The iconic Florence Griffith Joyner, also known as FloJo, was one of the fastest runners American track and field has ever seen. She set world records in 1988 in both the 100- and 200-meter races and earned three gold medals in the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games. She was known not only for her stamina and speed, but also her flamboyant and eclectic style…
Women We Admire is pleased to announce The Top 50 Women Leaders of Ohio for 2022. This year’s leaders are guiding organizations, both large and small, in areas including healthcare, consumer products, banking, education and more…
Czech-born American tennis legend Martina Navratilova is considered one of the greatest to ever play the game. No male or female player has won more tournaments in the Open Era since it began in 1968. She won 18 major singles titles, 31 major women’s doubles titles…
Most people consider the phrase “to the moon and back” to be metaphorical, but in Katherine Johnson’s case, it was quite literal. Her work influenced every major space program; she calculated mathematical data that was essential to the first successful space missions, including trajectories, launch windows, and emergency return paths…
Hattie Wyatt Caraway served for 14 years in the U.S. Senate and established a number of firsts. She was the first woman elected to serve a full term as a United States senator, the first woman to chair a Senate committee in 1933, and the first woman to preside officially over the Senate in 1943…
British billionaire businesswoman Denise Coates is one of the wealthiest people in the world, but most have never even heard her name. Dubbed “the quiet queen of online betting,” she is the founder, majority shareholder, and joint chief executive of online gambling company Bet365…
Women We Admire is pleased to announce The Top 50 Women Leaders in Real Estate of 2022. This year’s awardees are accustomed to handling the ever-changing industry and economy…
Women We Admire is pleased to announce The Top 50 Women Leaders in Real Estate of 2022. This year’s awardees are accustomed to handling the ever-changing industry and economy…
Agatha Christie, the Queen of Mystery, could well be the most popular author in modern times. Outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare, her novels have sold a staggering two billion copies and counting in the English language alone. Over the course of her life, she wrote 66 crime novels, six other novels, 24 plays — including the world’s longest-running murder mystery play…
Not many people can legitimately claim the title of “professional adventurer,” but prospective astronaut and Pakistani artist Namira Salim is blazing trails. Born into a conservative family, Salim has yearned to explore space since she was a child…
