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Caroline Herschel
(b. 1750, Hannover, Germany; d. 1848, Hannover, Germany)Caroline Herschel was a pioneering female astronomer, and the first woman to discover a comet. Her achievements enabled generations of women to develop a career in the sciences, a field... Read more
Mary Wollstonecraft
(b. 1759, London, England; d. 1797, London, England)Mary Wollstonecraft was a renowned women's rights activist who authored A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792, a classic of rationalist feminism that is considered the earliest and most... Read more
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum