Happy St Gertrude of Nivelle's Day!
Plus more unsung women for Women's History Month
Mover over, Patrick — we have a new saint for March 17! Meet the Cat Lady of the Catholic Church.
Source: WoLF Sisters in Action
Here are more women to celebrate during Women’s History Month.
They are all Your Humble Author’s personal sheroes. Please learn about these amazing women!
March 9: Wilma Rudolph, who overcame childhood polio to become the first US woman to win three gold medals and set three world records at a single Olympics
March 10: Michelle Kwan, five-time world figure skating champion and the most decorated US figure skater in history
March 12: THE GODDESS Martina Navratilova!
March 13: Emmy Noether, the greatest mathematician of the 20th century and corrected Einstein (and has a Pennsylvania connection!)
March 14: Cecilia Payne, who revolutionized astronomy with the most significant PhD thesis in the history of her field
March 15: Marya Sklodowska Curie, the only person to win two Nobel Prizes in two different sciences and the most significant PhD thesis in the history of chemistry
March 16: Lise Meitner, discoverer of nuclear fission who was denied a Nobel Prize because of her sex and ethnicity
