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THE REMARKABLE YOUNG WOMEN PROJECT

Meet history's most remarkable young women

Engraved portrait of a young Italian female mathematician

Engraved portrait of a young Italian female mathematician

Maria Agnesi: Mathematician Magician

Discover Maria Agnesi, a child prodigy turned mathematician who was the second-ever woman to earn a university degree

Illustration of revolutionary Indian female educator Savitribai Phule

Illustration of revolutionary Indian female educator Savitribai Phule

Savitribai Phule: India's Revolutionary Educator

Biography of Savitribai Phule, who revolutionized education for women and lower castes in India

Painted portrait of a young Russian woman with white powdered wig and green cloak

Painted portrait of a young Russian woman with white powdered wig and green cloak

Princess of the Revolution: Yekaterina Dashkova

Discover Princess Yekaterina Dashkova and her role in the palace coup that put Catherine the Great on the throne.

Byzantine script on vellum pages

Byzantine script on vellum pages

(Re-)Writer of History: Anna Komnene

Discover Anna Komnene, the young female scholar nearly erased from the Byzantine world

Scholar of the Stars: Maria Mitchell

Scholar of the Stars: Maria Mitchell

Scholar of the Stars: Maria Mitchell

Discover Maria Mitchell, teenage astronomer and pioneering scholar who led a generation of women to careers in science and astronomy

Black and white photograph of a young black woman in the 19th century

Black and white photograph of a young black woman in the 19th century

Susie Ann Baker King Taylor: Radical Educator

Discover the teenager who escaped slavery and secretly educated black children during the Civil War

Portrait of a young woman with a round face and large eyes, dark hair tied back in coils, wearing a dress on a blue background

Portrait of a young woman with a round face and large eyes, dark hair tied back in coils, wearing a dress on a blue background

The Forbidden Scholar: Cristina Roccati

Discover Cristina, the teenage physicist who get her PhD at 19 years old

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