In 2011, the New York Times praised the newly minted MacArthur Fellow’s “habit of coaxing lyricism out of rigor in many of her designs.” Based in Chicago, her firm Studio Gang has helped reshape the city with projects such as the 82-story, ripple-skinned Aqua Tower, a nature boardwalk at the Lincoln Park Zoo, and a pair of boathouses along the Chicago River.
1800s Irish novelist
1700s and 1800s Irish land agent and philanthropist
Sisters Helen S. Rush (1900-1985) and Mary Sherkanowski (1902-1987) ran a boarding house at 22 Monument Square in Boston. They wrote about their adventures in the 1952 book “Rooms to Let”.
Louise G. Reece won a special election to succeed her Congressman husband after his death in 1961. .
Clementina Rind was a public printer for Virginia and publisher from August 1773 to September 1774 of one of two Virginia Gazettes printed in Williamsburg.
In 1893, she established the first all-woman architectural firm in the U.S. By 1931, Howe became the first woman recognized as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Irish political hostess, business owner and activist
Irish philanthropist
Through ingenuity and perseverance, this high school dropout and single mother became a business magnate who transformed the office supply industry in the 20th century.