''Overlooked No More'' is a recurring feature in the

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section of ''

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'', which honors "remarkable people" whose deaths had been overlooked by editors of that section since its creation in 1851. The feature was introduced on March 8, 2018, for

International Women's Day International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March, commemorating women's fight for equality and liberation along with the women's rights movement. International Women's Day gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive righ ...

, when the ''Times'' published fifteen obituaries of such "overlooked" women, and has since become a weekly feature in the paper. The project was created by Amy Padnani, the digital editor of the obituaries desk, and Jessica Bennett, the paper's gender editor. In its introduction, it was admitted that the paper's obituaries had been "dominated by white men", and that the project was intended to help "address these inequities of our time". In May 2018, it was reported that the ''Times'' had partnered with Anonymous Content and

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to develop a

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franchise based on the feature, with each season chronicling a notable woman.

List of honorees

International Women's Day (March 8, 2018)

Ida B. Wells Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advance ...

, (1862–1931), "took on racism in the deep south with powerful reporting on

lynching Lynching is an extrajudicial killing by a group. It is most often used to characterize informal public executions by a mob in order to punish an alleged or convicted transgressor or to intimidate others. It can also be an extreme form of i ...

s" #

Qiu Jin Qiu Jin (; 8November 187515July 1907) was a Chinese revolutionary, feminist, and writer. Qiu was executed after a failed uprising against the Qing dynasty and is considered a national heroine in China and a martyr of republicanism and feminism ...

, (1875–1907), "beheaded by imperial forces, was 'China's

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc ( ; ; – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the Coronation of the French monarch, coronation of Charles VII o ...

'" #

Mary Ewing Outerbridge Mary Ewing Outerbridge (February 16, 1852 – May 3, 1886) was an American woman who imported the lawn game tennis to the United States from Bermuda. Biography Mary was born on February 16, 1852, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Bermudians Alex ...

, (1852–1886), "helped bring

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

to the United States" #

Diane Arbus Diane Arbus (; ; March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971
by

, (1923–1971), "a photographer, whose portraits have compelled or repelled generations of viewers" # Marsha P. Johnson, (1945–2002), "a

transgender A transgender (often shortened to trans) person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were sex assignment, assigned at birth. The opposite of ''transgender'' is ''cisgender'', which describes perso ...

pioneer and activist" #

Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet and author. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for '' The Colossus and Other Poems'' (1960), '' Ariel'' (1965), a ...

, (1932–1963), "a postwar poet unafraid to confront her despair" #

Henrietta Lacks Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) Note: Some sources report her birthday as August 2, 1920, vs. August 1, 1920. was an African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, ...

, (1920–1951), "whose cells lead to a medical revolution" #

Madhubala Madhubala (born Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi; 14 February 1933 – 23 February 1969) was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. She is considered as one of the greatest and finest actresses in the history of Indian cinema. One of the country ...

, (1933–1969), "a

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...

legend whose tragic life mirrored

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe ( ; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "Blonde stereotype#Blonde bombshell, blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex ...

's" #

Emily Warren Roebling Emily Warren Roebling (September 23, 1843 – February 28, 1903) was an engineer known for her contributions over a period of more than 10 years to the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband Washington Roebling developed caiss ...

, (1843–1903), "the woman behind the man who built the

Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. It w ...

" #

Nella Larsen Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen (born Nellie Walker; April 13, 1891 – March 30, 1964) was an American novelist. Working as a nurse and a librarian, she published two novels, ''Quicksand'' (1928) and '' Passing'' (1929), and a few short stories. Tho ...

, (1891–1964), "wrestled with race and sexuality in the

Harlem renaissance The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics, and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. At the ti ...

" #

Ada Lovelace Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (''née'' Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), also known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-pur ...

, (1815–1852), "mathematician who wrote the first computer program" # Margaret Abbott, (1878–1955), "an unwitting olympic trailblazer" # Belkis Ayón, (1967–1999), "a Cuban printmaker inspired by a secret male society" #

Charlotte Brontë Charlotte Nicholls (; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855), commonly known as Charlotte Brontë (, commonly ), was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë family, Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novel ...

, (1816–1855), "Novelist known for ''

Jane Eyre ''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The firs ...

''" # Lillias Campbell Davidson, (1853–1934), "an early advocate for women's cycling"

Black History Month (February 2019)

During February 2019, in honor of

Black History Month Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the Af ...

, the paper published obituaries for "a prominent group of black men and women" who were not examined at the time of their deaths. Padnani wrote that readers' suggestions of whom to write about "have yielded some of the most-read obituaries". # Gladys Bentley, (1907–1960), "a gender bending blues performer who became 1920s

Harlem Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater ...

royalty". #

Scott Joplin Scott Joplin (November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an American composer and pianist. Dubbed the "King of Ragtime", he composed more than 40 ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas. One of his first and most popular pieces, the ...

, (1867–1917), "a pianist and ragtime master who wrote '

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' and the groundbreaking opera '

Treemonisha ''Treemonisha'' (1911) is an opera by American ragtime composer Scott Joplin. It is sometimes referred to as a "ragtime opera", though Joplin did not refer to it as such and it encompasses a wide range of musical styles. The music of ''Treemoni ...

'. # Margaret Garner, (1833–1858), "who killed her own daughter rather than return her to the horrors of slavery". #

Major Taylor Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor (November 26, 1878 – June 21, 1932) was an American professional Cycle sport, cyclist. He has been called "the first Black American global sports superstar." He was born and raised in Indianapolis, where he wor ...

, (1878–1932), "a world champion bicycle racer whose fame was undermined by prejudice". #

Zelda Wynn Valdes Zelda Barbour Wynn Valdes (June 28, 1905 - September 26, 2001) was an American fashion designer and costumer. She is credited for designing the original Playboy Bunny waitress costumes. Biography Zelda Valdes was born Zelda Christian Barbour i ...

, (1905–2001), "a fashion designer who outfitted the glittery stars of screen and stage". # Alfred Hair, (1941–1970), "a charismatic businessman who created a movement for Florida's black artists". #

Nina Mae McKinney Nina Mae McKinney (June 12, 1912 – May 3, 1967) was an American actress who worked internationally during the 1930s and in the postwar period in theatre, film and television, after beginning her career on Broadway and in Hollywood. Dubbed " ...

, (1912–1957), "an actress who defied the barrier of race to find stardom in Europe". #

Granville Woods Granville Tailer Woods (April 23, 1856 – January 30, 1910) was an American inventor who held more than 60 patents in the United States. He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. Self-taught, ...

, (1856–1910), "an inventor known as the 'Black Edison'". #

Oscar Micheaux Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (; January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and c ...

