Experience life in rural 1920s Florida with a tour of the carefully restored home belonging to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Yearling” and “Cross Creek.”
She was Florida’s first practicing female physician and a leader in the women’s suffrage movement. Yet few people know much about Dr. Mary Jane Safford. Dr. Mary Jane Safford was a pioneering physician who dedicated her life to providing healthcare services to underserved communities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in 1842 … Read more
Did you know that the technology behind Wi-Fi, GPS navigation, and other wireless communications systems was built in part by a Hollywood actress? Hedy Lamarr, dubbed the “Mother of Wi-Fi,” was not only a stunning beauty but also a brilliant inventor.
Meet the unsung hero of the Apollo 13 mission whose work helped save the lives of the astronauts. You may not have heard of Judith Love Cohen, but she was a dancer with the New York Metropolitan Opera Ballet Company, a children’s book author, and a brilliant engineer who worked on the Abort Guidance System that played a crucial role in the Apollo program. When disaster struck during the Apollo 13 mission, Cohen’s invention came to the rescue and allowed the astronauts to return safely to Earth.
Picture this: it’s 1945 and soldiers on the frontlines eagerly await a letter from their loved ones back home. But their letters are undelivered, stuck in a backlog of over 17 million pieces of mail. Enter Major Charity Adams, a trailblazing African-American woman who led the all-black, all-female 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion to clear that massive backlog and boost the morale of soldiers fighting for our country.
Born into slavery, Robert Smalls’ determination and bravery led him to become a hero of the Civil War. Working as a pilot on a Confederate military cargo ship, he saw an opportunity to escape slavery and bring his family to freedom. Robert and his crew seized control of the ship and navigated past Confederate gun range and into Union territory. It was then that he approached Union soldiers, and said, “Good morning Sir. I’ve brought you some of the United States old guns, Sir!”