The trailblazer was forced out of Kerala after her role caused controversy.

Nalapat Balamani Amma, widely known as the grandmother of Malayalam literature, was a well-known poet of her times. Born on July 19, 1909, Amma hailed from Kerala’s Punnayurkulam in Thrissur.

It was Ștefania Mărăcineanu who introduced artificial radioactivity through her research.

Know who is Rosa Bonheur, the iconic French painter who was renowned for shuttling through the glass ceiling and rejecting convention in the conservative 19th century.

Biologist Dr Kamal Ranadive was among the first researchers in India to propose a link between breast cancer and heredity. She also identified the links among cancers and certain viruses

An outspoken advocate for progressive causes, Chauhan was inspired to write constantly from an early age and was even known to write while riding a horse cart on her way to school.

On her 90th birthday, the Italian government bestowed her with its highest award – the title of Dama di Gran Croce.

She was raised rаised by а single mother аfter her fаther left the fаmily in the Yankton Indian Reservation in South Dakota. 

‘Red Bird,’ as her nom de plume Zitkala-Sa translates to in indigenous language, lived from 1876 to 1938. Her years in between were all trailblazing fireworks. Here’s a look at the legendary activist’s life.

In a statement written on the doodle page Google described the actress as ‘one of the country’s first female actors to truly achieve recognition on the international stage’.