, (1884–1951), "a pioneering filmmaker prefiguring independent directors like

Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary ...

and

Tyler Perry Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr., September 13, 1969) is an American actor, filmmaker, and playwright. He is the creator and performer of Madea, Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a tough elderly woman, and also portrays her brother Joe Simmons and her ...

". #

Mary Ellen Pleasant Mary Ellen Pleasant (August 19, 1814 – January 11, 1904) was an American entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist. She was arguably the first self-made millionaire of African-American heritage, preceding Madam C. J. Walke ...

, (1814–1907), "born into slavery, she became a Gold Rush-era millionaire and a powerful abolitionist". #

Elizabeth Jennings Graham Elizabeth Jennings Graham (March 1827 – June 5, 1901) was an African-American teacher and civil rights figure. In 1854, Graham insisted on her right to ride on an available New York City streetcar at a time when all such companies were privat ...

, (1827–1901), "Life experiences primed her to fight for racial equality. Her moment came on a streetcar ride to church." # Philip A. Payton Jr., (1876–1917), "a real estate magnate who turned

into a black mecca". #

Moses Fleetwood Walker Moses Fleetwood Walker (October 7, 1856 – May 11, 1924), sometimes nicknamed Fleet Walker, was an American professional baseball catcher credited with being the first Black people, black man to play major league baseball. A native of Mount P ...

, (1857–1924), "the first black baseball player in the big leagues, even before

Jackie Robinson Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first Black American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the Baseball color line, ...

Other honorees

* Joyce Brown, "whose struggle redefined the rights of the homeless", published May 1, 2025 *

Ethel Lina White Ethel Lina White (2 April 1876 – 13 August 1944) was a British crime fiction, crime writer from Abergavenny, Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire, Wales. She was best known for her novel ''The Wheel Spins'' (1936), on which the Alfred Hitch ...

, "master of suspense who inspired

Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featu ...

", published April 17, 2025 * Katharine McCormick, "force behind the

birth control pill The combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP), often referred to as the birth control pill or colloquially as "the pill", is a type of birth control that is designed to be taken orally by women. It is the oral form of combined hormonal contra ...

", published April 3, 2025 * Beulah Louise Henry, "inventor with an endless imagination", published March 14, 2025 * Maria W. Stewart, "trailblazing voice for Black women", published March 1, 2025 * Lena Richard, "who brought Creole cooking to the masses", published February 14, 2025 * Annie Easley, "who helped take spaceflight to new heights", published February 1, 2025 *

Karen Wynn Fonstad Karen Lea Wynn Fonstad (April 18, 1945 – March 11, 2005) was an American cartographer and academic who designed several atlases of fictional worlds, including her 1981 '' The Atlas of Middle-earth'' about J. R. R. Tolkien's creations. Early ...

, "who mapped

Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson ...

Middle-earth Middle-earth is the Setting (narrative), setting of much of the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy. The term is equivalent to the ''Midgard, Miðgarðr'' of Norse mythology and ''Middangeard'' in Old English works, including ''Beowulf'' ...

", published January 13, 2025 * Fidelia Bridges, "artist who captured the natural world", published December 12, 2024 * Margaret Getchell, "visionary force at

Macy's Macy's is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. The first store was located in Manhattan on Sixth Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets, south of the present-day flagship store at Herald Square on West 34 ...

", published November 27, 2024 * Gowongo Mohawk, "trailblazing Indigenous actress", published November 9, 2024 * Margaret E. Knight, "innovator of the flat-bottomed

paper bag A paper bag is a bag made of paper, usually kraft paper. Paper bags can be made either with virgin or recycled fibres to meet customers' demands. Paper bags are commonly used as shopping bag, shopping carrier bags and for packaging of some co ...

", published October 25, 2024 *

Mariama Bâ Mariama Bâ (April 17, 1929 – August 17, 1981) was a Senegalese author and feminist, whose two French-language novels were both translated into more than a dozen languages. Born in Dakar, Senegal, Dakar, Senegal, she was raised a Muslim. Her ...

, "voice of

African feminism African feminism includes theories and movements which specifically address the experiences and needs of continental African women (African women who reside on the Africa, African continent). From a western perspective, these theories and movemen ...

", published October 11, 2024 * Ellen E. Armstrong, "'marvelous, mystifying' magician of mirth", published September 20, 2024 * Gwendolyn B. Bennett, "

star plagued by misfortune", published September 6, 2024 * Mabel Addis, "who pioneered storytelling in video games", published August 24, 2024 * Renee Carroll, "world's most famous hatcheck girl", published August 9, 2024 * Willy De Bruyn, "cycling champion who broke gender boundaries", published July 25, 2024 * Ursula Parrott, "best-selling author and voice for the modern woman", published July 10, 2024 * Otto Lucas, "God in the hat world", published June 28, 2024 * Lorenza Böttner, "

artist who found beauty in disability", published June 15, 2024 * Hansa Jivraj Mehta, "who fought for women's equality in India and beyond", published May 31, 2024 * Bill Hosokawa, "journalist who chronicled Japanese American history", published May 16, 2024 * Min Matheson, "labor leader who faced down mobsters", published May 3, 2024 * Lizzie Magie, "the unknown inventor behind ''

Monopoly A monopoly (from Greek language, Greek and ) is a market in which one person or company is the only supplier of a particular good or service. A monopoly is characterized by a lack of economic Competition (economics), competition to produce ...

''", published April 12, 2024 *

Henrietta Swan Leavitt Henrietta Swan Leavitt (; July 4, 1868 – December 12, 1921) was an American astronomer. Her discovery of how to effectively measure vast distances to remote galaxies led to a shift in the understanding of the scale and nature of the universe. ...

, "who unraveled mysteries of the stars", published March 27, 2024 *

Yvonne Barr Yvonne Margaret Balding (; 11 March 1932 – 13 February 2016) was an Irish virologist when co-discovered the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), which, because it identified a virus as a cause of cancer in humans, has been called "one of the 20th cent ...

, "who helped discover a cancer-causing virus", published March 21, 2024 * Miriam Solovieff, "lauded violinist who suffered tragedy", published March 15, 2024 *

Betty Fiechter Betty Fiechter, born Berthe-Marie Fiechter (April 29, 1896 – September 14, 1971) was a Swiss businesswoman. She was known for her tenure as director of luxury watch manufacturer Blancpain. Life Early life and career beginnings Fietcher wa ...

, "pioneer in the world of watches", published March 1, 2024 * Pierre Toussaint, "philanthropist and candidate for sainthood", published February 18, 2024 * Henry Heard, "tap dancer and advocate for people with disabilities", published February 2, 2024 *

Beatrix Potter Helen Beatrix Heelis (; 28 July 186622 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter ( ), was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as '' ...

