Awesome Stuff Women Did

Because women have done more in the past 10,000 years than just pop out babies and make sandwiches.

DISCLAIMER: We make no claim that all women featured here are saints. They did awesome stuff; the women themselves might not have been. Keep that in mind before sending angry notes.

femaleartists: From her 1843 book “Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions”, Anna Atkins (16 March 1799 – 9 June 1871) A female botanist utilizing the cyanotype form of photography, still used today for blueprints (Invented by John Herschel). All plants were laid directly on the cyanotype paper. Atkins is one of a handful of women photographers some believe to be the first.

femaleartists:

From her 1843 book “Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions”, Anna Atkins (16 March 1799 – 9 June 1871)

A female botanist utilizing the cyanotype form of photography, still used today for blueprints (Invented by John Herschel). All plants were laid directly on the cyanotype paper. Atkins is one of a handful of women photographers some believe to be the first.