Julia Morgan is arguably the best-known female architect in the United States. Although millions of visitors have admired Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California, Morgan’s architectural legacy is found throughout the state, where she designed more than seven hundred buildings during her long and prolific career.
Co-founder of the U.S.’s first female architectural partnership in 1894.
As one of the first screenwriters to include details such as stage directions and physical settings in her work, Mathis saw scenarios as a way to make movies into more of an art form. In 1920, she headed Metro’s scenario department, the first female executive at that studio.
Viscountess Pirrie , public figure and philanthropist
In 1970 President Richard Nixon picked Romana Acosta Bañuelos to the post of U.S. Treasurer, the first Latina in the position in U.S. history.
1800s Canadian brothel-keeper
1800s Canadian fur trader
1800s Irish-Canadian author, publisher, and educator
1800s and 1900s American businesswoman and publisher
Hungarian-born Jewish, Canadian businesswoman