Alice Coltrane (née McLeod) (August 27, 1937 – January 12, 2007) was an jazz pianist, organist, harpist, and composer. She was the wife of John Coltrane, the jazz saxophonist and composer. She is one of the rare female jazz instrumentalists. Table of Contents 1 Early Life 2 Jazz and John Coltrane 3 Spirituality and Music […]

Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. Replacing the with comfort and casual elegance, her fashion themes included simple suits and dresses, , costume jewelry, perfume and textiles. Table […]

Alfred Kinsey (June 23, 1894-August 25 1956) was an American biologist whose research on human sexuality revolutionised popular understanding of sexual desire and impulse in both men and women. Table of Contents 1 Education and Early Career 2 ‘Father of Sexology’ 3 Controversy 4 Sources Education and Early Career Kinsey was born in New Jersey, […]

Alysa Stanton (born c. 1964) is an African-American Jew. On June 6, 2009, she was ordained the first African-American female rabbi. Education Stanton was raised a Pentecostal Christian. She grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and Denver, Colorado. In her first career, Stanton was a psychotherapist She specialized in grief counseling, and was asked to speak […]

Barbara McClintock (June 16 1902 – September 2 1992), is an American cytogeneticist. She won the 1983 for her discovery of genetic transposition, or the ability of genes to change position on the chromosome. Table of Contents 1 Education and early influences 2 Research 3 Prizes and Distinctions 4 References 5 See Also Education and […]

Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner (Baroness Bertha von Suttner) (1843 – 1914)  was an novelist, pacifist, and the first woman to be a . She was the product of an aristocratic society whose military traditions she accepted without question for the first half of her life and vigorously opposed for the last half. Table […]