French-American astrophysicist and astronomer who has served as NASA’s chief scientist, president of Purdue University, chair of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Mayo Clinic trustee and director of the National Science Foundation
Since her appointment at the University of Utah in 1997, Condic’s primary research focus has been the development and regeneration of the nervous system.
American geneticist
A Pushcart Prize nominee, she teaches middle school by day and writes stories about spunky kids stepping into their power in the early hours of the morning.
Katharine Gibbs founded her first business school for women in Providence, Rhode Island, and opened a Boston branch on Huntington Avenue six years later.
The Prince School of Education for Store Service developed out of the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union. Founded in 1905 by Lucinda W. Prince (1862-1935), the program became so popular that Prince soon teamed up with Simmons College to offer teaching training courses for her instructors.
Associate Professor in the School of Environmental Science and Management at Southern Cross University in Australia.
Angeline Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is a storyteller who writes about her Ojibwe community in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Caroline “Orrie” Orr (1910-1982) and Grace Flynn (1918-2012), leaders at Trinity Neighborhood House, inspired East Boston youth through nature, arts, and community service.
Leader of Boston’s French Library and Cultural Center