Happy #InternationalWomensDay! In celebration, here are my favorite stories of #RemarkableYoungWomen that were forgotten by history 👇 1/🧵
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To celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth, each day I'm sharing a story from my book on #RemarkableYoungWomen
Maria Mitchell observed her first solar eclipse when she was 12. By the time she was 14, she was making calculation tables for sailors in Nantucket to navigate using the stars.
To celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth, each day I'm sharing a story from my book on #RemarkableYoungWomen
Meet Yekaterina Dashkova, the Russian teenage princess who helped lead the coup that ousted an emperor and put Catherine the Great on the throne. 1/🧵
Each day of #WomensHistoryMonth I'm sharing a taste from my book on #RemarkableYoungWomen
Meet Savitribai Phule: from an illiterate childhood and marriage at 10 years old, she ferociously pursued her own education, and by age 17 she established one of India's first public school for poor girls.
Each day of #WomensHistoryMonth I'm sharing a story from my book on #RemarkableYoungWomen
Meet Susie Baker, born in 1848 into an enslaved family on a Georgia plantation. As a child she learned reading and writing in a secret, and at age 14 she founded the first free school for black children.
Each day of #WomensHistoryMonth I'm spotlighting one of many #RemarkableYoungWomen
In 1747, 15-year-old Cristina Roccati petitioned her way into university, earned her physics PhD at 19, and had a very successful, decades-long career in mathematics, all while women were banned from studying.
Yekaterina Dashkova, the 19-year-old princess who helped orchestrate the coup that put Catherine the Great on the throne. Discover her influence, ambition, and legacy as a revolutionary and scholar. Read more: wix.to/fce2bi6 #RemarkableYoungWomen #WomenInHistory #RussianHistory #CatherinetheGreat