, "author of ''

The Tale of Peter Rabbit ''The Tale of Peter Rabbit'' is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he gets into, and is chased around, the garden of Mr. McGregor. He escapes and returns h ...

''", published January 19, 2024 *

Cordell Jackson Cordell Jackson (née Miller; July 15, 1923 – October 14, 2004) was an American guitarist thought to be the first woman to produce, engineer, arrange and promote music on her own rock and roll music label. Early life She was born Cordell Mill ...

, "elder stateswoman of

rock 'n' roll Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, and rock 'n' roll) is a Genre (music), genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It Origins of rock and roll, originated from African ...

", published January 6, 2024 * Ethel J. Lindgren-Utsi, "anthropologist of reindeer herding cultures", published December 22, 2023 *

Ada Blackjack Ada Blackjack (''née'' Delutuk; May 10, 1898 – May 29, 1983) was an Iñupiaq woman who accompanied an Arctic expedition to the uninhabited Wrangel Island, north of Siberia, eventually living alone on the island for eight months after the o ...

, "survivor of a harrowing expedition", published December 9, 2023 * Elena Zelayeta, "emissary for Mexican cooking", published November 22, 2023 *

Ángela Ruiz Robles Ángela Ruiz Robles (March 28, 1895 in Villamanín, León – October 27, 1975 in Ferrol, A Coruña) was a Spanish teacher, writer, pioneer and inventor of the mechanical precursor to the electronic book, invented 20 years prior to Michael Har ...

, "inventor of an early

e-reader An e-reader, also called an e reader or e device, is a Mobile computing, mobile electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital e-books and Periodical literature, periodicals. Any device that can display text on ...

", published November 10, 2023 *

Adefunmi Efuntola Oseijeman Adelabu Adefunmi (born Walter Eugene King, October 5, 1928 – February 11, 2005) was the first documented African-American initiated into the priesthood of the Yoruba religion, who would then go on to become the first Africa ...

, "who introduced African Americans to Yoruba", published October 27, 2023 * Omero C. Catan, "who gained fame as 'Mr. First'", published October 12, 2023 * Alice Elizabeth Anderson, "who ran Australia's first all-woman garage", published September 26, 2023 *

Margaret Chung Margaret Jessie Chung (, – ), born in Santa Barbara, California, was the first known American-born Chinese female physician. After graduating from the University of Southern California Medical School in 1916 and completing her internship a ...

, "doctor who was 'different from others'", published September 18, 2023 * Molly Spotted Elk, "steward of

Penobscot The Penobscot (Abenaki: ''Pαnawάhpskewi'') are an Indigenous people in North America from the Northeastern Woodlands region. They are organized as a federally recognized tribe in Maine and as a First Nations band government in the Atlantic p ...

culture", published September 14, 2023 * Chick Strand, "pioneering experimental filmmaker", published August 31, 2023 *

Lily Parr Lilian Parr (26 April 1905 – 24 May 1978) was an English professional women's association football player who played as a winger. She is best known for playing for the Dick, Kerr's Ladies team, which was founded in 1917 and based in Preston ...

, "dominant British

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player", published July 21, 2023 * Hannie Schaft, "resistance fighter during World War II", published July 7, 2023 * Dolores Alexander, "feminist journalist and activist", published June 25, 2023 *

Lou Sullivan Louis Graydon Sullivan (June 16, 1951 – March 2, 1991) was an American author and activist known for his work on behalf of trans men. He was perhaps the first transgender man to publicly identify as gay,Highleyman, Liz"Who was Lou Sullivan?" ...

, "author and

activist", published June 9, 2023 * Sultan Khan, "untrained

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

player who became a champion", published May 27, 2023 * James Sakoda, "whose wartime internment inspired a social science tool", published May 8, 2023 * Elizabeth Wagner Reed, "who resurrected legacies of women in science", published April 22, 2023 * Alice Ball, "chemist who created a treatment for

leprosy Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a Chronic condition, long-term infection by the bacteria ''Mycobacterium leprae'' or ''Mycobacterium lepromatosis''. Infection can lead to damage of the Peripheral nervous system, nerves, respir ...

", published April 8, 2023 * Lilian Lindsay, "Britain's first female dentist", published March 21, 2023 *

Dilys Winn Dilys Winn (1939–2016) was an American bookseller who was one of the first to open a bookstore devoted to mystery and detective fiction. Dilys Barbara Winn was born in Dublin on September 8, 1939, and was brought to the United States one year la ...

, "who brought murder and mystery to

Manhattan Manhattan ( ) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the County statistics of the United States#Smallest, larg ...

", published March 10, 2023 * Clara Driscoll, "designer of vision in glass for Tiffany", published February 23, 2023 * Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, "poet and suffragist", published February 7, 2023 * Mary Barr, "who fought

wildfire A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of Combustibility and flammability, combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a ...

s from aloft", published January 28, 2023 * Tove Ditlevsen, "Danish writer of confessional

autofiction Autofiction is, in literary criticism, a form of fictionalized autobiography. Definition In autofiction, an author may decide to recount their life in the Third-person narrative, third person, to modify significant details and characters, use in ...

", published January 7, 2023 *

Audrey Munson Audrey Marie Munson (June 8, 1891 – February 20, 1996) was an American model (person), artist's model and film actress, considered to be "America's first supermodel." In her time, she was variously known as "Miss Manhattan", the "Panama–Paci ...

, "forgotten but, living on in sculptures, not gone", published December 15, 2022 * Ann Davison, "who crossed the

Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for se ...

alone", published December 3, 2022 * Cléoma Falcon, "Queen of

Cajun music Cajun music (), an emblematic music of Louisiana played by the Cajuns, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians of Canada. Although they are two separate genres, Cajun music is often mentioned in tandem with the Creole-based ...

", published November 11, 2022 *

Dorothy Spencer Dorothy Spencer (February 3, 1909 – May 23, 2002), known as Dot Spencer, was an American film editor with 75 feature film credits from a career that spanned more than 50 years. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing on four o ...

, "film editor sought out by big directors", published October 29, 2022 *

Katharine Cook Briggs Katharine Cook Briggs (January 3, 1875 – July 10, 1968) was an American writer who was the co-creator, with her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers, of an inventory of a widely popular personality type system known as the Myers–Briggs Type Indicat ...

and Isabel Briggs Myers, "creators of a

personality test A personality test is a method of assessing human personality construct (psychology), constructs. Most personality assessment instruments (despite being loosely referred to as "personality tests") are in fact introspective (i.e., subjective) self ...

", published October 14, 2022 * María Orosa, "inventor of

banana ketchup Banana ketchup, also known as banana sauce (in export markets), is a Philippine fruit ketchup condiment made from banana, sugar, vinegar, and spices. Its natural color is brownish-yellow but it is often dyed red to resemble tomato ketchup. ...

