Marie Stopes

Happy STEM Saturday everyone! It feels like ages since I wrote about Mary Seacole in my last one of these. This week's post is about birth-control and family planning advocate Marie Stopes. Although I certainly don't agree with her views on some things her work still influences family planning to this day and therefore should …

Harriet Tubman

Before anyone says anything, I am well aware that this is over a week late 🙈 and after this post I promise to get back on track and try my very best to keep up to date. Harriet Tubman, then with the name Araminta Ross, was born into slavery in 1820 in Maryland. She is …