The Beat Generation eschewed the hallmarks of post-war American culture and status symbols, preferring to wander and observe, free spirited, across the U.S. In the 1990s, Donna Tartt and her literary cohorts at Vermont’s Bennington College insulated where the Beats isolated, forming a tight club where their stories and attitude reflected mostly their shared experience…
Alison Rose was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the NatWest Group in 2019, after an impressive career with the lender that began in 1992, when she was hired as a graduate trainee fresh out of Durham University. Rose has the honor of being the first woman to head a London Big Four lender…
Straddling the borders of medicine, environmentalism, and art, Rebecca Gomperts seeks to start a conversation around reproductive rights in countries where women’s health issues are often overlooked. Born in Suriname to Dutch parents, Gomperts moved with her family back to the Netherlands when she was still a child…
Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, better known across the world as simply “Kate,” serves in the British Royal Family as the Duchess of Cambridge. As Prince William’s wife, she will be the future Queen of England when William rises to the throne after his father’s tenure…
Lawyer, politician, and university president, Janet Napolitano’s career would be remarkable even without a string of glass ceiling-shattering firsts. Born in New York City, Napolitano headed out west to Albuquerque with her family after her father accepted a position as the dean of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine…