", published September 29, 2022 *

Sylvia Rexach Sylvia Regina Rexach González (January 22, 1922 – October 20, 1961) was a Puerto Rican comedy scriptwriter, poet, singer and composer of music of Puerto Rico, boleros. Early years Rexach was born and raised in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Her p ...

, "Puerto Rican singer and composer", published September 16, 2022 *

Vera Menchik Vera Francevna Mencikova (, ''Vera Frantsevna Menchik''; ; 16 February 1906 – 26 June 1944), was a Russian-born Czechoslovak chess player who primarily resided in England. She was the first and longest-reigning Women's World Chess Champ ...

, "first women's

champion", published September 2, 2022 *

Regina Jonas Regina Jonas (; German: ''Regine Jonas'';As documented by ''Landesarchiv Berlin; Berlin, Deutschland; Personenstandsregister Geburtsregister; Laufendenummer 892'' which reads: "''In front of the signed registrar appeared today... Wolff Jonas... ...

, "on whose shoulders 'all female rabbis stand'", published August 19, 2022 * Alda Merini, "poet who wrote of life's joys and struggles", published August 5, 2022 * Lottie Brunn, "the 'Queen of

jugglers Juggling is a physical skill, performed by a juggler, involving the object manipulation, manipulation of objects for recreation, entertainment, art or sport. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling. Juggling can be the manipula ...

'", published July 21, 2022 *

Klaus Nomi Klaus Sperber (January 24, 1944 – August 6, 1983), known professionally as Klaus Nomi, was a German countertenor noted for his wide vocal range and an unusual, otherworldly stage persona. In the 1970s, Nomi immersed himself in the East Villag ...

, "singer with an otherworldly persona", published June 30, 2022 * William B. Gould, "escaped slave and

Civil War A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same Sovereign state, state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies.J ...

diarist", published June 17, 2022 *

Maureen Colquhoun Maureen Morfydd Colquhoun ( ; ' Smith, 12 August 1928 – 2 February 2021) was a British economist and Labour politician. She was Britain's first openly lesbian member of Parliament (MP). Education and early political career Smith was born ...

, "pathbreaking politician waylaid by bias", published June 3, 2022 * Junichi Arai, "innovative textile designer", published May 13, 2022 * Ady Fidelin, "Black model 'hidden in plain sight'", published April 29, 2022 * Jacqueline Kahanoff, "writer of Levantine identity", published April 16, 2022 * Elizabeth Hayes, "coal town doctor who fought for miners", published April 1, 2022 * Louise Little, "activist and mother of

Malcolm X Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, Islam in the United States, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figur ...

", published March 19, 2022 * Barbara Shermund, "

flapper Flappers were a subculture of young Western women prominent after the First World War and through the 1920s who wore short skirts (knee length was considered short during that period), bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their ...

-era cartoonist", published March 4, 2022 * Mary Eliza Mahoney, "who opened doors in nursing", published February 19, 2022 * Ora Washington, "star of tennis and baseball", published February 4, 2022 * Lee Godie, "eccentric

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

street artist", published January 21, 2022 * Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, "artist and author who explored identity", published January 7, 2022 *

Frances Benjamin Johnston Frances Benjamin Johnston (January 15, 1864 – May 16, 1952) was an American photographer and photojournalist whose career lasted for almost half a century. She is most known for her portraits, images of southern architecture, and various photo ...

, "photographer who defied genteel norms", published December 15, 2021 *

Julia Tuttle Julia DeForest Tuttle (née Sturtevant; January 22, 1849 – September 14, 1898) was an American businesswoman who owned the property upon which Miami, Florida, was built. For this reason, she's called the "Mother of Miami." She's the only woman ...

, "the 'mother of

Miami Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...

'", published December 3, 2021 * Ruth Polsky, "who shaped New York's music scene", published November 18, 2021 * Louise Blanchard Bethune, "who changed the face of Buffalo", published November 4, 2021 * Kim Hak-sun, "who broke the silence for '

comfort women Comfort women were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces in occupied countries and territories before and during World War II. The term ''comfort women'' is a translation of the Japanese , a euphemism ...

'", published October 21, 2021 *

Violet Piercy Violet Stewart Louisa Piercy (24 December 1889 – 11 April 1972) was an English long-distance runner who is recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations as having set the first women's world best in the marathon on 3 ...

, "pioneering marathoner", published October 8, 2021 * Remedios Varo, "Spanish painter of magic, mysticism and science", published September 24, 2021 *

Sinn Sisamouth Sinn Sisamouth (c. 1932 – c. 1976) was a Cambodian singer-songwriter active from the 1950s to the 1970s. Widely considered the "King of Khmer Music", Sisamouth, along with Ros Serey Sothea, Pen Ran, Mao Sareth, and other Cambodian artists ...

, "'King' of Cambodian pop music", published September 9, 2021 * Randy Snow, "

Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...

champion of

wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis Adaptive sport, adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designe ...

", published August 27, 2021 * Hettie Anderson, "sculptors' model who evaded fame", published August 12, 2021 * Rebecca Lee Crumpler, "who battled prejudice in medicine", published July 16, 2021 * Eve Adams, "writer who gave lesbians a voice", published July 2, 2021 *

Jobriath Bruce Wayne Campbell (December 14, 1946 – August 3, 1983), known by his stage name Jobriath, was an American rock musician and actor. He was the first openly gay rock musician to be signed to a major record label and one of the first internatio ...

, "openly gay

glam rock Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was primarily defined by the flamboyant clothing, makeup, and hairstyles of its musicians, particularly platform shoes and glitter. Glam artists d ...

er in the '70s", published June 11, 2021 * Si-Lan Chen, "whose dances encompassed worlds", published May 27, 2021 * Usha Mehta, "freedom fighter against

British rule in India The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule ...

", published May 13, 2021 * Inji Aflatoun, "Egyptian artist of the people", published April 29, 2021 *

Bhanu Athaiya Bhanu Athaiya (née Rajopadhye; 28 April 192915 October 2020) was an Indian costume designer and painter. She was the first Indian to win an Academy Awards, Academy Award. Alongside being Bollywood's most iconic costume designer, she had a his ...

, "who won India its first

Oscar Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People and fictional and mythical characters * Oscar (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters named Oscar, Óscar or Oskar * Oscar (footballer, born 1954), Brazilian footballer ...

", published April 22, 2021 *

Granville Redmond Granville Richard Seymour Redmond (March 9, 1871 – May 24, 1935) was an American landscape painter and exponent of Tonalism and California American Impressionism, Impressionism. He was also an occasional actor with his friend Charlie Chapli ...

