIT back down from their mandate that women students always wear hats in MIT labs. She argued that it was a fire hazard, apparently, after having lost some pricey millinery to a Bunsen burner! As always, Maya, thank you so much. I wish you could put these sorts of posts on a video loop and play them in every grade school in America.
What great stories. And such inspiration. I just recently learned that Katharine McCormick was also the person who made MIT back down from their mandate that women students always wear hats in MIT labs. She argued that it was a fire hazard, apparently, after having lost some pricey millinery to a Bunsen burner! As always, Maya, thank you so much. I wish you could put these sorts of posts on a video loop and play them in every grade school in America.
That's a great idea, Susan! I may give it a go. And huzzah for protecting the millinery! ;-)