Category: DW Originals

Freda Josephine McDonald, later known as Josephine Baker, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 3, 1906. She was the first African American woman to star in a motion picture.

American poet, writer, and autobiographer, Audre Lorde used her words to inspire a revolution. Her work contributed to third-wave feminism in the 1960s and she is well-recognized for her fervent essays on race and lesbian feminism.

Frances Thompson, a formerly enslaved transgender woman, anti-rape activist and the first Trans woman to testify in front of the US Congress for the congressional committee that investigated the Memphis riots of 1866.

Formerly dominated by men, the longest cooking record now falls to female chefs! Lata Tondon held the title in 2019, and Hilda Baci aims to break it with a 100-hour marathon!