, "painter, actor, friend", published April 8, 2021 * Kitty Cone, "trailblazer of the disability rights movement", published March 26, 2021 * Aminah Robinson, "whose art chronicled Black life", published February 26, 2021 * Jimmie McDaniel, "tennis player who broke barriers", published February 11, 2021 * Jay Jaxon, "pioneering designer of French couture", published January 28, 2021 *

Clarice Lispector Clarice Lispector (, born Chaya Pinkhasivna Lispector (; ) December 10, 1920December 9, 1977) was a Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer. Her distinctive and innovative works delve into diverse narrative forms, weaving them ...

, "novelist who captivated Brazil", published December 18, 2020 * Barbara Waxman Fiduccia, "reproductive rights advocate", published December 4, 2020 * Anya Phillips, "fashion influencer in New York's punk scene", published November 12, 2020 * Rosa May Billinghurst, "militant suffragette", published October 30, 2020 * Eleanor Flexner, "pioneering feminist in an anti-feminist age", published October 16, 2020 *

Lucy Diggs Slowe Lucy Diggs Slowe (July 4, 1883 – October 21, 1937) was an American educator and athlete, and the first Black woman to serve as Dean of Women at any American university. She was a founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the first sorority fo ...

, "scholar who persisted against racism and sexism", published October 1, 2020 * Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, "suffragist with a distinction", published September 19, 2020 * Charlotta Bass, " ho camebefore

Kamala Harris Kamala Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 49th vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025 under President Joe Biden. She is the first female, first African American, and ...

", published September 4, 2020 * Leonora O'Reilly, "who fought for working women", published August 21, 2020 * Jovita Idar, "who promoted rights of Mexican-Americans and women", published August 7, 2020 * Roland Johnson, "who fought to shut down institutions for the disabled", published July 31, 2020 * Cheryl Marie Wade, "a performer who refused to hide", published July 23, 2020 * Nancy Green, "the 'real

Aunt Jemima Aunt Jemima was an American breakfast brand for pancake mix, table syrup, and other breakfast food products. The original version of the pancake mix was developed in 1888–1889 by the Pearl Milling Company and was advertised as the first " ...

'", published July 17, 2020 * Brad Lomax, "a bridge between civil rights movements", published July 8, 2020 *

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (28 August 1825 – 14 July 1895) was a German lawyer, jurist, journalist, and writer. He is today regarded as a pioneer of sexology and the modern LGBT rights movement, gay rights movement. Ulrichs has been described as ...

, "pioneering gay activist", published July 1, 2020 *

Valerie Solanas Valerie Jean Solanas (April 9, 1936 – April 25, 1988) was an American radical feminist known for her attempt to murder the artist Andy Warhol in 1968. Solanas appeared in the Warhol film '' I, a Man'' (1967) and self-published the '' SCU ...

, "radical feminist who shot

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (;''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''"Warhol" born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol ...

", published June 26, 2020 *

Roberta Cowell Roberta Elizabeth Marshall Cowell (8 April 1918 – 11 October 2011) was a British racing driver and Second World War fighter pilot. She was the first known British trans woman to undergo gender-affirming surgery in 1951. Early life Cowell wa ...

, "

trans Trans- is a Latin prefix meaning "across", "beyond", or "on the other side of". Used alone, trans may refer to: Sociology * Trans, a sociological term which may refer to: ** Transgender, people who identify themselves with a gender that di ...

trailblazer, pilot and auto racer", published June 5, 2020 * Hazel Ying Lee and Maggie Gee, " hosoared the skies", published May 21, 2020 *

June Almeida June Dalziel Almeida (5 October 1930 – 1 December 2007) was a Scottish virologist, a pioneer in virus imaging and identification. Her skills in electron microscopy earned her an international reputation. In 1964, Almeida was recruited by St ...

, "scientist who discovered the first

coronavirus Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, they cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal. Mild illnesses in humans include some cases of the comm ...

", published May 8, 2020 * Eunice Newton Foote, "climate scientist lost to history", published April 21, 2020 * F. N. Souza, "India's anti-establishment artist", published April 9, 2020 * Kate Worley, "a pioneer writer of

erotic comics Erotic comics are adult comics which focus substantially on nudity and sexual activity, either for their own sake or as a major story element. As such they are usually not permitted to be sold to legal minors. Like other genres of comics, they c ...

", published March 27, 2020 * Raka Rasmi, "Balinese dancer", published March 13, 2020 * Audrey Sutherland, "paddler of her own canoe", published March 6, 2020 * Valaida Snow, "charismatic 'Queen of the trumpet'", published February 22, 2020 *

Andrée Blouin Andrée Madeleine Blouin (16 December 1921 – 9 April 1986) was a political activist, human rights advocate, and writer from the Central African Republic. Early life The daughter of Josephine Wouassimba, a fourteen-year-old Banziri girl, and P ...

, "voice for independence in Africa", published February 14, 2020 * Joseph Bartholomew, "golf course architect", published February 5, 2020 *

Homer Plessy Homer Adolph Plessy (born Homère Patris Plessy; 1858, 1862 or March 17, 1863 – March 1, 1925) was an American shoemaker and activist who was the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court decision '' Plessy v. Ferguson''. He staged an act of ...

, "who sat on a train and stood up for civil rights", published January 31, 2020 * Judee Sill, "singer whose life was cut short", published January 23, 2020 * Ana Orantes, "whose gruesome murder brought changes to Spain", published January 15, 2020 * Margaret McFarland, "mentor to Mr. Rogers", published January 8, 2020 * Earl Tucker, "a dancer known as 'Snakehips'", published December 18, 2019 *

Bessie Coleman Elizabeth Coleman (January 26, 1892April 30, 1926) was an early American civil aviation, civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native Americans in the United States, Native American to hold a Pilot certification in ...

, "pioneering African-American aviatrix", published December 11, 2019 * Rose Mackenberg, "

Houdini Erik Weisz (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), known professionally as Harry Houdini ( ), was a Hungarian-American escapologist, illusionist, and stunt performer noted for his escape acts. Houdini first attracted notice in vaudeville in ...

's secret 'ghost-buster'", published December 6, 2019 * Lillian Harris Dean, "culinary entrepreneur known as 'Pig Foot Mary'", published November 27, 2019 *

Pauline Boty Pauline Boty (6 March 1938 – 1 July 1966) was a British painter and co-founder of the 1960s' British Pop art movement of which she was the only acknowledged female member. Boty's paintings and collages often demonstrate a joy in self-assured f ...

