It’s important to know our “foremothers,” as Virginia Woolf advised us. Today, we all know her name. But what about Leonie von Zesch, a dog-sledding Alaskan dentist who cleaned cavities with hairpins? What about Alice Ball, the African American woman who discovered a cure for leprosy in Hawaii when she was only 24—only to have her Ivy-League professor steal the credit?
Author: Blair Waters
Blair Waters grew up on St. Croix and is now a director based in Brooklyn. Her videos have been MTV Hits of the Week, featured in the New York Times and part of Clio-Award winning campaigns. She's had a life-long obsession with music—as a music journalist for national publications like NYLON and now, as an internationally charting solo artist.