Distinguished Women of Past and Present
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Patti LaBelle 1944- From: United States: Pennsylvania Fields: Music, Stage and Screen Lady Gaga 1986- From: United States: New York Fields: Music Lakshmi Bai 1830-1858 From: India Fields: Military and Warfare Key Words/Phrases: led an uprising against the British Wanda Louise Landowska 1879-1959 From: Poland Fields: Education, Music Sarah Lane 1976- From: United States: California Fields: Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: TV and Internet personality k.d. lang 1961- From: Canada Fields: Activism and Social Service, Music Key Words/Phrases: singer, songwriter, activist Dorothea Lange 1895-1965 From: United States: California, New Jersey Fields: Photography Key Words/Phrases: photographer, photojournalist Susanne Katherina Knauth Langer 1895-1985 From: United States Fields: Philosophy Sherry Lansing 1944- From: United States: California, Illinois Fields: Management and Labor Relations, Philanthropy, Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: actress, former CEO of Paramount Pictures Alicia de Larrocha 1923- From: Spain Fields: Music Nella Larsen 1893-1964 From: United States: Illinois, New York Fields: Health and Medicine, Literature and Poetry Julia Clifford Lathrop 1858-1932 From: United States: Illinois Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education Key Words/Phrases: educator, social reformer Marie Laveau 1801-1881 From: United States: Louisiana Fields: Religion Key Words/Phrases: Voodoo priestess Mary Leakey 1913-1996 From: Kenya, United Kingdom Fields: Anthropology, Archaeology Key Words/Phrases: illustrator, palaeoanthropologist Henrietta Swan Leavitt 1868-1921 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Astronomy Key Words/Phrases: made possible measuring extragalactic distances Peggy Lee 1920-2002 From: United States: California, North Dakota Fields: Music Key Words/Phrases: jazz and popular music singer, songwriter Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen 1899-1938 From: France Fields: Sports Lisa Leslie 1972- From: United States: California Fields: Beauty and Fashion, Sports, Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: basketball Rita Levi-Montalcini 1909- From: Italy, United States: Missouri Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: neurologist, Nobel Prize, nerve growth factor Edmonia Lewis 1845-1909 From: United States: Massachusetts, New York Fields: Art Queen Liliuokalani 1838-1917 From: United States: Hawaii Fields: Government and Politics Key Words/Phrases: Queen of Hawaii Barbara Longhi 1552-1638 From: Italy Fields: Art Key Words/Phrases: painter Anita Loos 1888-1981 From: United States: California, New York Fields: Literature and Poetry, Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: screenwriter, playwright, author, actress Nancy Lopez 1957- From: United States: California, Oklahoma Fields: Sports Audre Lorde 1934-1992 From: United States: New York Fields: Literature and Poetry Audre Geraldine Lorde 1934-1992 From: United States: New York Fields: Literature and Poetry Seraphine Louis 1864-1942 From: France Fields: Art Key Words/Phrases: painter, naive style Ada Byron Lovelace 1815-1851 From: United Kingdom Fields: Computer Science and Information Technology, Mathematics Key Words/Phrases: Suggested first computer program Jane Lubchenco 1947- From: United States: Colorado Fields: Biology, Environment Key Words/Phrases: marine ecologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Clare Boothe Luce 1903-1987 From: United States: Connecticut, New York, Washington DC Fields: Government and Politics, Journalism and Broadcasting, Literature and Poetry Key Words/Phrases: playwright, editor, journalist, ambassador, U.S. Congresswoman Shannon W. Lucid 1943- From: China, United States: Oklahoma, Texas Fields: Aviation and Space Exploration, Chemistry Key Words/Phrases: astronomer, biochemist Sybil Ludington 1761-1839 From: United States: New York Fields: Military and Warfare Key Words/Phrases: Revolutionary War, rider, Revere Rosa Luxemburg 1871-1919 From: Germany, Poland Fields: Activism and Social Service, Philosophy Key Words/Phrases: political activist, philosopher, Marxist martyr Helen Santos Luz 1972- From: Brazil Fields: Sports Key Words/Phrases: basketball Loretta Lynn 1932- From: United States: Kentucky Fields: Music Key Words/Phrases: country singer/songwriter |
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