, "rebellious

Pop Pop or POP may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Pop music, a musical genre Artists * POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade * Pop! (British group), a UK pop group * Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band Album ...

artist", published November 20, 2019 *

Annie Londonderry Annie Cohen Kopchovsky (1870 – 11 November 1947), known as Annie Londonderry, was a Jewish Latvian immigrant to the United States who in 1894–95 became the first woman to bicycle around the world. After having completed her travel, albeit mo ...

, "who traveled the world by bicycle", published November 11, 2019 * Olive Morris, " hofought for Black women's rights in Britain," published October 30, 2019 * Sanmao, "'wandering writer' who found her voice in the desert", published October 23, 2019 *

Lotte Reiniger Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger (2 June 1899 – 19 June 1981) was a German film director and the foremost pioneer of silhouette animation. Her best known films are ''The Adventures of Prince Achmed'', from 1926, the oldest surviving feature-length a ...

, "animator who created magic with scissors and paper", published October 16, 2019 *

Mitsuye Endo Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi (, May 10, 1920 – April 14, 2006) was an American woman of Japanese descent who was unjustly Incarceration of Japanese Americans, incarcerated during World War II in concentration camps sponsored by the War Relocation ...

, "a name linked to justice for Japanese-Americans", published October 9, 2019 *

Robert Johnson Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His singing, guitar playing and songwriting on his landmark 1936 and 1937 recordings have influenced later generations of musicians. Although his r ...

, "bluesman whose life was a riddle", published September 25, 2019 * Elizabeth A. Gloucester, "'richest' black woman and ally of John Brown", published September 18, 2019 * Mihri Müşfik Hanım, "feminist artist in the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

", published September 12, 2019 *

Alice Guy-Blaché Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché ( Guy; ; 1 July 1873 – 24 March 1968) was a French pioneer film director. She was one of the first filmmakers to make a Narrative film, narrative fiction film, as well as the first woman to direct a film. From ...

, "the world's first female filmmaker", published September 6, 2019 * Elizabeth Rona, "pioneering scientist amid dangers of war", published August 28, 2019 * Lau Sing Kee, "war hero jailed for helping immigrants", published August 21, 2019 *

Rani of Jhansi The Rani of Jhansi (born Manikarnika Tambe; 1828 or 1835 – 18 June 1858), also known as Rani Lakshmibai, was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The queen consort of the princely state of Jhansi from 1843 to 1853, s ...

, "India's warrior queen who fought the British", published August 14, 2019 *

William Byron Rumford William Byron Rumford (February 2, 1908 – June 12, 1986) was an American pharmacist and politician. He was the first African American elected to a state public office in Northern California. Family background Rumford was born in Courtland ...

, "a civil rights champion in California", published August 7, 2019 * Georgia Gilmore, "who fed and funded the

Montgomery bus boycott The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social boycott, protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a foundational event in the civil rights movement in the United ...

", published July 31, 2019 * Gertrude Benham, "who climbed the world one mountain at a time", published July 24, 2019 * Florence Merriam Bailey, "who defined modern

bird-watching Birdwatching, or birding, is the observing of birds, either as a recreational activity or as a form of citizen science. A birdwatcher may observe by using their naked eye, by using a visual enhancement device such as binoculars or a telescop ...

", published July 17, 2019 *

Else Ury Else Ury (1 November 1877 – 13 January 1943) was a German-Jewish novelist and children's book author. Her best-known character is the blonde doctor's daughter Annemarie Braun, whose life from childhood to old age is told in the ten volumes of t ...

, "

hose A hose is a flexible hollow tube or pipe designed to carry fluids from one location to another, often from a faucet or hydrant. Early hoses were made of leather, although modern hoses are typically made of rubber, canvas, and helically wound w ...

stories survived World War II. She did not", published July 10, 2019 * Ralph Lazo, "who voluntarily lived in an internment camp", published July 3, 2019 * Bill Larson, "who became a symbol of gay loss in

New Orleans New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...

", published June 26, 2019 *

Claude Cahun Claude Cahun (, born Lucy Renee Mathilde Schwob; 25 October 1894 – 8 December 1954) was a French surrealist photographer, sculptor, and writer. Schwob adopted the pseudonym Claude Cahun in 1914. Cahun is best known as a writer and self-portra ...

, "whose photographs explored gender and sexuality", published June 19, 2019 *

Ma Rainey Gertrude "Ma" Rainey ( Pridgett; April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) was an American blues singer and influential early-blues recording artist. Dubbed the " Mother of the Blues", she bridged earlier vaudeville and the authentic expression of ...

, "the 'Mother of the

Blues Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...

'", published June 12, 2019 *

Alan Turing Alan Mathison Turing (; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. He was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer ...

, "condemned code breaker and computer visionary", published June 5, 2019 * Emma Stebbins, "who sculpted an angel of New York", published May 29, 2019 * Debra Hill, "producer who parlayed ''

Halloween Halloween, or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve), is a celebration geography of Halloween, observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christianity, Western Christian f ...

'' into a cult classic", published May 22, 2019 * Grace Banker, "whose '

Hello Girls Hello Girls was the colloquial name for American female switchboard operators in World War I, formally known as the Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators Unit. During World War I, these switchboard operators were sworn into the U.S. Army Sig ...

' decoded calls in World War I", published May 15, 2019 * Barbara Rose Johns, "who defied segregation in schools", published May 8, 2019 * Annie Edson Taylor, "who tumbled down

Niagara Falls Niagara Falls is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the Canada–United States border, border between the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York (s ...

into fame", published May 1, 2019 * Martin Sostre, "who reformed America's prisons from his cell", published April 24, 2019 *

Aloha Wanderwell Aloha Wanderwell (Idris Galcia Hall née Welsh, October 13, 1906 – June 4, 1996) was a Canadian explorer, author, filmmaker, and aviator. Beginning when she was 16 years old, she became the first woman to drive around the globe, driving a For ...

, "explorer and filmmaker," published April 17, 2019 * Rose Morgan, "a pioneer in hairdressing and

", published April 10, 2019 * S. N. Goenka, "who brought mindfulness to the West", published April 3, 2019 * Bessie Blount Griffin, "nurse, wartime inventor and handwriting expert", published March 27, 2019 * Elizabeth Peratrovich, "rights advocate for

Alaska Natives Alaska Natives (also known as Native Alaskans, Alaskan Indians, or Indigenous Alaskans) are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska that encompass a diverse arena of cultural and linguistic groups, including the Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tli ...

", published March 20, 2019 * Isabella Goodwin, "New York City's first female police detective", published March 13, 2019 *

Julia Morgan Julia Morgan (January 20, 1872 – February 2, 1957) was an American architect and engineer. She designed more than 700 buildings in California during a long and prolific career.Erica Reder"Julia Morgan was a local in ''The New Fillmore'', 1 Febr ...

, "pioneering female architect", published March 6, 2019 *

Dondi ''Dondi'' was a daily comic strip about a large-eyed war orphan of the same name. Created by Gus Edson and Irwin Hasen, it ran in more than 100 newspapers for three decades (September 25, 1955, to June 8, 1986).nd hisunderground

graffiti Graffiti (singular ''graffiti'', or ''graffito'' only in graffiti archeology) is writing or drawings made on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view. Graffiti ranges from simple written "monikers" to elabor ...

adventures", published February 27, 2019 * Dorothy Lee Bolden, "who started a movement for domestic workers", published February 20, 2019 *

Dudley Randall Dudley Randall (January 14, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an African-American poetry, poet and poetry publisher from Detroit, Michigan. He founded a African-American book publishers in the United States, 1960–80, pioneering publishing company cal ...

, "whose broadside press gave a voice to black poets," published February 13, 2019 * Mabel Grammer, "whose brown baby plan found homes for hundreds", published February 6, 2019 *

Forugh Farrokhzad Forugh Farrokhzad (; 28 December 1934 – 14 February 1967) was an influential Iranian poet and film director. She was a controversial modernist poet and an iconoclastic,* feminist author. Farrokhzad died in a car accident at the age of 32. Ear ...

, "Iranian poet, who broke barriers of sex and society", published January 30, 2019 * Mabel Stark, "fearless tiger trainer", published January 23, 2019 * Isabelle M. Kelley, "who developed a

food stamp program In the United States, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, is a Federal government of the United States, federal government program that provides food-purchasing assistance for Poverty ...

to feed millions", published January 16, 2019 *

Laura de Force Gordon Laura de Force Gordon (née Laura de Force; August 17, 1838 – April 5, 1907) was a California lawyer, newspaper publisher, and a prominent suffragette. She was the first woman to run a daily newspaper in the United States (the ''Stockton Daily ...

, "suffragist, journalist and lawyer", published January 9, 2019 *

Karen Spärck Jones Karen Ida Boalth Spärck Jones (26 August 1935 – 4 April 2007) was a self-taught programmer and a pioneering British computer and information scientist responsible for the concept of inverse document frequency (IDF), a technology that unde ...

, "who established the basis for search engines", published January 2, 2019 *

Gertrude Beasley Edna Gertrude Beasley (June 20, 1892 – July 25, 1955) was an American writer and memoirist. A feminist, her controversial 1925 autobiography, ''My First Thirty Years'' (published in Paris, France) received some favorable reviews but was also ...

, "who wrote an uncompromising memoir, then vanished", published December 19, 2018 *

Elizabeth Keckley Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (February 1818 – May 1907) was an African-American seamstress, activist, and writer who lived in Washington, D.C. She was the personal dressmaker and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. She wrote an autobiography. She wa ...

, "dressmaker and confidante to

Mary Todd Lincoln Mary Ann Todd Lincoln (Birth name, née Todd; December 13, 1818July 16, 1882) was First Lady of the United States from 1861 until the assassination of her husband, President Abraham Lincoln, in 1865. Mary Todd was born into a large and wealthy ...

", published December 12, 2018 *

Charley Parkhurst Charley Darkey Parkhurst (born Charlotte Darkey Parkhurst; January 17, 1812 – December 28, 1879) also known as "One-Eyed Charley" or "Six-Horse Charley", was an American stagecoach driver, farmer and rancher in California. Raised in New Englan ...

, "gold rush legend with a hidden identity", published December 5, 2018 *

Noor Inayat Khan Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, GC (1 January 1914 – 13 September 1944), also known as Nora Inayat-Khan and Nora Baker, was a British resistance agent in France in the Second World War who served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE). The purpo ...

, "Indian princess and British spy", published November 28, 2018 * Lilian Jeannette Rice, "architect who lifted a style in California", published November 21, 2018 *

Pandita Ramabai Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati ( Marathi: ; 23 April 1858 – 5 April 1922) was an Indian social reformer and Christian missionary. She was the first woman to be awarded the titles of '' Pandita'' as a Sanskrit scholar and '' Sarasvati'' after being ...

, "Indian scholar, feminist and educator", published November 14, 2018 * Jackie Mitchell, "who fanned two of the baseball's greats", published November 7, 2018 *

Miki Gorman Michiko "Miki" Suwa Gorman (August 9, 1935 – September 19, 2015) was an American marathon runner of Japanese ancestry. Gorman did not begin running competitively until she was in her mid-30s, but rapidly emerged as one of the elite marathoning ...

, "the unlikely marathon winner", published October 31, 2018 * Rose Zar, "a

Holocaust The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in Europe, European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy ...

survivor who hid in plain sight", published October 24, 2018 * Kin Yamei, "the Chinese doctor who introduced

tofu or bean curd is a food prepared by Coagulation (milk), coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into solid white blocks of varying softness: ''silken'', ''soft'', ''firm'', and ''extra (or super) firm''. It originated in Chin ...

to the West", published October 17, 2018 *

Annemarie Schwarzenbach Annemarie Minna Renée Schwarzenbach (23 May 1908 – 15 November 1942) was a Swiss writer, journalist and photographer. Her bisexual mother brought her up in a masculine style, and her androgynous image suited the bohemian Berlin society of the ...

, "author, photographer, and 'ravaged angel'", published October 10, 2018 * Minnie Mae Freeman Penney, "Nebraska's 'fearless maid'", published October 3, 2018 *

Voltairine de Cleyre Voltairine de Cleyre (; November 17, 1866 – June 20, 1912) was an American anarchist, feminist writer and public speaker. Born into extreme poverty in Michigan, de Cleyre taught herself how to read and write, and became a lover of poetry. ...

, "America's 'greatest woman anarchist'", published September 26, 2018 *

Ana Mendieta Ana Mendieta (November 18, 1948 – September 8, 1985) was a Cuban-American performance artist, sculptor, painter, and video artist who is best known for her "earth-body" artwork. She is considered one of the most influential Cuban-American ar ...

, "a Cuban artist who pushed boundaries", published September 19, 2018 *

Marthe Cnockaert Marthe Mathilde Cnockaert (28 October 1892 – 8 January 1966), later Marthe McKenna, was a Belgian nurse who became a spy for the United Kingdom and Allies of World War I, its allies during the World War I, First World War. She later became a n ...

, "nurse who spied for the British in World War I", published September 12, 2018 *

Melitta Bentz Amalie Auguste Melitta Bentz (née Liebscher, January 31, 1873 – June 29, 1950) was a German inventor and entrepreneur known for revolutionizing the process of coffee brewing with her invention of the coffee filter. Her company, Melitta, ha ...

, "who invented the

coffee filter Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially av ...

", published September 5, 2018 *

Ruby Payne-Scott Ruby Violet Payne-Scott (28 May 1912 – 25 May 1981) was an Australian pioneer in radiophysics and radio astronomy, and was one of two Antipodean women pioneers in radio astronomy and radio physics at the end of the second world war, Ruby Payn ...

, "who explored space with radio waves", published August 29, 2018 *

Doria Shafik Doria Shafik (‎; 14 December 1908 – 20 September 1975) was an Egyptian feminist, poet and editor, and one of the principal leaders of the women's liberation movement in Egypt in the mid-1940s. As a direct result of her efforts, Egyptian wome ...

, "who led Egypt's women liberation movement", published August 22, 2018 * Sissieretta Jones, "a soprano that shattered racial barriers", published August 15, 2018 * Julia Sand, "whose letters inspired a president", published August 8, 2018 *

Clara Lemlich Clara Lemlich Shavelson (March 28, 1886 – July 12, 1982) was a leader of the Uprising of 20,000, the massive strike of shirtwaist workers in New York's garment industry in 1909, where she spoke in Yiddish and called for action. Later b ...

, "crusading leader of labor rights", published August 1, 2018 * Edmonia Lewis, "sculptor of worldwide acclaim", published July 25, 2018 * Beatrice Tinsley, "astronomer who saw the course of the universe", published July 18, 2018 *

Bette Nesmith Graham Bette Nesmith Graham (March 23, 1924 – May 12, 1980) was an American typist, commercial artist, and the inventor of the correction fluid Liquid Paper. Born as Bette Clair McMurry, she married Warren Nesmith at the age of 19 and became the moth ...

, "who invented

liquid paper Liquid Paper is an American brand of the Newell Brands company marketed internationally that sells correction fluid, correction pens, and correction tape. Mainly used to correct typewriting in the past, correction products now mostly cover handwr ...

", published July 11, 2018 *

Emma Gatewood Emma Rowena Gatewood ( Caldwell; October 25, 1887June 4, 1973), better known as Grandma Gatewood, was an American Ultralight backpacking, ultra-light hiking pioneer. After a difficult life as a farm wife, mother of eleven children, and ...

, "first woman to conquer the

Appalachian trail The Appalachian Trail, also called the A.T., is a hiking trail in the Eastern United States, extending almost between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine, and passing through 14 states.Gailey, Chris (2006)"Appalachian Tra ...

alone", published June 27, 2018 * Amrita Sher-Gil, "a pioneer of Indian art", published June 21, 2018 *

Fannie Farmer Fannie Merritt Farmer (23 March 1857 – 16 January 1915) was an American culinary expert whose '' Boston Cooking-School Cook Book'' became a widely used culinary text. Education Fannie Farmer was born on 23 March 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, ...

, "modern cookery's pioneer", published June 14, 2018 *

Mary Ann Shadd Mary Ann Camberton Shadd Cary (October 9, 1823 – June 5, 1893) was an American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer. She was the first black woman publisher in North America and the first woman publisher ...

, " hoshook up the abolitionist movement", published June 7, 2018 * Sophia Perovskaya, "the Russian icon who was hanged for killing a czar", published May 31, 2018 * Esther Hobart Morris, "she followed a trail to Wyoming. Then she blazed one.", published May 24, 2018 *

Margarita Xirgu Margarita Xirgu Subirá ( ; 18 June 1888 – 25 April 1969) was a Spanish stage actress, who was greatly popular throughout her country and Latin America. A friend of the poet Federico García Lorca, she was forced into exile during Franci ...

, "theater radical who staged Lorca's plays", published May 17, 2018 *

Leticia Ramos-Shahani Leticia Valdez Ramos-Shahani (September 30, 1929 – March 20, 2017) was a Filipino senator, diplomat, and writer. She was the younger sister of Fidel V. Ramos, the 12th president of the Philippines. Early life She was born on September ...

, "a Philippine women's rights pioneer", published May 10, 2018 *

Julia de Burgos Julia Constanza Burgos García (February 17, 1914 – July 6, 1953), known as Julia de Burgos, was a Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, Independence movement in Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican independence advocate, and teacher. As an advo ...

, "a poet who helped shape Puerto Rico's identity", published May 3, 2018 * Maria Bochkareva, "who led women into battle in WWI", published April 26, 2018 * Harriot Daley, "the Capitol's first telephone operator", published April 17, 2018 *

Lin Huiyin Lin Huiyin ( zh, c=林徽因, born 林徽音, p=Lín Huīyīn; 10 June 1904 – 1 April 1955; known as Phyllis Whei Yin Lin when studying in the United States) was a Chinese architect, writer, and poet. She is known to be the first female architec ...

and

Liang Sicheng Liang Sicheng ( zh, c=梁思成; 20 April 1901 – 9 January 1972) was a Chinese architect and architectural historian, known as the father of modern Chinese architecture. His father, Liang Qichao, was one of the most prominent Chinese scholar ...

, "chroniclers of Chinese architecture", published April 11, 2018 * Bessie Stringfield, "the motorcycle queen of

", published April 4, 2018 * Yu Gwan-sun, "a Korean independence activist who defied Japanese rule", published March 29, 2018 * Ruth Graves Wakefield, "who invented the

chocolate chip cookie A chocolate chip cookie is a drop cookie that features chocolate chips or chocolate morsels as its distinguishing ingredient. Chocolate chip cookies are claimed to have originated in the United States in 1938, when Ruth Graves Wakefield chop ...

", published March 22, 2018 * Alison Hargreaves, "who conquered

Everest Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at its ...

solo and without bottled oxygen", published March 15, 2018

Series

In April 2019,

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and Higher Ground Productions (the production company founded by

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. O ...

and

Michelle Obama Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama ( Robinson; born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, being married to Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United Stat ...

) announced that they would be adapting ''Overlooked'' into a scripted anthology series. The series would be produced by Liza Chasin of 3dot Productions and

Joy Gorman Wettels Joy Gorman Wettels (born October 26, 1973) is an American television producer and founder of Joy Coalition. She is executive producer of '' Unprisoned'', ''13 Reasons Why'' and '' Home Before Dark''. Early life Gorman Wettels grew up in Yonkers ...

of Anonymous Content.

Musical

In May 2019,

The Waa-Mu Show The Waa-Mu Show; ; is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization within Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, that produces student written, orchestrated, produced, and performed original musical theatre work every year. The song lyrics, script, ...

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

presented a new, student-written musical based on Amisha Padnani and the Overlooked series, entitled ''For the Record''.

References

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External links

The New York Times: Overlooked
The New York Times publications 2018 establishments in New York City Publications established in 2018